[Discuss] Serious Medieval Atmosphere - Duels

[Josiah Allen]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Loren Schmidt <loren.schmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Josiah Allen <josiahallen at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Loren Schmidt <loren.schmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Märt Reose <m2r at hot.ee> wrote:
>  >  >  > >
>
>
> >  Well, you aren't even a knight, and you think a Duke should bother to duel you?
>  >
>  >  Insulting someone doesn't guarantee you a duel.  There should be no
>  >  'forced' duels.  There weren't in the middle ages.  They were always
>  >  mutual.  It will certainly gain his scorn, but again, no Duke should
>  >  waste him time dueling anybody below his stature.  If I were him I
>  >  tell my knights to duel you for your insults to the city.
>  >
>  >  You are 100 times greater than a peasant, but as a Duke he is 100
>  >  times greater than you.
>
>  In a backwater realm, when there are 15 nobles in a realm, the Duke is
>  greater in title only really, especially when he was just appointed a
>  day or two prior.  Factor in the family prestige differences (family
>  fame of 38 to his 14), and the challenging character's past history
>  (King, Judge, Duke) and it's a tough sell to say that the Duke can
>  simply ignore the character's challenge.
>
>  But your point is well taken that the Duke should simply have a proxy
>  fight the duel if conditions were otherwise, or even as they stand.
>  But to just shrug it off....?
>
>
>
>  /Loren
>
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Well, keep in mind the hundreds of NPC nobles in the realm.  And if
the duel were regarding say, the right of the Dukeship, and the
challenger had good claim, that is different.  But a knight whining
about oath offers shouldn't be bothered with, if he were important he
wouldn't be begging you for gold.

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