[Discuss] Royal Status

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 10/3/06, Shina <shina at gmx.at> wrote:
>
> [This followup was posted to alt.games.battlemaster.discuss and a copy
> was sent to the cited author.]
>
> In article <mailman.1295.1159894251.2568.discuss at news.battlemaster.org>,
> tom at lemuria.org says...
> > Welcome to the middle ages. :-)
> >
> >
> > No, seriously, there should, of course, be a way to deal with him. I
> > prefer the infiltrator option. Right now, of course, that only does a
> > serious injury, which won't remove him from office.
> >
> > However, I believe there should be a limit here. My current idea is to
> > have an "inactivity" counter - if he couldn't attend to his office for,
> > say, two weeks, for whatever reason, then someone can ursurp the throne,
> > dukeship or what have you.
> >
> > That would give you options. If he recovers, try to get him again before
> > he can do something.
> >
>
> What a great time, our middle ages :)
>
> Well, I also like the idea. It should be very hard to get this royal
> duke out of office, but there should be a slight chance to do that.
>
> But this counter ... I don't know.
>
> What about the Bankers. There is a nice button for them, with no
> function at the moment. So why don't give the Bankers the possibility,
> to bribe the city, so that it refuses it's current duke (If a mob of
> thousands of peasants are lynching the duke, even the best royal can't
> help himself).
>
> You can even combine it, mabye with a serious wound or prison stay. You
> can also make it very expensive, or with a factor of luck.
>
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I would actually prepose that landed nobility be exempted from bans as a
rule rather then just royals. A lord has this great swath of land, slaves
(peasants) working for them, knights protecting them and countless other
holdings of wealth. If a judge comes and declares said lord banned I doubt
they would just shrug and leave their region. (Is there any historians in
the house who could comment if I'm thinking of this properly?) Not sure what
long term effect such a suggestion would have if implimented but I'll think
about it and hopefully someone else will too. ;)
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