Bribes
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It's not the bribes themselves I'm talking about, it's just that the way they're done is implausible. As soon as the guard has the bar of gold, there's nothing to stop him attacking the dungeoneer anyway. And seeing that Lord F or Mogdred will be angry if they find out that the guard has accepted a bribe, it doesn't make sense that they let the dungeoneer pass instead. That's all I'm pointing out.
Mmm hmm - maybe. But perhaps the guard in question was thinking for the future: if they cross paths with the dungeoneer again (unlikely, but... you know) then they could expect to be given bribes again. Alternatively, if word got 'round to such guards that dungeoneers generally knew what previous dungeoneers had got up to in the dungeon, then it would make sense to cultivate a culture of accepting bribery.
And if said guards managed to make enough profit from accepting bribes then perhaps they wouldn't have to work for Lord F anyway. Perhaps.
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Mmm hmm - maybe. But perhaps the guard in question was thinking for the future: if they cross paths with the dungeoneer again (unlikely, but... you know) then they could expect to be given bribes again.
That would still amount to being pretty thick though, wouldn't it? I mean, it sounds like a ludicrous risk to take for the sake of a future encounter that there was almost no chance of ever happening.
And if said guards managed to make enough profit from accepting bribes then perhaps they wouldn't have to work for Lord F anyway.
I suppose, but for me, it still comes back to the same thing; they could accept the bribe to make the profit, and then kill the dungeoneer anyway.
I should mention in defence of the series that on one occasion in season 4, Fatilla did take exactly the attitude I'm talking about. He accepted a bribe from team 7 and then admitted that he had lied to them when he said he'd let them through, and so they had to cast a spell to get past him. That scene makes far more sense plot-wise.
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Wait a minute! I've got the most splendid idea!
If everybody who gets aggressive in pubs did that then there'd be no violence in high streets up and down the country on a Friday and Saturday night, right? The NHS would save money and everything!
If we can get today's impressionable youth to watch Knightmare and tell them* that's* how mindless violence works, nobody'll ever get glassed, punched or stabbed again! The victim would be half way home by the time the aggressor lands a punch!
BRING BACK KNIGHTMARE!
Genius idea...... would work in my home town.......
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