13.12 ASSASSINS AND THE QUISALIS MARK
(See also: HELP CONTRACTS, HELP CHAMPIONS and HELP WRITS)
The Quisalis Mark is a loose organisation of assassins named in honour of the
assassins of Thoth that died at Nishnatoba. In order to join the Mark, you must
find Derillin of New Thera, and JOIN QUISALIS MARK. Doing so costs 5000 gold.
You must be at least level 30 and 21 years of age.
You may not quit the mark until after approximately 12 Achaean months have
elapsed since joining.
Once in the Quisalis Mark, you will gain grace for two minutes, but you can be
contracted with for assassinations. The key here is that if you are contracted
to assassinate someone, you will not be held responsible for it by the
administration. If a complaint is filed, the person who paid you for the
assassination will be considered to be the person who did the actual killing.
Syntax:
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CONTRACT <assassin> FOR <target> AT <price in gold>
- Any person who has cause against someone else, and is not also a
Mark member, may hire an assassin to attempt to kill the target, as
long as the contract is created within three Achaean months of
gaining cause.
- For each assassination contract that is taken out, the Quisalis Mark
gets a fee. This fee is 300 gold + 7 gold for each level of the target.
- The fee that the Quisalis Mark gets should -not- be included in the
<price in gold> field above. It will be deducted from you automatically,
assuming that the assassin agrees to the contract.
- The assassin will receive the fee you specified (NOT the fee that
goes to the Quisalis Mark) upon completion of the contract. Further, the
victim WILL be informed who paid for the assassination.
CONTRACTS
- This will show you what contracts you have taken out on people, and, if
you are a member of the Mark, what contracts you've accepted.
CANCEL CONTRACT <contract #>
- This will cancel an assassination contract on someone. The assassin will
still receive his or her fee, but you will not receive back the fee that
you paid to the Quisalis Mark.
QUIT QUISALIS MARK
- This will cause you to leave the Quisalis Mark, canceling any contracts
that you've accepted, but refunding no money. You will not receive any
fees from unfulfilled assassination contracts in this case.
You may not quit the mark until after approximately 12 Achaean months
have elapsed since joining.
Rules regarding Assassinations
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1. If an assassin paid by you kills someone, it is as if -you- killed the
person in the eyes of the administration. Think of the assassin as a tool
that you rent (and of course, any self-respecting assassin demands a
reasonable fee to eliminate somebody). What this means, naturally, is that
by taking a contract out on somebody, you open yourself to legitimate
revenge.
2. Assassins may be killed or attacked at any time, by anyone. They can take
revenge on those who attack them without cause. This 'any time, by anyone'
rule may be overridden temporarily by the rules of various game events
such as Foozles.
3. Killing an assassin who has a contract on you will negate that contract. The
assassin will receive no fee, and the person who took out the contract will
receive no refund. Negating the contract does not mean that the person
who took out the contract loses cause, only that the assassin no longer
has any right to try to fulfill it (unless another contract is created).
4. It is NOT LEGAL to take revenge on someone for killing you if you have a
contract on them, unless someone else takes a contract out on them (in which
case that person should have a good reason to take a contract out on you).
The idea here is that if someone kills you in self-defence, because he or
she knows you've been paid to kill him or her, you can't use that as an
excuse to then go back after that person for revenge. No mixing 'business'
and 'personal.'
(See also: HELP CONTRACTS, HELP CHAMPIONS and HELP WRITS)