[quote=@Stekkmen]
Well, this looks cool. 

Are you,[@DungeonMaster], going to be controlling the city guard, and pose an actual threat to us and kill a character or two off, or are they going to be in some weird limbo where they only do things that we, the players, say they do? 'cause that always gets weird, if you know what I mean.

Either way, I'm typing up a character now.
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Death is a very real possibility.

And yes, I will be controlling the City Guard and other important NPCs. The guards posted around you will have a life of their own, patrolling, randomly checking hiding places, taking breaks and so on. Be careful about leaving traces of your presence as they can and will hunt you down.

If you try to jump across a ten-foot-gap between roofs and you fail, you WILL face the consequences. A fall is likely, though you will be given the chance to grab a ledge or something. And if you fall, and if you are lucky enough to survive, you might get arrested. Or you might have a limp for the rest of your RP life.

Though I don't want to bother the applicants with it right now, there will be a stat-based system in the background that will determine the outcome of physical actions like attacking, retreating, climbing, jumping, moving stealthily et cetera.

Naturally, death will be the last resort.