Speed Racer Posted September 7, 2020 Report Posted September 7, 2020 I figured I'd come here to gain more context from more experienced players on the matter instead of going straight to a rule suggestion post. The core thought I'm having is as follows: What issues, if any, would there be in letting players who find dead bodies/witness someone die RP remembering the situation in general? I only have around 3 months on the server, and it's all been spent on my civilian character working his way up the LSC ladder and recently starting a street racing crew with some friends, so I have limited context of the life of an LEO or bonafide Crim. However, speaking solely from my experience on this character, it feels like character development is noticeably limited by being forced to forget witnessed deaths. Obviously we shouldn't be remembering names of people since they're obviously still very alive, but the mere act of witnessing a death and the scene of it feels like something that should be remembered by our characters for the opportunity to develop. Let me share an example that prompted this thought: Last night I pulled into LSC's employee parking to find a co-worker's dead body and his killer injured next to him. We RP'd out the scene and got the murderer taken away and arrested. Based on the character I play (a gun-phobic civilian who gets generally anxious around deadly violence), a scene like that should have a lasting effect, especially since I had to provide BLS for the murderer. Due to NLR though, I feel my RP is unnecessarily limited. Given the fact that LSC is almost always hiring, it feels plausible that the dead mechanic could have just been a new hire that I hadn't met yet. Given the fact that this isn't a suggestion post, I'm not really looking to see +1s and -1s, but more so players sharing their experiences as to why the current wording of NLR is necessary or maybe more experiences like mine where the wording of NLR unnecessarily hampered their RP. Thanks for your time!
CaesarSeizure Posted September 7, 2020 Report Posted September 7, 2020 Nothing in the rules stops you from remembering death, you just treat that death as a random person dying rather than remembering names. Most commonly for LEO's we just mentioned deceased officers/gang member/etc, but we do not go by names. The only person that has to forget the death, is the person who died.
Speed Racer Posted September 7, 2020 Author Report Posted September 7, 2020 Nothing in the rules stops you from remembering death, you just treat that death as a random person dying rather than remembering names. Most commonly for LEO's we just mentioned deceased officers/gang member/etc, but we do not go by names. The only person that has to forget the death, is the person who died. Looks like I've misinterpreted the rule then and there's not much discussion to be had lmao Feel free to archive at your discretion I guess.
Bala Posted September 8, 2020 Report Posted September 8, 2020 It's always going to be a little awkward because characters don't die, they respawn but their "corpses" stick around for the purposes of RP for those that were on the scene. I'm not sure there is a straight-forward answer that makes any kind of sense? I guess people not role-playing it as death but going into a coma and them having selective amnesia.
