tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post2718980899978316323..comments2024-03-29T13:22:19.434+00:00Comments on Roles, Rules, and Rolls: "I Loot the Bodies!" I: Itchy FleasRoger G-Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-19271427639532043792013-05-12T12:53:34.894+01:002013-05-12T12:53:34.894+01:00I don't think it's morality so much as pov...I don't think it's morality so much as poverty. Soldiers got a shilling a day in Britain in 1800, though there were deductions for uniform, etc, and they were considered well-paid by European standards, many conscripts got nothing. <br /><br />As well, the local artisanal tradesmen would not have been out cutting throats, but the local peasants certainly were. This was a kind of revenge, since an army of 10,000 men marching through would ruin fields, steal corn, slaughter the cattle, quarter themselves in houses, and generally ruin generations of hard work. Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-29901985488436350712013-05-11T08:05:20.198+01:002013-05-11T08:05:20.198+01:00This makes me think. You're right about histor...This makes me think. You're right about history, of course, but how far do people want modern morality to penetrate into their roleplaying? I might write on this in the coming week.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-57247273369448445052013-05-11T02:34:33.013+01:002013-05-11T02:34:33.013+01:00Before the Red Cross, in real-world battles the vi...Before the Red Cross, in real-world battles the victorious side and/or the locals would happily loot the dead... and if they weren't dead, help them along to death with a quick throat-slash. <br /><br />I don't see why adventurers should be squeamish about this stuff. Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829093857574761981.post-7597507082241458102013-05-10T13:22:33.754+01:002013-05-10T13:22:33.754+01:00In one of the low-level TSR A/D&D adventures -...In one of the low-level TSR A/D&D adventures - I think it is in U1, Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh - one of the things a party is likely to find, right at the start of their adventuring career, is a body ripe for looting. And filled with Rot Grubs!Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.com