Teflon Billy
Explorer
Snoweel said:Hi...
Nice to see you back man
email me at jeff underscore ranger at yahoo.com.
Hope the army is treating you well.
Snoweel said:Hi...
KiwiGlen said:Most people want to sleep at night without having their soul ripped from their bodies and transformed.
Teflon Billy said:Nice to see you back man
email me at jeff underscore ranger at yahoo.com.
Hope the army is treating you well.
Snoweel said:So I can't see a 4th level aristocrat ruling a kingdom where 15th level fighters lead the army - and there are no historical parallels here, historically there's never been a 15th level fighter. This is an individual who is truly capable of getting away with breaking the law. Hell, he's capable of being the law.
Am I missing something here?
Snoweel said:Hi.
I've been thinking for a long time about the political systems that would arise in a world that featured the massive difference in individual power levels inherent to D&D.
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So I can't see a 4th level aristocrat ruling a kingdom where 15th level fighters lead the army - and there are no historical parallels here, historically there's never been a 15th level fighter. This is an individual who is truly capable of getting away with breaking the law. Hell, he's capable of being the law.
Am I missing something here?
Snoweel said:Ah but I think it is. The level of personal might available to a high level D&D character far surpasses anything that ever existed in the real world - a character with class levels in the high teens has the ability and equipment to do just about anything he/she wants. People will naturally defer to such an individual - they need him/her on their side. More so, they will desperately strive not to cross such a character. There is simply no 'great leveller' in place like we have in real life - even the president of the US has very real limitations on his power (look what happened to Nixon), as does the greatest fighter on the planet. I mean, you could pick 4 or 5 guys off this board who could beat Tim Sylvia to a pulp, if they worked together.
Snoweel said:Do you not think religion, philosophy and tradition would look very different in a world where a high enough level character of any class would make light work of a Large chromatic dragon? These higher concepts arose due to lack of tangibles. I just don't think people are going to philosophise too much when the 'gods' walk amongst them, and your level of personal freedom and security is directly tied to your personal might.
Snoweel said:I agree though I'm not even talking about forcing the people to do his bidding.
Ah but I think it is. The level of personal might available to a high level D&D character far surpasses anything that ever existed in the real world - a character with class levels in the high teens has the ability and equipment to do just about anything he/she wants.
People will naturally defer to such an individual - they need him/her on their side.
Do you not think religion, philosophy and tradition would look very different in a world where a high enough level character of any class would make light work of a Large chromatic dragon?
These higher concepts arose due to lack of tangibles. I just don't think people are going to philosophise too much when the 'gods' walk amongst them, and your level of personal freedom and security is directly tied to your personal might.
Umbran said:Well, why else have him as leader, if it isn't that he can force you to take him? Out of respect for the strength?
Think, for a moment, about Star Trek. Folks cry to the skies that it is unrealistic to have your most valuable person (the Captain) going on away missions - you don't put your leader out in risky positions. Same logic should apply here - if the mightiest are the leaders, then the country either loses their leaders regularly, or they lose the services of their mightiest people.
Similarly, note that Arthur himself was not the greatest of the Round Table knights.