PvP in LARP

Templar Aldric wrote: Its not a huge issue, but lately its become more prevalent. ...Without a reasonable fear of legal consequences there is the concern in any Larp that player killing will be more frequent.

Both of these are very good points. There is something to be said for the system that IG supports laws and legal action against murders and the sort, but is basically never brought up IG.

LFG: more IG police! lol

Cyndra Stagsblood wrote: LFG: more IG police! lol

We are recruiting.

TheBardAbides wrote:

Cyndra Stagsblood wrote: LFG: more IG police! lol

We are recruiting.

It is of my opinion that...

For the IG Police aka The Baronial Guard to be effective, 3 things needs to happen.
1) Characters need to report to the Guard when an IG law is broken or is believed to have been broken
2) The Guard needs to investigate said reporting, not just brush it off or ignore it (as I have seen done on MANY occasions)
3) Characters need to stop forming vigilante groups. Let the Guard do their jobs. If someone, as a player, wants to hunt criminals, their character should join the Guard.

IG Law exists for a reason, and as players, we should respect* that.

- Devin


*respect does not necessarily mean follow in this case

Although, I must say, that a cruddy enforcing body makes for some great roleplay! I love not being able to rely on the Guard all of the time.

The question we need to ask our selves is whether the current behavior of the guard fits the sentiment of the current Lordship. And I think it does, for the most part. Perhaps something to supplement this would be the implementation of Land-aligned guard groups, that report to the Baronial Guard, but answer to the Embassies first. That way, some of our "better" Lords would have a more profound influence on the law enforcement than they currently do.

But at this point, we're OOG suggesting things that need to be brought up IG, without OOG motivation.

Dennis Brand wrote:

TheBardAbides wrote:

Cyndra Stagsblood wrote: LFG: more IG police! lol

We are recruiting.

It is of my opinion that...

For the IG Police aka The Baronial Guard to be effective, 3 things needs to happen.
1) Characters need to report to the Guard when an IG law is broken or is believed to have been broken
2) The Guard needs to investigate said reporting, not just brush it off or ignore it (as I have seen done on MANY occasions)
3) Characters need to stop forming vigilante groups. Let the Guard do their jobs. If someone, as a player, wants to hunt criminals, their character should join the Guard.

IG Law exists for a reason, and as players, we should respect* that.

- Devin


*respect does not necessarily mean follow in this case

You makes great points. #1 and #3 are the biggest issues hurting the guard currently.

Also just a reminder vigilante groups are also engaging in breaking the IG laws just as much as the original offender does.

Also as Jeff said we are recruiting

A small suggestion:
I could be stepping out of place here, and it may be because I carry around a staff instead of a sword, but as a newer player I never really knew that the Guard was ever recruiting until now. It may have been at the back of my mind, but I feel as though it would be beneficial to run some recruitment drives or something of the sort, especially considering all of the new players.

I could be totally wrong, I could just have missed something (which is highly likely considering how much is going on at any one point in time), but that's a newer player's two cents on the matter.