First off, I've always felt that part of the responsibility that comes with being a veteran of CF is to make every attempt to increase the enjoyment of other players through my own actions, both PK and RP. I also understand that not everyone feels the same way, so when I'm on the receiving end of the full-loot, sac everything, "I PWNED YOU, BITCH!!!!!", multi-kill, I try to let it roll off me. Hard sometimes, but not impossible. So I support whatever personal Gentleman's Agreement you (meaning anyone) want to play by, but I throw a word of caution out there with it: those sort of self-imposed rules make it a lot easier to get disproportionally pissed off at someone who doesn't follow them.

Also realize that you might not know the whole story. Sure, some dude kills you on Eastern Road and you come back to an empty corpse. Easy to assume he took all your stuff. Odds are a lot greater that your gear is now spread out among three to four players, one of whom might actually return some of it to you.

Bottom line for me is to do unto others as I'd want them to do unto me. Maybe I'm an optomist, but I firmly beleive that, eventually, your positive behavior will have a good influence on the negative behavior around you. Good RP breeds good RP and all that.

So, with all that in mind, I checked the log out. In a nutshell, I don't have a problem with it, though I'll explain my thoughts.

From the shaman's perspective, his ability to summon an elite guard was his only means of protecting the innocent dwarves. He asked the group to leave, and apparently used this tactic in the Whispering Wind Inn, so they knew there were consequences to their actions. Good RP? Sure, and I applaud his willingness to sit in Akan and RP with a lowbie ranking party there.

From the lowbie's perspective, yeah, it sucked to die (it always sucks to die), but there was at least RP involved (the guy wasn't just being a random tool) and he got all his stuff back (I assume). I'd say that's a pretty benign death, as far as deaths go, and an opportunity to develop the RP of his character more. Maybe now he really hates dwarves, or shamans, or that particular shaman's Diety. Maybe he repents for killing dwarves, and will be their protector and friend for all time. Who knows, but my point is, it's an opportunity.

Finally, it's not against the rules. It was at one point, but that was when you could still summon aggro / area attack mobs to Market Square and loot the lowbie corpses as a 'regearing' technique. Which, I think we can all agree, is not something a Gentleman should do!

Kastellyn the Devourer of Magic, Lord of Legends