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I have opened this thread to provide some OOC explanation to the recent zulkir decree affecting all legions of Thay.
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I want to make it clear that this change came about not because of any one thing, or one person. But after having it brought to my attention that the previous setup of the legion factions meant that PCs like an orc, for example, could potentially become a captain/tribune of a legion, command human captains and all other legionnaires below him. In the racist land of Thay were being a human is everything, I have to admit this was very unrealistic - hence this drastic change.
I understand and sympathize with PCs, especially long-term PCs, that were created with a plan in place they would become leaders of a legion who are negatively affected by this. But I hope you will also consider how unrealistic it is for a certain despised races like elves, halflings, goblins/gnolls/orcs and others attaining even a mediocre position of authority in the factions that are essentially the arm of Thayan law. The same law that states human reign supreme above all other races.
So if you wish to have any of your non-human PCs leave a legion, DMs can boot you from the faction so you can choose another. In fact - I would encourage it. Ever since the beginning of the PW the legions have been a crutch that many people seem to flock to because...well...I honestly don’t know. Maybe because they have the perception of being the easiest to join, perhaps? So for the next two weeks from the time of this post, I have disabled any notoriety loss that comes with a legion faction boot, so you may have your PCs leave any legion faction during this time without any game-mechanics (notoriety) loss.
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If you feel the need, you may use this as an outlet to either publicly cheer or jeer this decision but you’ll need to do so in a constructive and non-flaming manner. And if you don’t think you can do both, send me your thoughts/comments/complaints/curses in a PM instead, please.
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I want to make it clear that this change came about not because of any one thing, or one person. But after having it brought to my attention that the previous setup of the legion factions meant that PCs like an orc, for example, could potentially become a captain/tribune of a legion, command human captains and all other legionnaires below him. In the racist land of Thay were being a human is everything, I have to admit this was very unrealistic - hence this drastic change.
I understand and sympathize with PCs, especially long-term PCs, that were created with a plan in place they would become leaders of a legion who are negatively affected by this. But I hope you will also consider how unrealistic it is for a certain despised races like elves, halflings, goblins/gnolls/orcs and others attaining even a mediocre position of authority in the factions that are essentially the arm of Thayan law. The same law that states human reign supreme above all other races.
So if you wish to have any of your non-human PCs leave a legion, DMs can boot you from the faction so you can choose another. In fact - I would encourage it. Ever since the beginning of the PW the legions have been a crutch that many people seem to flock to because...well...I honestly don’t know. Maybe because they have the perception of being the easiest to join, perhaps? So for the next two weeks from the time of this post, I have disabled any notoriety loss that comes with a legion faction boot, so you may have your PCs leave any legion faction during this time without any game-mechanics (notoriety) loss.
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If you feel the need, you may use this as an outlet to either publicly cheer or jeer this decision but you’ll need to do so in a constructive and non-flaming manner. And if you don’t think you can do both, send me your thoughts/comments/complaints/curses in a PM instead, please.