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JDiggity:
I've been toying with the idea of submitting a new character in the near future, and in flipping through the available classes I seem to find myself returning to the "assassin" time and time again.

So, I've decided to go for it, and I'm looking for some guidance as to what is acceptable (or, I suppose more precisely, unacceptable) CDT content.  Would it be alright for a character to describe an assassination - be it planned, completed or foiled - in a character application or CDT?  I can see a number of potential problems with it; but instead of just doing it and seeing where the dust settled, I thought it might be more productive to get some insight from the community first.

Beyond that, and while we're on the topic, are there any restrictions in general as to what a person can and cannot talk about in their thread?  Is it open creative license?  Restrictions against obscene violence / "adult" content?  Or even further?

--Possible Issues--
I can only really think of two problem areas (which I provide in an effort to get discussion flowing):

1. Falls (way) outside family-oriented content

2. Troublesome from a "world-management" perspective to have assassinations going on

Any thoughts on these, or further issues you can think of?

--Disclaimer--
1. I am well aware of how difficult this PrC is to obtain.  I am no looking for *any* form of approval, or promise of approval, for either this class or an evil-aligned character.  I do think it would be fun to try, though.

2. I am not advocating graphic, voilent, sexually explicit (and any adjectives I missed) content in CDTs.  The nature of the character I currently have in mind will involve pushing the boundaries (i think) with respect to violent content, and I wanted to know if there were boundaries I should keep in mind.

3. I am aware of the rules that exist for in game play; with respect to both (a) not killing PC's, and (b) keeping other player's enjoyment in mind.  I feel I have a fairly firm grasp on what I can do in the game.  My concern (or lack of awareness) extends more to CDT content.

4. I apologize if there is a thread devoted to this already.  If there is one, please direct me that way and I'll stop pestering y'all.  ;)

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Now ... any thoughts?

Dorganath:
CDTs fall under the same guidelines for "family friendly" as the rest of the server.
  I can personally think of several ways to describe an assassination that gives more of an implication than an explicit description of exactly how it happens. So it can be done.
  What I see as perhaps a larger issue is that you have what sounds like a pretty controversial character concept in mind. I would suggest that you first see if you can get that approved before worrying about what can and cannot go into your CDT.
  One other point, as was brought up in the CDT metagaming thread, you can keep an "offline" CDT with greater, potentially unfriendly content, and send that to the GM Team when and if you wish to use that information for a PrC submission.

JDiggity:
Ok, thanks for the quick reply.

Weeblie:
Just as another word of warning in case you haven't noticed it. :)

An evil alignment is required to pick that PrC which requires, by itself, a huge effort.

An assassination is, in my opinion, already touching the borders of evil (at least the assassination attempts I feel you are talking about) and something I would recommend to get approved for before even mentioning that in your CDT (like, at the same time you ask for to being shifting to evil).

JDiggity:
Yes, I did notice that.  I also noticed there are currently "no openings for evil characters" ... so the ultimate success of this scheme will depend on that changing.  However, just because something is hard, doesn't mean it's not worth doing.  ( :) back at'cha)

As far as the evil-ness of an assassination, I would disagree.  It is so contextual that the broad and fuzzy concepts of "right" and "wrong" can barely wrap themselves around it, much less a pre-defined 9 part alignment system.  Although I'm no philosopher, I think that is the main aspect of this character I'd like to play around with.

That said, I can see where you are coming from Weeblie.  It will be a fine line to walk, no doubt about it.  At least for a start, we'll see how the approval process goes, and take it from there (which won't be started for awhile.  As I said, it's just an idea I've been mulling over).

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