Me too.He is free to participate in the process. But if he tries to pass a law that makes genocide legal, I'm going to speak in opposition. Murderers and other ne'er do wells in society don't ever want to see laws that prevent them from murdering. But without those laws, there's no society. Only anarchy. Survival of the fittest. If that's what we want for the Pantheon, I have no problem. But if we must have Laws, and Hedra's existence means we must, I'd like a say in them.
Goodness knows that we do not want to have to become politcally correct in this game that will stifle our creativity. There would be no point in playing.
It seems that we all agree we want a say in the laws if we must indeed have laws.
If we do not have to have laws, so much the better. I really don't think it will turn to anarchy - it will just make the game more fun.
Nevertheless, Hedra Iren's ascension has given those laws a "face" and a "voice" in the Pantheon. Truth be told, I could remove the domain of Law from the game, but then I would have to remove the opposite domain of Chaos, or things would be definitely unbalanced. However, I do feel that the law about attacking others is relatively fair: if nothing else, it ensures (or should ensure) that a god deciding to attack another knows he might face consequences for doing so. In other words, it ensures a kind of balance in the situation - otherwise, things could get out of hand. For instance, in a situation where the "evil" gods are much less than the "good" gods, it would otherwise be tempting for the "good" gods to mount an attack on the evil ones in order to wipe them out and ensure safety to their people, under the leadership of a god of justice or a benevolent god of war. While I agree that it is not the kind of law deities would give themselves, I believe it is important to ensure game balance; otherwise, if most of the deities are good, evil deities can be wiped out easily and quickly enough, and new players will never make up new evil deities, for fear of being squished as soon as newbie immunity wears off. For example, if a god of poisons and disease came into being and began discussing his view for a better world, and there were no laws preventing an attack, wouldn't gods such as Maeror or Adomorn ensure that as soon as his newbie immunity wears off, he'd be wiped away from the map? They'd certainly have the power now. And if Nor were alone, or even just with Melirelle, and no law stayed the hand of Adomorn and the others, wouldn't almost all the gods willingly give their power to Adomorn in order to destroy Nor? Lore might not object, but other players in the same situation could complain that "ganging up" would simply make it impossible to play a fine "evil" god.
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