*Sigh*
Just from the tone of your wall of text I can see that somehow I have managed to offend or anger you. This was not my intention, I simply wished to point out the flaws in your concepts.

I'll run through your wall of text, ignoring your insults.


First, molecular destabilization is nonsensical as an offensive weapon. I could go into detail on this point, but doing so is meaningless.

I can completely accept protective wards, and something being protected against decay. To me, that makes absolute sense. Assuming Merlin did ward the place, taking into account that he was a powerful wizard, it's most likely well-protected. However, a nuclear bomb is capable of annihilating entire countries. The radiation, heat and shock wave combine to create a wall of destruction that leaves very little of anything even remotely intact. There is a big difference between warding off decay, and warding off the equivalent of 50.000.0000.000 kilos of TNT.

Bedhivere's belief is relevant to the current IC situation. If, according to you, Bedhivere does not see nuclear bombing as a threat, then feel free to act on that premise and call Mathew's bluff. It's your character, and his beliefs are fully yours to control. However, this does not impact the fact that you made your castle nuke-proof.

Your information about the method in which Bedhivere is guarded within Camelot does severely influence my approximation of how powerful he is. I lacked this information previously.

I am a critical person for multiple reasons. The first is that I am critical by nature. The second is that I fear that overpowered characters can easily rip apart a roleplay and destroy it. In my experience, if a metagamer like you is allowed to go out of control, then they can - without any ill intent - ruin the experience for others.

The above is not meant as an insult. You have a great way with words, are excellent at describing both people and situations, and have a rich imagination. I love your reworking of the Arthurian legend, and Bedhivere as a character. However, much like me, you're a metagamer, and unlike with myself, I have no control over your actions. That makes me paranoid, and while I would love to simply blindly trust that you will not abuse your vastly overpowered character, I just don't know you and that worries me. I fear that your actions will remove agency from all other characters.

Furthermore, I would encourage you to question me in all things I do if you believe they may offer any form of harm to the roleplay, or distress any characters, or if they simply don't make sense. I will enquire and debate you on the subject, and then, if I agree with you, I will make any alterations necessary.

I have explained Gabriel's weakness previously, as well as the extents and limits of his power. Here's a quote, dated 20 days. You may find it on Page 14 of this OOC, if you wish to check.

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Let me clarify Gabe: Gabriel is a boss. Although it has never been previously established just HOW old he is, suffice to say he's old enough to have met Cain in person, and have been worshipped by the Mesopotamians. He is absolutely ancient, and he was created for the purpose of being a mystical, mysterious, thing. Now, the whole 'no magic' thing has already been shattered, this run has a lot more magic than previous ones (where Mith's pyrokinesis was a topic of debate, and Gabriel was the magicalest magic-man out there) so he's no longer as magical as he used to be. However, he's still massively psionic, capable of great mental feats. Gabriel can instil emotions in people, create illusions, generate insanity, read minds, and do many other things. He has never, however, 'mind controlled' someone. The act of mind control takes control away from a player, and this decreases people's fun. As such, I never plan on having Gabriel do anything like this. Instead, he merely shifted Kami's senses slightly, causing him to think the heart was a bit to the left. To balance out how rampantly powerful Gabriel is, I added in several factors. First off, he doesn't pick sides. He has no intention of saving humans or vampires in particular, and doesn't care for either. He might interfere occasionally, for fun, but he isn't going to 'fix' the results of any battle. As such, he doesn't take agency away from the players - their actions are still what determines the outcome of the battle, and the story as a whole. Furthermore, while this has almost never come up, Gabriel is physically weak. While he's still stronger than a human by far, his strength is barely above that of a Newblood, and any Oldblood should be able to beat him down in a physical confrontation. I created this so that, if one takes into account Gabriel's capabilities, there is an effective counter to them and chance of defeating him. He's certainly powerful, but use of robots, drones or people like Mith (who are immune to psychic tampering) will nullify his greatest abilities. Thus, to me, are the basic rules of making an overpowered character. If one 'side' has a truly OP character, then other character's actions become irrelevant compared to this overpowered character. In order to preserve agency, overpowered characters must always be neutral in a conflict. Furthermore, there must always be a method available to defeat them, if necessary they should serve as a 'boss battle' for other players to gang up against.
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The Purge are and illegal military force that exists within America, and is in direct confrontation with their military. The only reason they are not being exterminated is because (1) they're hard to find/identify before they're rallied by Kami no Kage and (2) They only hunt vampires, and as such are less of a concern. Better yet, they almost exclusively hunt down compact-breakers like Magnus. As such, the military isn't nearly as bothered with exterminating them. Do recall that SOLDIER (Matt) pretty much attacked them on-sight, and initiated all hostilities that ocurred between the two parties.

But you're right that I hadn't thought of the specific political ramifications of the clash between the Purge and SOLDIER in Kilo Point, and should pay more attention to that. Most likely, both through the display of advanced weaponry and because of the battle between SOLDIER and the Purge, they're going to have drawn more military attention.

I did not expect to meet Bedhivere. And as previously established by Matt, he likes to meet people in person. Which is why he didn't send a proxy, which would have been much safer for him. Hell, from the way things are turning out, this mistake may cost him his life. This is not a principle I expected Bedhivere to share, especially with his focus on secrecy.

As previously stated, Mathew Stone does not have any nuclear weaponry. The UK quite probably does have nuclear weaponry. Also, it would be in control of the Brittish Government, as opposed to Bedhivere. This is, assuming he's not pupppeting the whole country.