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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2886839" data-attributes="member: 22779">Interesting stuff.I'm still not convinced that DnD mechanics would lead to any sort of democracy though.  If anything, it would lead to anarchy.  Democracy has to be based on the idea of equality between citizens.  Whichever group gets to vote has to be equal. But, in DnD terms, we know for a fact this isn't true.  We have imperical evidence that this isn't true.  The entire level structure shows that Person A (Com 1) is not equal in any meaningful way to Person B (Wiz 12).  The existence of magic and levels throws any concept of equality out the window.After all, while real world Person A might be a member of mensa, and Person B is a crack addict, both are more or less equal in many ways.  Both die when you stick a sword in them for example.  This is not true of high level characters.  Neither can physically do much more than the other.  This is certainly not true of others.  Both can use technology to do various things, true, but the same things.  Commoner A cannot fly but Wizard B sure can.An anarchic system, where power is based entirely on the individual's ability to sway those around them (if I'm using the term correctly) seems more likely IMO.  People will cluster around the HLC simply because the HLC can protect them from threats they cannot possibly defend themselves from.</blockquote>