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Old 08-20-2019, 05:29 PM   #40
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Default Re: The rights and consequences to bear arms in RPGs

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Originally Posted by The Colonel View Post
That's entirely plausible, but I'm trying to evoke the idea of feudal bannermen who, yes, are the local law enforcement, but are also prone to throw down with each other under some circumstances - local civilians might well need to be concerned whenever they can see more than one set of livery badges in a given place. That's the downside of using the analogy of modern developed world policing - it assumes altogether too much professionalism, but most of us aren't used to being in places where what passes for rule of law is enforced by the retainers of local warlords.
I'm sure someone here was a missionary or a Doctor Without Borders or some similar intensive task. Or just grew up in a bad part of town.
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