[Discuss] Moving

[Josiah Allen]

On 7/20/07, James <TheKobald at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Josiah Allen wrote:
> >
> > Threatening politely works all the time.  Also, a respected Lord with
> > many loyal knights is not one to be trifled with, what with protests
> > and rebellion being weapons of the nobles.  And what a King does to
> > one Lord, he certainly can do to another, so the other Lords may take
> > offense.  It's all part of the game, but there are no absolutes.  You
> > hear about the bannings, but you never hear about the times when a
> > leader backs down.
> >
> If you threaten and try to blackmail your ruler, judge or whatever with
> treason, and you're not banned, I would like to know what realm you're in.
>
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I'm not alluding to blatant blackmailing.  There's a difference between "If
you don't do x I'm defecting" and "I would strongly consider choice x."  The
fact is any lord can defect at any time, even the most loyal, if you don't
listen to them.  There is always a threat of someone leaving if you piss
them off.  The ruler must walk the line carefully.  If he's seen as banning
someone just because they disagree with a choice, any healthy realm of Lords
would run him out of town.
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