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<blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 7352272" data-attributes="member: 82504"><p>In myth and legend heros, nobles and kings are of special bloodlines divine or dragons and fey most of the time. Lancelot had a peasant squire that he made ennobled but for every one of those there were over a hundred named characters in those stories who were born to it with magical blood lines that included Dragons, the Fey and Gods and Sun born.</p><p></p><p>Birth heritage even in reality is one big source of human power (the most obvious now is money but that wasnt the only way)<strong>. The peasant farmer can get his fancy mostly passive but dependent toy taken by the Nobleman and most of the time it would if you are fond of talking statistical likelihood.</strong> Heck the realistic Nobleman probably has better stats because he hasnt been starved and had more opportunity for training heck he likely knows how to use a sword.</p><p></p><p>Why would a magic sword want to be wielded by someone who doesnt even have training with a weapon? Hanging out with the class who labors the fields isnt their best option.</p><p></p><p>And an awesome known magical weapon being just left in the mud is not entirely realistic either if that is the idea of your story line. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The odds of a given peasant keeping a gold watch they found is pretty low... let alone a fancy sword they do not know how to use.</p><p></p><p>Additionally are you rolling your backgrounds and playing 1e? In 4e I pick a background and theme ... </p><p></p><p>That farmer theme was never exciting to me back when i did play 1e.</p><p></p><p>In the Lord of the Rings we have a fated king, a princeling, an elf and dwarf also of noble lineage and even Frodo was a wealthy landowner the closest his culture had to a nobleman.(he brought his squire as a side kick). The two rogues that accompanied them are the closest to peasants but significantly out numbered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garthanos, post: 7352272, member: 82504"] In myth and legend heros, nobles and kings are of special bloodlines divine or dragons and fey most of the time. Lancelot had a peasant squire that he made ennobled but for every one of those there were over a hundred named characters in those stories who were born to it with magical blood lines that included Dragons, the Fey and Gods and Sun born. Birth heritage even in reality is one big source of human power (the most obvious now is money but that wasnt the only way)[B]. The peasant farmer can get his fancy mostly passive but dependent toy taken by the Nobleman and most of the time it would if you are fond of talking statistical likelihood.[/B] Heck the realistic Nobleman probably has better stats because he hasnt been starved and had more opportunity for training heck he likely knows how to use a sword. Why would a magic sword want to be wielded by someone who doesnt even have training with a weapon? Hanging out with the class who labors the fields isnt their best option. And an awesome known magical weapon being just left in the mud is not entirely realistic either if that is the idea of your story line. The odds of a given peasant keeping a gold watch they found is pretty low... let alone a fancy sword they do not know how to use. Additionally are you rolling your backgrounds and playing 1e? In 4e I pick a background and theme ... That farmer theme was never exciting to me back when i did play 1e. In the Lord of the Rings we have a fated king, a princeling, an elf and dwarf also of noble lineage and even Frodo was a wealthy landowner the closest his culture had to a nobleman.(he brought his squire as a side kick). The two rogues that accompanied them are the closest to peasants but significantly out numbered. [/QUOTE]
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