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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8782734" data-attributes="member: 7030132">I disagree.Nobility everywhere eventually sought to distance themselves from common people as an explanation why they ought to rule. Often in the form of divine mandate or actual divinity or other mythical heritage.In D&amp;D thus would mean the fantasy chinese emperor would really be related to a dragon instead of just claiming it to be.All other nobles who do not have a heritage like this would need other things to elevate them over common people.And spellcasting is a reliable way to do it.Its much easier to explain why you have a born right lead and others should serve you when the only times the common people see you is when you perform superhuman feats like flying above them in a processions or heal the wounds of anyone brought before you on the first sunday of the month with a mere touch.Compared to that, why should the people serve a normal person just because he was born a prince&nbsp; when, from their point of view, there is a race of superhumans out there or people directly blessed by the gods?And the more nobles use their superhuman abilities (spellcasting) as legitimization to rule the more pressured the other nobles become to also learn spellcasting to not appear unworthy of ruling.So instead of teaching their heirs how to ride and wield a lance they teach them how to cast spells.And in a few generation most if not all nobles will be spellcasters and, assuming the world is made up out of kingdoms, spellcasters will rule the world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8782734, member: 7030132"] I disagree. Nobility everywhere eventually sought to distance themselves from common people as an explanation why they ought to rule. Often in the form of divine mandate or actual divinity or other mythical heritage. In D&D thus would mean the fantasy chinese emperor would really be related to a dragon instead of just claiming it to be. All other nobles who do not have a heritage like this would need other things to elevate them over common people. And spellcasting is a reliable way to do it. Its much easier to explain why you have a born right lead and others should serve you when the only times the common people see you is when you perform superhuman feats like flying above them in a processions or heal the wounds of anyone brought before you on the first sunday of the month with a mere touch. Compared to that, why should the people serve a normal person just because he was born a prince when, from their point of view, there is a race of superhumans out there or people directly blessed by the gods? And the more nobles use their superhuman abilities (spellcasting) as legitimization to rule the more pressured the other nobles become to also learn spellcasting to not appear unworthy of ruling. So instead of teaching their heirs how to ride and wield a lance they teach them how to cast spells. And in a few generation most if not all nobles will be spellcasters and, assuming the world is made up out of kingdoms, spellcasters will rule the world. [/QUOTE]

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