[Discuss] abusing the strip titles option?

[Timothy Collett]

On Nov 2, 2007, at 6:49 PM, fodder wrote:
> unless we somehow should believe that almost all characters in the  
> game
> are related by blood.. hereditary is essentially contradictory to
> gameplay. players can choose to serve any lord... upon the lord's
> removal, the player get a claim on the land... like how? suddenly a  
> long
> lost blood relative, are they?

Well, given the way the nobility of the period were, I don't think  
it's unreasonable to say that just about any noble in the game should  
be related to just about any other.

> I find kicking a lord down to commoner to be rather too extreme  
> without
> there being some intermediate alternative.

I emphatically disagree, for the reasons stated in my earlier email.

> there is no defense and no redress.. (aside from maybe a duel...  
> now why would a ruler duel with a peasant?)

That, I think should be remedied.  Some time ago, I laid out a whole  
proposal for being able to knock a noble down to peasant *if* enough  
other nobles support it.  If they don't, however, the ruler himself  
would have been removed from power and lost a huge amount of honour  
and prestige.

> and yes.. I don't really get that nobility thing.

That could be a serious problem when attempting to discuss anything  
of consequence about BattleMaster.

Unfortunately, it's late on a Friday, so my brain is currently in the  
process of shutting down, and I also have a kitten on my right arm,  
making typing a bit more difficult than it might otherwise be.  Thus,  
I will have to refer you to others with more ability and focus to  
remedy your lack of education on the subject.

Me, I'm gonna pet my kitten ;-)

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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