[Discuss] "roleplaying island"

[Christopher Subich]

rax at outertilog.net wrote:
> How do you know that the ruler didn't appoint him? Just because they
> choose to say one thing to you, doesn't mean they didn't do something
> completely different. 

I will not have words placed in my characters' mouths, nor actions done 
in his name that he did not do.  That's not a game -- in a game choices 
matter.

> if asked. The fact of the matter is, we don't know they're forgeries,
> so must accept that whatever procedure the realm uses, has been
> adhered to. 

The only logical conclusion is that for some mysterious reason, the 
claim takes precedence over whatever procedure the realm had in place. 
Given that the in-game justification is "heredity," which is of no 
importance anywhere else, there is no hook for players to believably 
build upon.


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