As I head off to a judicial conclave in Vegas this weekend, there is something that needs to be stressed.
The first thing, Genre Wise, and I'll be making this statement to the Council and ST list, is that it's not Law & Order: Camarilla.
I don't care about facts, and truth and "What really happened OOC." Status and Prestation work on perception and image, not whining out of character about what happened. I have a t-shirt that's in the wash that says "I didn't say it was your fault, I said I'm going to blame you," and as the player of Daniel Book, Seth Yokely says "I dont care what you did, I care what they said you did". That's the nature of truth in the Camarilla. If you really did it, well then, that just makes it easier. If you didn't, you better make a compelling argument and be well liked. It is high school, it is every clique social circle, it is Heather's and that petition you signed that you thought was for banning all the Caitiff was in fact for blowing up the school.
So, "Truth"? "What really happened?", it's what I say happened. It's what people believe happened, and it's what is perceived to have happened. If something is said IC and you know it's wrong OOC, don't whine about it. Deal with it IC. If something happens IC and you're confused as to why, then don't whine about it OOC, ask IC. That's called Roleplay.
The anything goes mentality of the kindred of the Camarilla is not: random killing, learning the wrong disciplines, instant conversions between sects; it's playing diplomacy with people you've been friends with for years and laughing at them as you stab them in the back knowing they can't do anything about it. That's what the books talk about, making your friends look and smell bad while you get ahead, while knowing that down the line, they'll remember what you did and will be willing to do the same to you, so you better make sure that's the reputation that you want. Oh, and if you kill them? Means that no one is going to want to be friends with you, and you can't take the Ukraine with out friends.
So get "Truth" out of your head. Truth is whatever the Elders of the Sect say is the truth. People believe what the want to believe and Cam Lore 5 should tell you that there's always something more going on behind the scenes, and maybe it's a bad idea to always demand to pull back the curtain to see.
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I would disagree with how you buttress your argument regarding truth and perception.
ReplyDeleteIt's not that we don't know that we are being lied to; rather, it's whether or not the lie promotes our own agenda.
In a world with Aura Perception and Telepathy, it's as easy as breathing to determine the truth or fiction of something.
The next step, then, is to determine whether that lie or truth helps or hinders our own individual goals.
THAT is where the roleplay comes into it.
I wish more people understood this fact. Players in this game don't always realize how important lies can be but also how different reality is (e.g. the reality as it occurred) versus the reality of perception (e.g. how someone spins what actually happen).
ReplyDeleteAlso, you need to do a post on "bringing back the bribe."
~M