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View Poll Results: Is a vow to never stop hunting the mark a disad in a bounty hunter game?
No, that's a GOOD thing. 1 2.94%
Yes, -5 point Vow. 21 61.76%
Yes, -10 point Vow. 8 23.53%
Yes, -15 point Vow. 0 0%
Yes, but not Vow...post about it. 4 11.76%
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Old 04-19-2014, 03:44 PM   #1
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In a bounty hunter game, would you consider a "vow" to "never give up tracking a target while a trail still exists" to be a valid disadvantage? If so, what level of Vow?

Doh, the last option should say NOT vow, not "now vow."
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Old 04-19-2014, 03:52 PM   #2
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It certainly is a disadvantage, and it could be a Vow, but I would probably roll it into a Code of Honor.
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Old 04-19-2014, 03:58 PM   #3
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It strikes me as a commitment to the idea of the game and that should be worth some points. Sense of duty (teammates) is the nearest equivalent in the written rules so the same value would make sense.
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Old 04-19-2014, 04:02 PM   #4
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I agree with Not Another Shrubbery, it fits as a code of honor and reason why you would be hired for the job. If you were the type to give up so easily, so few would hire you for the job. So a professional code of honor.
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Old 04-19-2014, 04:26 PM   #5
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One can make a promise to do something that is covered by another disad - it's just that one has to choose whether to get the points from Vow or the other disad. (For example, one can be Truthful by nature, or one can Vow to be truthful, but one couldn't get points for both Truthfulness and Vow:tell the truth.)
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Old 04-19-2014, 04:28 PM   #6
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Valid.....
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Old 04-19-2014, 05:40 PM   #7
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You could, but you'd be better off with a professional Code of Honor. The Vow form seems to have some serious downsides - for example with that wording you couldn't give up the hunt if the bounty was no longer being offered for some reason. And some of those could be *really* bad - say it was lifted because it was proved the target was completely innocent. Now you are a criminal stalker....

Though I guess the wording doesn't actually compel you to *do* anything in particular once you have found the target.
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Old 04-19-2014, 05:52 PM   #8
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In a bounty hunter game, would you consider a "vow" to "never give up tracking a target while a trail still exists" to be a valid disadvantage? If so, what level of Vow?
...while a trail still exists? As a GM I would ask clarification of that proviso. Does that mean as soon as they lose the trail they can give up and go to a bar instead?

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Old 04-19-2014, 07:25 PM   #9
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It is a significant disadvantage; -10 points.


Consider what happens if some other bounty hunter gets him first; you'd have to keep tracking the target even if the other guy caught him and you will no longer be paid or may come to blows with said other hunter.
Or what happens if you learn the guy is innocent and/or has been framed; you can't stop hunting him and start helping him instead.
Or what happens if the bounty is dropped for various reasons - you'll have to keep hunting the guy even if you will no longer get paid for it and may even be against the law to hunt him.
Or what happens if whoever gave you the bounty has understated the mark's abilities/resources or the mission parameters either deliberately or unknowingly. You'd have to keep hunting a target far more dangerous than you expected or in places and situations you never prepared for.


And so on and so forth.
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Old 04-19-2014, 08:16 PM   #10
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Isn't that Code of Honor(Stay's bought)?
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