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<blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 109445" data-attributes="member: 546">The term you're looking for is &quot;the divine right of kings,&quot; which is of course alleged &quot;rule by divine right,&quot; wherein the king/emperor/pope (whatever) is given his authority to rule the land by God... at least that's the lie told to get everyone to obey him and hopefully deter detractors, plotters and assassins. As far as fantasy RPGs go, any god will do, but it must be one accepted by the majority of the citizens if it is to be truly effective and meaningful. Saying you have been given &quot;the divine right to rule Waterdeep by Orcus, Demon Prince of the Undead,&quot; isn't going to prove particularly helpful in establishing your authority, unless you have a sizable force of believers to back you up, as Orcus is not a well-liked or much-worshipped deity in Waterdeep. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kaptain_Kantrip, post: 109445, member: 546"] The term you're looking for is "the divine right of kings," which is of course alleged "rule by divine right," wherein the king/emperor/pope (whatever) is given his authority to rule the land by God... at least that's the lie told to get everyone to obey him and hopefully deter detractors, plotters and assassins. As far as fantasy RPGs go, any god will do, but it must be one accepted by the majority of the citizens if it is to be truly effective and meaningful. Saying you have been given "the divine right to rule Waterdeep by Orcus, Demon Prince of the Undead," isn't going to prove particularly helpful in establishing your authority, unless you have a sizable force of believers to back you up, as Orcus is not a well-liked or much-worshipped deity in Waterdeep. :D [/QUOTE]

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