04-15-2017, 07:17 AM | #31 | |
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Or depending on their view of things ANYONE who preys on society is a monster and deserves both death and to have there accounts drained, as you mentioned the differences between a drug dealer and a vampire are minimal. |
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04-15-2017, 08:00 AM | #32 |
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Re: Funding semi-realistic monster hunters
The metaphoric vs the literal blood sucker. Not meaning to metagame (OK, maybe a little bit) but having a potential foe for a group, perform some form of constructive social role, IMHO gives an additional tension emotionally to a campaign.
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04-15-2017, 09:29 AM | #33 | |
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04-15-2017, 09:37 AM | #34 |
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Well, to tell the truth, it is not too hard to imagine that monster hunters would leap to criminals too. I imagine that many would feel tempted. However, there are a few extra complications in the mix:
- Criminals are humans. That means that killing them gets the attention of authorities - Criminals are MORE dangerous than monsters. To begin with, most of them are part of organizational, who may be displeased by people disposing of their grunts. Monsters are fantastic, but they are usually only one; criminals are several. |
04-15-2017, 10:07 AM | #35 | |
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EDIT: Yes, yes, yes; I'm using a cinematic reference as a justification for a course of action in a hypothetical situation, namely MH, in all it's gory splendour. But hey, the metagaming approach for the OP. If this fits for him(?her?), the player group, and the setting, woohoo; "Suspension of Disbelief" TM has been achieved.
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04-15-2017, 10:12 AM | #36 | |
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Batman fights against armed thugs using his fists. It doesn't mean that any other real life person could do the same. Have you ever heard of people that steals from the mafia? Well, I know the history of a guy in the USA who did that. They killed him and his wife. |
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04-15-2017, 10:20 AM | #37 | ||
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Re: Funding semi-realistic monster hunters
“Entities” can also refer to organisations or similar bodies, which would definitely apply to MiBs.
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04-15-2017, 10:32 AM | #38 |
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Are we talking about a challenging setting for a TTRPG, or demonstrating the grim and nasty business of living at the bottom end of the social pecking order? Personally, I'm just trying to suggest a Grey Hat for the OP, as well as a bit of moral complexity for the PCs.
This is not the place for discussion of living on the wrong side of the tracks, at the bottom end of the social pecking order. I don't mean to discount your personal experiences, especially since I do not reside in North America, so my perspective is not personal. TBH, I found Omar a fascinating character in The Wire. I suppose I'm just trying to help the OP to make his NPCs more nuanced. YMMV. Yeah, but more bemusingly I've seen what happens when you live in the same suburb as someone that stole some dodgy substances from some dodgy members of the NSW Police. A story for another time, perhaps.
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04-15-2017, 10:35 AM | #39 |
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Do you honestly believe a MiB organization would have no reason to keep the secret? That doesn't make any sense AT ALL. The purpose of ANY MiB organization is about secrecy. All those conspiracies exist EXACTLY for that. That's why those twats on X Files wouldn't do on international TV saying "Aliens..."
In the case of monsters, the revelation would mean Apocalypse. It would open war instead of covert... And that is precisely the ONLY thing that can unite the monsters (even some who may try some form of peaceful coexistence with humanity would be FORCED to fight). And, since the poo has hit the fan, there would be no reasons for the monsters to control their "reproductive" habits. So yes, even MORE than hunting monsters, MiB MUST keep the world ignorant about them. Thats THE MOST important job (as it is, thats also the case in the movie MiB) |
04-15-2017, 10:49 AM | #40 |
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Re: Funding semi-realistic monster hunters
Looking at his Wikipedia entry, he's based on a number of real life people who pretty much did the same thing. Also, I recall reading (in the preface or similar) that William Gibson based the Keith Blackwell character (from Idoru; he's a guy who used to make a living kidnapping and torturing criminals to steal their illicit funds) off of someone he met who pretty much used to do the same thing, and apparently there was a time when this actually wasn't all that uncommon in Australia (where both the character and the fellow he's based on were from) - the criminals who specialized in this were called "toecutters."
There's a world of difference between going after some random bank robber, drug dealer, or gangbanger and going after one of the largest criminal organizations in the world. All that said, however, the NPC monster hunters probably have their hands full with hunting monsters, and likely don't have the time to go after other humans. Maybe they occasionally moonlight as toecutters, when they run low on funds and there aren't any profitable monsters around, but I'd expect them to do so rarely. |
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