#people genuinely forget what tombs are i swear when they say shit like this

[sacredashes]

i think people are misinterpreting why people are mad when we complain about the lords of fortune being """""ethical treasure hunters/pirates.""""" it's not that people are mad isabela THEORETICALLY learned her lesson from da2 and decided to spread it to everyone else. or that we want everyone in the game to be crazy evil.

the issue is with the FRAMING of, "we're not thieves, we don't steal. we don't steal culturally significant artifacts." because EVERYTHING in a tomb, or a ruin, IS A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACT. there is absolutely nothing from a civilization (that may be lost but IS being studied and the culture is STILL practiced by a modern group) that isn't significant when it comes to restoration, study, etc. there's so much value to gain from something like a broken vase that's being thrown down the drain for a pirate to steal and sell to some rando because "oh well it's not a religious artifact like the literal TOME OF KOSLUN, so it's fine." tomb raiding is ALWAYS bad, you're literally stealing shit from dead people. raiding ruins for treasure is ALWAYS bad. the idea that taash says this line like it means anything and rook can't go "yeah no, that's still stealing, they have the traps up for a reason," is a problem. glad a lof!rook can say "i'm pretty sure we do still steal though," but i do hate that it's locked as a lord option.

(and that's all without getting into the ‘finder's fee!’)