[Discuss] "roleplaying island"

[Tom]

On 06/25/2007 10:32 AM, James wrote:
>> Hm...I see what you mean here.  Then that's something that needs to 
>> be addressed, because up til now my characters and those I've 
>> interacted with "know" that the only way to get the title is buying 
>> it.  If we're working off the assumption that's not true...Hm...
>>
>>
> It's always been the assumption that role playing wise this is true.  
> They would hear whispers (and perhaps have seen someone caught doing 
> it) of it possibly, but they would assume most titles are legit.

No, they would assume _all_ titles are legit.

Why? Because once your start doubting any titles, you are shaking the 
very foundations you are living on. Who's to say that _your_ title isn't 
faked? Why are you crying so loud? Maybe to cover up a skeleton in 
_your_ closet?


I'm pretty sure in the real middle ages, a forged duke or baron title 
would have been dealt with as quietly as possible. I know for a fact 
that in the real world many people were actually promoted to positions 
of power because they had successfully faked them, and revealing them as 
frauds would have been more damaging to the system than keeping them.



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