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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 6198018" data-attributes="member: 386">Was this in response to what I said over here?I was thinking something more along the lines of this: &quot;In this world, the king refusing the accept visitors is strange, since kings need to see visitors.&nbsp; So something strange is going on.&quot;I think that information is helpful - to the game; I think there could be enough confusion over the idea of getting an audience with the king, and how it works, to warrant handing out this information.&nbsp; In my mind it's similar to saying, &quot;Okay, you didn't address him as 'My Liege', which is a big deal in this world, since they're big on manners - it keeps them from killing each other over matters of honour.&nbsp; Do you want to add that in?&quot;&nbsp; Or even, &quot;Men aren't normally allowed to talk at court; their wives represent them.&nbsp; Unmarried men are generally forbidden from court.&quot;&nbsp; You know, setting stuff the PCs would know that the players might not.&nbsp; (A stranger from a strange land might not know this, though...)Like you, I want the players to make decisions, I just want to make sure they have enough information to be able to do so.&nbsp; Since this is a strange situation that the PCs would pick up on, I don't want the players to confuse it with a run-of-the-mill elitist king who doesn't hold court.How would you handle this situation if the players assumed it was typical behaviour for kings in this world?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 6198018, member: 386"] Was this in response to what I said over here? I was thinking something more along the lines of this: "In this world, the king refusing the accept visitors is strange, since kings need to see visitors. So something strange is going on." I think that information is helpful - to the game; I think there could be enough confusion over the idea of getting an audience with the king, and how it works, to warrant handing out this information. In my mind it's similar to saying, "Okay, you didn't address him as 'My Liege', which is a big deal in this world, since they're big on manners - it keeps them from killing each other over matters of honour. Do you want to add that in?" Or even, "Men aren't normally allowed to talk at court; their wives represent them. Unmarried men are generally forbidden from court." You know, setting stuff the PCs would know that the players might not. (A stranger from a strange land might not know this, though...) Like you, I want the players to make decisions, I just want to make sure they have enough information to be able to do so. Since this is a strange situation that the PCs would pick up on, I don't want the players to confuse it with a run-of-the-mill elitist king who doesn't hold court. How would you handle this situation if the players assumed it was typical behaviour for kings in this world? [/QUOTE]

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