[Discuss] "roleplaying island"

[James]

Tom wrote:
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> 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.
>
>
>
Why would you assume people who tell you they bought the title that it's 
legit?  Those are the ones I was referring to.