This reason don't change the fact that the diabolic rule is a gigantic plothook that loom over CoT (and any other adventure that happen in cheliax), that the party is supposed to simply ignore for the AP to properly function. It doesn't matter that toppling it is an unrealistic goal, it's one that very clearly present itself, long before the party ever learn about the true villain of that AP, and it being unrealistic and difficult to reach just make it more tantalising as a campaign goal. {. . .}The problem for players wanting to overthrowing the power of House Thrune in Westcrown in Council of Thieves is that if they succeed in doing so, it will be only extremely temporary, because then Hell's Vengeance just starts early. And from observing a Council of Thieves PbP on these messageboards, I got the impression that this is actually clear even if only implicit.
"You have no hope of defeating House Thrune by a frontal assault, nor by rousing the populace against them, nor even by a knife in the dark, for they are too powerful and too numerous, and most importantly too embedded into the psyche of the populace itself. Even if you managed to kill one, or even several, more would pop up like hydras heads, and those whom you would save would turn on you and devour you like abused children fighting to the death to save their abusers. But all is not lost. House Thrune can die the death of a thousand cuts. The elimination of each lesser menace that is now driving the populace of Cheliax into their arms is such a cut. The eradication of the Council of Thieves shall be the first of a thousand cuts."
I've thought a lot about it, and I think it's about time Pathfinder did an AP about the one of the oldest traditions of RPG characters and fantasy protagonists as a whole: committing tax evasion. (Yes, I follow Dave Prokopetz on Tumblr, why do you ask?)Milani should add Tax Evasion to her portfolio, to the extreme delight of my visionary players.
Taxes are pure oppression. Tax evasion is an act of hope and resistance. Spread the message. Long live Milani
This should be enough to get her a seat in the Core 20.
And now many governments are unable to do anything due to the lack of money.
or in some cases:
"The people of X stopped paying their taxes."
"Hmm, due to, erm, 'budget cuts' we will have stop posting guards and fixing things there."
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I've thought a lot about it, and I think it's about time Pathfinder did an AP about the one of the oldest traditions of RPG characters and fantasy protagonists as a whole: committing tax evasion. (Yes, I follow Dave Prokopetz on Tumblr, why do you ask?)Milani should add Tax Evasion to her portfolio, to the extreme delight of my visionary players.
Taxes are pure oppression. Tax evasion is an act of hope and resistance. Spread the message. Long live Milani
This should be enough to get her a seat in the Core 20.
And now many governments are unable to do anything due to the lack of money.
or in some cases:
"The people of X stopped paying their taxes."
"Hmm, due to, erm, 'budget cuts' we will have stop posting guards and fixing things there."
This is [typically] fine, actually. Most governments on Golarion do not provide social services at all, such that the state is purely extractive and repressive where it makes its presence felt. What's more, such taxes as are imposed are more than likely regressive head taxes or indirect taxes.
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I've thought a lot about it, and I think it's about time Pathfinder did an AP about the one of the oldest traditions of RPG characters and fantasy protagonists as a whole: committing tax evasion. (Yes, I follow Dave Prokopetz on Tumblr, why do you ask?)Milani should add Tax Evasion to her portfolio, to the extreme delight of my visionary players.
Taxes are pure oppression. Tax evasion is an act of hope and resistance. Spread the message. Long live Milani
This should be enough to get her a seat in the Core 20.
And now many governments are unable to do anything due to the lack of money.
or in some cases:
"The people of X stopped paying their taxes."
"Hmm, due to, erm, 'budget cuts' we will have stop posting guards and fixing things there."
An answer from almost 8 years ago
My players consider that tax evasion is part and parcel of Milani's portfolio in her eternal fight against oppression ;-)I guess they believe that the nation's government doesn't need to provide police forces to protect the citizens from crime, military forces to protect the nation from the incursions of evil wizards/monsters, social services to assist those citizens who are going through difficult times, or any other service or function, actually?Actually they are mostly interested in taxes imposed on their personal wealth. And indeed as PCs they need or expect none of the above
After all they are often the ones doing just those things you mentioned sometimes even without being paid for it :-)