In his newest blog, Robert Schwalb talks about Kings and Castles over at Wizards of the Coast. Go there to take the various polls.
The question I was most interested in was "do you agree that a DM should decide whether holdings and followers belong in the game"?
I'll kick of the discussion with my thoughts after reading Monte Cook's The Challenge of High Level Play: Add holdings and followers as a Fourth Pillar (called Dominion) at about Level 15. Thus, from 1st to 14th level, each class would be balanced to contribute to each of Social/Interaction/Roleplay, Combat, and Exploration. From 15th level onwards, classes would each contribute in their own way to social, combat, exploration, AND dominion (aka holdings, followers, spell tower, or leadership position).
Discussion can also be found at http://www.enworld.org/forum/new-horizons-upcoming-edition-d-d/318772-d-d-blog-kings-castles.html.
The question I was most interested in was "do you agree that a DM should decide whether holdings and followers belong in the game"?
I'll kick of the discussion with my thoughts after reading Monte Cook's The Challenge of High Level Play: Add holdings and followers as a Fourth Pillar (called Dominion) at about Level 15. Thus, from 1st to 14th level, each class would be balanced to contribute to each of Social/Interaction/Roleplay, Combat, and Exploration. From 15th level onwards, classes would each contribute in their own way to social, combat, exploration, AND dominion (aka holdings, followers, spell tower, or leadership position).
Discussion can also be found at http://www.enworld.org/forum/new-horizons-upcoming-edition-d-d/318772-d-d-blog-kings-castles.html.