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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 3081445" data-attributes="member: 16991">This is a good point.  Adventures become a necessary part of any government but don't need to be the apex.  The person leading the government is not always the smartest, most poltically connected or wealthiest, but they gather those around them who are and balance thier needs and abilities.However, rulers would need to have more personal training and lots of money spent on personal protections and enhancement.  To rule effectivley you need a high diplomacy skill, a decent will save, and a high charisma.  20-24 chr is not uncommon by 12th level for sorcerers, paladins and bards.  Rulers would need similar stats and skill levels to maintain control. The differences between a D&D based world and a real one arise when the system breaks down.  In the Real world coups, revolutions and the like can be supressed by miltary force, in a D&D game they can only be checked by adventuring heros.  Rulers would need to keep careful tabs of adventuring groups and treat the powerful ones as another powerblock. Governments would also have a vested intrest in training and recruiting heroes rather than masses of troops. My point in this thread is not as much about the actions of PCs - but how does everyone else behave in a world where personal advancement and power can rise from virtually nothing to that of a demigod in a short timespan.</blockquote>