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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8780151" data-attributes="member: 6801228">See, I think you skipped right past this though. I think you are right about why Warlords don't work and how public works may not work. But what prevents the ruling family from making a Warlock pact with a Celestial or a Fey? &quot;We will honor you, give you gifts, and in exchange you give us the power to rule and keep our people safe&quot; this is actually a pretty common deal in folklore for Eastern Nations. And would be a powerful alliance that puts you on the throne.Bloodline inheritance? What prevents the family from having a bloodline connection that allows for Sorcerous powers? You don't need to study to have sorcerous powers, you just do. In fact, marriage between bloodlines with power would be prime candidates for political marriages. You also can't dismiss the phenomena of second and third sons. Many first-born children were devoted to the continuation of the connections with the nobility, but the second or third born were given to the church to work as priests, and to make an alliance with the church. After all, if the local deacon is your Uncle, you have more power than the guy whose family has no connection to the church. Many nobles learned arts and histories. Why could this not lead into Bardic magic? They are born through the study of art and history. Many nobles were knights. What prevents them from having a divine oath of the crown and being a paladin, or studying magic and becoming an Eldritch Knight? As far as we can tell, becoming an Eldritch Knight is no more difficult than becoming a cavalier, banneret, or battle master.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8780151, member: 6801228"] See, I think you skipped right past this though. I think you are right about why Warlords don't work and how public works may not work. But what prevents the ruling family from making a Warlock pact with a Celestial or a Fey? "We will honor you, give you gifts, and in exchange you give us the power to rule and keep our people safe" this is actually a pretty common deal in folklore for Eastern Nations. And would be a powerful alliance that puts you on the throne. Bloodline inheritance? What prevents the family from having a bloodline connection that allows for Sorcerous powers? You don't need to study to have sorcerous powers, you just do. In fact, marriage between bloodlines with power would be prime candidates for political marriages. You also can't dismiss the phenomena of second and third sons. Many first-born children were devoted to the continuation of the connections with the nobility, but the second or third born were given to the church to work as priests, and to make an alliance with the church. After all, if the local deacon is your Uncle, you have more power than the guy whose family has no connection to the church. Many nobles learned arts and histories. Why could this not lead into Bardic magic? They are born through the study of art and history. Many nobles were knights. What prevents them from having a divine oath of the crown and being a paladin, or studying magic and becoming an Eldritch Knight? As far as we can tell, becoming an Eldritch Knight is no more difficult than becoming a cavalier, banneret, or battle master. [/QUOTE]

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