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Message: <blockquote data-quote="randomling" data-source="post: 754787" data-attributes="member: 8432">OK, so the baronies need to be more powerful... but not powerful enough to overthrow the King unless they all banded together (which, givfen Cellsori politics, is highly unlikely).A few things:1) There is an ongoing skirmish war with a country called Nerez going on in the North-East, about four days' ride from the royal seat. It's over mining rights, and the Nerezi are just protecting their territory so they aren't looking to invade (there's no threat to Cellsori territory, really, just the Cellsori economy). However, this is one of the main things the King uses his standing army for. New recruits are sent out to the front line as a "training excercise". It's not a war that's going to be won quickly, and despite the advice of his generals that he should give up and go home, the King persists.2) I was originally going to have standing armies and law enforcement be different people. In cities, which don't have standing armies of their own usually (except for one which is exceedingly rich and paranoid), the law enforcement is by the King's Watch (which has to exist by law. Lawful King and government, but they don't have a lot of power in all the ways they want it).3) There are very few actual members of the PC classes in the world... probably less than 5% of the population. The most common of those would be fighters and rogues. There is only about one wizard OR sorcerer, maybe a druid, and about a cleric and a half, for about 1,000 people. Not to mention there being strict legal injunctions on magic (no fireballs in public places). But I'm not sure what role spellcasters would play in my military. (Absolutely none in baronies' armies, but maybe the King would use them?)Not sure on a lot of things though...</blockquote>

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