[Discuss] Feature suggestion - Stealing gold from banks

[Thomas Dalton]

> Besides, what this thread's talking about (that hasn't really been
> discussed by itself) involves nothing less than the introduction of
> theft of gold from troop leaders.  Currently, the only way to squeeze
> gold out of a TL is to be imprisoned (and bonds are listed as the
> defense against that) -- allowing random infiltrator actions and peasant
> uprisings to steal gold is an insecurity that will affect the game's feel.

No, it's about stealing gold from the realm, which can already happen.
It might make it impossible for a TL to cash their bonds, but they
won't lose those bonds - they can just wait until the bank has more
gold on hand. (Infils and looters won't be able to steal enough to
make much difference, a competant banker would be able to compensate
for it as soon as more tax gold comes in - in fact, it should be
possible to keep some gold in the vaults without issuing bonds for it
as an insurance against thefts. It's only when the realm's leaders
take large amounts of gold that it becomes an issue.)


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