>Not sure about that... when players can exploit unbalanced
>game mechanics in a PK environment, I think it should be
>fixed.

Well, I think the jury's still out on whether it's the Ziviriz and Nossos players 'exploiting' OOC-ly, or if it's just part of some perfectly legitimate IC RP machinations (devious drow Drillmaster poisoning drunk dwarf Commander's mind against honest lawkeepers??).

>At the same time, I'm curious to see what creative solutions
> besides accusing these villagers of cowardice via bard
>missive and/or giving the Head to Tremblefist via an orc) you
>have witnessed?

For one thing, I've always immensely enjoyed the book 'Gates of Stone' in the Tribunal Library. No cabal is truly monolithic (including Battle) and there will always be cracks that can be leveraged IC-ly (disgruntled members, rivals for leadership, Villagers who are actually honourable and believe in parity, etc).

Also this analogy, think of the Blood Tribunal as a nuclear superpower, think of its Laws and Wanted flags as its nuclear arsenal (ICBMs ftw!), think of our Lady Ishuli as the nuclear briefcase (@atomic football), and lastly, think of IC legal reasoning and pushing through legally correct interpretations as the nuclear launch codes, muahaha!

But hey, in the end the important thing in-game is to stay alive and have fun! Heck for all we know - if you end up dying a ton as a heroic martyr in the vanguard - you might even reap sweet imm rewards for it! Who knows?? This 'War' is OOC-ly uncomfortable but IC-ly great potential for RP and PK fun! I hope you get to enjoy and not be disheartened/ suffer from it -highfive, fistbump-