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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 2407931" data-attributes="member: 3051">Oh yeah, the classic "I'm protecting you from forces you couldn't even comprehend!" line.  Good stuff, although I'd say that he should be REALLY careful pretending to be the all-powerful Wizard until after he hits at least level 17 (Wish).  Until then, someone might ask him to cast one of his 9th-level spells, and if he's not able...The beauty of the decentralization idea is, everyone who knew Ioun has probably already accepted that Annel is his voice in day-to-day operations.  Sure, Ioun was the public face of the empire, but nothing would actually get done without her input.  The only thing she lacked was official rank for dealing with the nobility of other kingdoms; sure, when they'd come to see Ioun, she'd deal with them as his assistant, but the other way around doesn't really work.So if Ioun were to declare Annel to be "Prime Minister" of something closer to a confederation, everyone would just ASSUME that he's still going to be controlling from the throne, and that the rank is simply for diplomatic expediency.  Everyone would negotiate with her, with the understanding that she'd take any treaties to him for final approval.  In fact, she really IS going to be running the place, while he's almost a figurehead.  It's hiding the truth in plain sight; there's no actual lie involved, everyone just sees the situation and interprets it through what they know of the facts.(Okay, a near-Epic caster with all that equipment isn't actually a "figurehead", but you get the point.  He'd be more like her mystical advisor.)</blockquote>

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