Aslan Bounty-hunter?

[jatay3]

Alien Races 2 said that Aslan couldn't be bounty hunters because that was dishonourable. Is that necessarily true?
An honourable Aslan obviously couldn't be a bounty hunter if that means a "hit-man". He could however track down criminals when they run away. He might have some "gender-role" trouble(tracking down people requires paperwork; and a well bred male Aslan has to be a warrior or something vaugely "warriorish"). However wouldn't the job be very appropriate for an Aslan?

 

[kaladorn]

Is hunting criminals beneath his notice?

Is the fiscal 'hunt for cash' motivation outside his definition of honour?

Perhaps if he hunted them for his clan chief (ie a law enforcer rather than independent hunter), then he isn't working for money. Alternatively, a male female hunter team with the female handling the business side and the male strictly engaged in the takedown might work.

 

[PapaGolfWhiskey]

Wow, great minds.
I thought the same thing. A male/female team would work. It's the female's 'venture' and the male is the loyal 'muscle'

They'd be a very scrupulous team, I suspect, and the male would would probably need the 'Tolerance' feat.

 

[rancke]

Originally posted by Garf:
I thought the same thing. A male/female team would work. It's the female's 'venture' and the male is the loyal 'muscle'

Heh. That reminds of an early episode of the comic Usagi Yojimbo. Usagi, a ronin bodyguard, encounters a bounty hunter who needs help to catch a couple of tough criminals. Usagi replies haughtily that he is not a bounty hunter. "Very well," says the bounty hunter, "I'll hire you as my bodyguard." A solution that satisfies everyone's honor.


Hans

 

[jatay3]

He doesn't have to work for money: he can have a ranch waiting for him when he has finished a specified term.

 

[Ganidirsii O'Flynn]

Well, it might be slightly off-topic, but have you considered the very honorable ihatei profession of wandering champion? Sometimes a male is too old or important to the clan to get killed in a duel over discourtesy. Often, a land poor, but highly skilled member of the clan fights the duel as a designated champion. This is a way of preserving the honor of the original challengee, and provides a young male with an opportunity to earn land.

This is, by the by, an excellant career for an ex-Assassin, as generated in Alien Book#1.

Now, it is a short step away from there to bringing in those who would steal the clan's ships (as an example). Or, for that matter, bringing in those the clan must judge. The wandering champion (and his wife, or other female) tracks down the offending party, and publicly humiliates them, thereby instituting the duel. An earleatais oversees the match with returning for judgment or returning the clan's property as the honor requirement. Should the defeated party renege on the terms of the duel, they are given the worst imaginable sentance: dishonorable banishment. Even clans who are mutual enemies would have to abide by the ruling...

What do you think?

 

[kaladorn]

You'd think recovering stolen property would be a female concern but avenging offended honour would be a male concern. Hence bounty hunting teams would be male/female teams. Investigation seems like a female aspect too. The males would be involved in the actual 'liberation' of stolen vessels and the 'capture or termination' of honourless thieves.

The male isn't concerned by the monetary loss, he's concerned with the loss of honour that letting someone steal his clans possessions and live to laugh about it implies.

The female is concerned about the economic losses as well as with the loss of honour, though she expects the males to provide redress for this.