Shattered Kingdoms

See my comment in GD -> Poll Light vs Dark

I commented that its hard to say with so many light aura's not playing their alignment, I hardly think "your dark aura, die!!!" is good RP.

After my post Dulrik suggested that anyone who see's bad RP by light aura's to submit logs to the IMMs for review.

The problem isn't the spell, it sounds like its the players.

Aside from the necessity of it for cabals and religions, how do these spells enhance, RP or PK? Absolutely none. They don't spark any good RP nor is it useful in PK. Think about the RP that not knowing would cause?

If you admit they are necessary why do you think they should be removed?

I admit they are only necessary to a small section of the game. The rest of the game doesn't need it. A NPC in a special room can easily be scripted to do that.

I haven't played SK for a awhile now. I decided to go for it again. This entire topic is the main reason I quit. I love pking. But I also love rping. From the sounds of everything, it's only gotten worse

You really shouldn't take anything written on these forums as fact. Besides, you make your own RP, don't let others make it for you.

I've only had one person use a detect alignment spell while I've been in the same room.

Taking power out of the hands of the players and making immortals have to do work just so that you can weed out players for cabals is a dumb idea.

Well, "know alignment" is scripted so that you do not see it being cast. "Detect aura" you can. I, for one, use know alignment on PCs if for some reason I want to know what they are. I use detect aura for leveling so I know what NPCs will give me the best exp.

Also, I agree with Snuffles. Don't let others stomp on your RP.

Sorry I should have made it more clear.

I am talking about being killed for just being a certain alignment. I felt it ruined the mood of the RP. I have no issues of being killed at all. Even as an evil character I never felt it to be in the interests of RP to just kill anyone good just cause they were good.

Let me give a scenario:

"A lone barbarian roaming as a nomad. He was brought up in a tribe and the ways of their teaching would be considered evil. Though this barbarian himself had never killed anyone, he was young and taught these ways. Another traveler strolls by him. Glances over and kills him in two blows. His lifeless body lying in a pool of blood, but his spirit is contacted. The man who killed him explains that he is evil...."

This happened, but it was more like this. I was low level and walking around and got pked for no reason.


Now lets get in depth with this issue. I will lay it straight out. When everyone begins killing for the fact of alignment alone then you begin to blur the lines of any alignment. It becomes so that the ONLY difference between being good and evil is the equipment you wear, the gods you worship, the NPCs you kill, and the way you talk......

This should not be true. I understand that there IS a need to show alignment from time to time. But to allow players to kill for the sake of killing? Doesn't that make the lightie neutral or evil?