Proposal for Jail Visitation

[Evie]

Currently, we have a jail system in-game where by characters can sit and await judgement and/or work out their crimes. However, this keeps the prisoner character out of rp. Visitation or contact with the character is limited to GM involvement. Not everyone has the same schedules which makes this hard and a player character can go for a few days stuck in this jail.. only rp'ing with themselves most likely. This is an RP game. Its been said countless times, anything that limits RP should be avoided.

My proposal is fairly simple. We expand the prison area map creating a visitor area. This area will have no way into the prison mine or any passable tiles. Basically you will be able to see the prisoner and converse, but it will not be possible to walk to them or give them things even RP wise. I envision a three tile area of blockade of some kind. Furthermore there will be entrances to this mine in each realm and one at the Hempty. Entrance to the prison mine will cost a fee. The realms can call it administration fees and for the portal at the Hempty it can just be called a bribe or some such if liked. At the end of the prison area will be a warp that takes you back to either where you came from or your hometown. On this point I am not sure what is easiest or available scripting wise, however it would be nicer if you went back to the place you warped down from.

My only goal here is to open up some RP to our "evil" or criminal characters. Please consider this and post your thoughts.

[Uhuru]

I like this idea. Visitation should be easy and not so dang difficult, however, the fee should not be so easy, costing at least one gold. Perhaps even more so we don't have huge groups of people visiting at one time.

If there is to be only one portal out, it should go to the Hempty, as it is free for everyone to then travel to their home town from there.

[Achae Eanstray]

I think I would like it better without the fee..or just make it nominal possibly to decrease the time the prisoner has in the mine, kind of a donation. Visit without any donation or give a lot. The oocly object is to get RP for said prisoner so I am assuming if there awhile, the donation would get larger and the prisoner would be able to leave sooner. I would set a max amount the time would be reduced AND a larger area then three tile in case more wish to visit at the same time.

[Bloodraven]

full agreement to the original proposal.

I am not sure if it is a good idea if anyone could pay off the fines of the prisoner. It is another topic somehow, what we have here is a "visit function", and I'd be glad if that worked without gm involvrment.

[Kamilar]

I love this idea. I don't think there needs to be a fee or a fine. Just free access to RP for prisoners. Punish the character, not the player.

[Mephistopheles]

I very much like this idea, I wanted rp for a penal system.

Some things I want to add, Prison guards, Galmair could very well offer bail, just as Cadomyr could offer trial by combat, and I'm not sure what Runewick could offer. Also how jailing should work needs to be defined a little, chars should be caught and rp'd into the prison. Roleplay for wanted outlaws can still be fun, theres always that ever elusive guy that authorities struggle to catch.

I know I've said a little of this already like about the prison guards, and I promise not to say it anymore. Just hope it gets heard and considered, thanks alot guys. Defining these things is really going to be a long process.

[Sammy Goldlieb]

Runewick: Trial by knowledge? XD Like in a quiz Show haha

[Estralis Seborian]

Sounds fair and good to me. Just make sure that the visitor cannot give a portal book or even resources to the prisoner.

About the access fee: Just use the teleporter and its fee. In the mine, there has to be another teleporter and a ladder out so you can always leave without money.

[Kamilar]

There could be a visitor desk with a jail depot where the character visiting has to check in. Have an NPC scan the visitor's shoulder, hands and belt to make sure they're empty. The visitor could leave all items in the depot during visiting hours then retrieve them when it's time to leave.

[Evie]

Working on implementing this in development now. Please lock thread.