[Discuss] Stripping characters of their nobility

[Mark Moss]

On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 19:50 -0500, Greg McGlynn wrote:
> Thomas Dalton wrote:
> > Rulers have the option to question the nobility of a member of their
> > realm. From what I've seen, the vast majority of the times that option
> > is used, it's in controversial circumstances at best, or outright
> > abuse of power at worst (from an IC point of view). However, it seems
> > to virtually never get protested the amount it should.
> >
> > Is it just me that feels this way? If not, what can we do to encourage
> > more realistic responses? (I think it boils down to people not RPing
> > their characters as selfish enough - no-one is as selfless and cares
> > only for the good of the realm as most characters in BM.)
> >
> I agree with this. It seems to me that a ruler's use of the strip titles 
> option should pretty much *always* get protested. The ruler isn't just 
> saying the person is bad and shouldn't be doing what they're doing, the 
> ruler is saying they aren't even a noble, just a peasant pretending to 
> be one. It's one of the worst possible accusations you could make of 
> another noble. As I recall, the message informing the realm that a noble 
> has been stripped tells you that you should protest this except under 
> the most extreme circumstances.

Funny you should mention that, as one of my characters just stripped his
banker of his titles.  What got the banker stripped of his titles?  Was
it his stated intent to make off with large amount's of gold?  His vocal
support for a banned traitor?  Nope, it was this line at the end of his
farewell letter/admission of guilt:

"""
Farewell Alebad, never trust a pirate with your gold!
-Tarajist Balewind, the Pirate King.”
"""

Mark Moss



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