A Question

[Brian Stoner]

Daniel McSorley wrote:

> > From: hobbychest@pcsia.com
> >
> > BI>This is true, but hasn't it been shown that even in real life,
> the
> > BI>businessmen (be it legitimate or otherwise) tend to make more
> money
> than
> > BI>the tax collection or religious dontion?
> >
> > You've got to be kidding right? Even Microsoft is insignificant
> > compared to the taxes of the US government.
> >
> > Robert Thomson
> >
> Microsoft (using your example) doesn't control 50% or 75% of
> the economy,
> as a guild (2) or (3) in a province (4) would. When compared to the
> Gross
> National Product (Is that the right gross?) of the US, the Federal
> Gov't
> really does only control a small amount. Besides, it would be pretty
> rediculous to say that a gov't made more in taxes than the amount of
> money
> in the economy of its country,
>
> Daniel McSorley
> mcsorley.1@osu.edu
>

The US government is the single larges employer in the country,
though. Of course that is mostly because of it's statistical
departments... This wouldn't really apply to a medieval world...

Brian

[Adam Theo]

KAI BESTE wrote:
>
> > But, it does bring up a q;
> > what happens to someone who is killed, and is a victim of bloodtheft, but
> > then is Raised, Ressurected, or otherwise brought back to life? My guess is
> > he or she would loose at least the points that were stolen, if not more. It
> > might be too much of a punishment to have 'em come back unblooded. I think
> > that this is one Ed will have to referee, ultimately...
>
> I'd say they come back with their old derivation and strenght, but
> only one blood point. Then they should get a chance to hunt down
> their killer (in a certain amount of time) to get their bloodline
> back. I didn't have the problem myself, but if the unforseen happens
> I don't plan to use Raise Dead or Resurrect. Reincarnation is much
> for fun...
>
> just my 2GBs
>
> Kai
> ************************************************** *************************
> > - --
hello, Adam Theo here,
i would say that this is how it would work in my campaign:
the person who was the victim of the bloodtheft: when he acme back, he
would have a tainted line of the same deriviation as he had before.
roll for any blood abilities at that tainted level. he would be able to
feel the general direction and distance of the one who took his
bloodline. if the victim seeks the stealer out and confronts him, if
the victim wins the fight by killing the staeler, then the victim is
restored to his former level and abilities as he had before the theft.
if the victim commits bloodtheft on the thief, then the victim is
restored and gains a point. any blood abilities that the victim had
from the tainted bloodline remain and are added to the list of ones that
he gains back at the death of the stealer. if the stealer wins the
fight by bloodtheft, then the stealer gains a point of strength, but
maybe also some really cool role-playing story plot thingie (since he
took the bloodline of a ressurected man, then he himself looses the
point of CON, or he is plauged with nightmares of death and ghosts, etc)

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[Adam Theo]

KAI BESTE wrote:
>
> > But, it does bring up a q;
> > what happens to someone who is killed, and is a victim of bloodtheft, but
> > then is Raised, Ressurected, or otherwise brought back to life? My guess is
> > he or she would loose at least the points that were stolen, if not more. It
> > might be too much of a punishment to have 'em come back unblooded. I think
> > that this is one Ed will have to referee, ultimately...
>
> I'd say they come back with their old derivation and strenght, but
> only one blood point. Then they should get a chance to hunt down
> their killer (in a certain amount of time) to get their bloodline
> back. I didn't have the problem myself, but if the unforseen happens
> I don't plan to use Raise Dead or Resurrect. Reincarnation is much
> for fun...
>
> just my 2GBs
>
> Kai
> ************************************************** *************************
> > - --
hello, Adam Theo here,
i would say that this is how it would work in my campaign:
the person who was the victim of the bloodtheft: when he acme back, he
would have a tainted line of the same deriviation as he had before.
roll for any blood abilities at that tainted level. he would be able to
feel the general direction and distance of the one who took his
bloodline. if the victim seeks the stealer out and confronts him, if
the victim wins the fight by killing the staeler, then the victim is
restored to his former level and abilities as he had before the theft.
if the victim commits bloodtheft on the thief, then the victim is
restored and gains a point. any blood abilities that the victim had
from the tainted bloodline remain and are added to the list of ones that
he gains back at the death of the stealer. if the stealer wins the
fight by bloodtheft, then the stealer gains a point of strength, but
maybe also some really cool role-playing story plot thingie (since he
took the bloodline of a ressurected man, then he himself looses the
point of CON, or he is plauged with nightmares of death and ghosts, etc)

adamtheo@usa.net Florida, USA
adamtheo@hotmail.com *Webmaster* want a website?
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