[Discuss] "Strip titles" recommendations

[Mark Moss]

On Tuesday 06 November 2007 05:48, psymann wrote:
> Mark Moss wrote:
>  > Perhaps the ruler could also bribe the bureaucracy to ensure
> >
> > that they find the title to be illegitimate.
>
> Only if, in return, there's a chance that they can be found out, and
> shamed to the whole realm.  Otherwise they'll bribe every time.  Rulers
> are quite capable of having extra gold for that - they'll just not give
> so much out to new knights and use it for that instead, so bribing would
> be done as a matter of course.

It depends on how high the bribe must be to (nearly) guarantee success.  If 
the bribe cost 400 gold, rulers will have to raise the cash (cash bonds, 
family support, etc.) before being sure they will be rid of a character.  
They also have to decide if 400 god is worth getting rid of the character 
slightly sooner than the judge could issue a ban.

It would still allow the ruler to strip titles, eventually, without spending 
the gold if he can't convice the judge to issue a ban.

Mark Moss


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