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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 3534636" data-attributes="member: 7177">- It explains what kind of people rulers send on what kind of diplomatic missions (minor nobles? clergy? relatives? It all depends on how important the message is - and who among them the ruler will consider trustworthy...)- It explains &quot;letters of credence&quot; - the letters diplomats must take with them to establish their identity, their general mission, and their authority in the negotiations.- It explains what rights diplomats have while on a mission - they didn't have the full-fledged diplomatic immunity of today, but they were under the protection of the lord of the lands they were traveling through.- It explains what happens when diplomats arrive at their destination - usually a lengthy affair where they were expected to interact with the local social scene for the duration and participate in festivities.- It explains that there was no such thing as &quot;permanent diplomats&quot; in medieval times - instead, all diplomacy was occasional.And plenty more details. Imagine the following scenario: One of the PCs marries into the local nobility. However, instead of tending to his new lands, fighting off Random Monsters and digging up treasure in his territory, his new ruler and relative sends him off to neighboring kingdoms on diplomatic missions - because of his relative &quot;outsider&quot; status, he doesn't have the baggage from more &quot;established&quot; family lines who would twist these missions to their own advantage...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 3534636, member: 7177"] - It explains what kind of people rulers send on what kind of diplomatic missions (minor nobles? clergy? relatives? It all depends on how important the message is - and who among them the ruler will consider trustworthy...) - It explains "letters of credence" - the letters diplomats must take with them to establish their identity, their general mission, and their authority in the negotiations. - It explains what rights diplomats have while on a mission - they didn't have the full-fledged diplomatic immunity of today, but they [i]were[/i] under the protection of the lord of the lands they were traveling through. - It explains what happens when diplomats arrive at their destination - usually a lengthy affair where they were [i]expected[/i] to interact with the local social scene for the duration and participate in festivities. - It explains that there was no such thing as "permanent diplomats" in medieval times - instead, all diplomacy was occasional. And plenty more details. Imagine the following scenario: One of the PCs marries into the local nobility. However, instead of tending to his new lands, fighting off Random Monsters and digging up treasure in his territory, his new ruler and relative sends him off to neighboring kingdoms on diplomatic missions - because of his relative "outsider" status, he doesn't have the baggage from more "established" family lines who would twist these missions to their own advantage... [/QUOTE]

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