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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4796073" data-attributes="member: 177">More qualified? Because an adventuring life brings on to the intimate knowledge of local and international politics and an acumen for economics and administration?&nbsp; Since when are adventurers ever really qualified to be rulers?I disagree.&nbsp; Those politics and administrative duties are not heroic, or usually particularly dramatic.&nbsp; They are merely stressful.&nbsp; If the PCs become rulers, and the game continues in the frame of heroic fiction, you're talking about a turbulent time where the nation is probably always at risk of losing that new ruler.&nbsp; Not doing the people any favors, there.&nbsp; If the game does not continue in the frame of heroic fiction, it&nbsp; changes its nature into something the players probably didn't sign on for.There is a large difference between duty and responsibility.&nbsp; D&amp;D characters are in the Spider Man mode - with great power comes great responsibility.&nbsp; But if your power is in personally beating the snot out of dangerous things, then your responsibility shouldn't be in politics and administration.&nbsp; At least, not in sane politics and administration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 4796073, member: 177"] More qualified? Because an adventuring life brings on to the intimate knowledge of local and international politics and an acumen for economics and administration? Since when are adventurers ever really qualified to be rulers? I disagree. Those politics and administrative duties are not heroic, or usually particularly dramatic. They are merely stressful. If the PCs become rulers, and the game continues in the frame of heroic fiction, you're talking about a turbulent time where the nation is probably always at risk of losing that new ruler. Not doing the people any favors, there. If the game does not continue in the frame of heroic fiction, it changes its nature into something the players probably didn't sign on for. There is a large difference between duty and responsibility. D&D characters are in the Spider Man mode - with great power comes great responsibility. But if your power is in personally beating the snot out of dangerous things, then your responsibility shouldn't be in politics and administration. At least, not in [i]sane[/i] politics and administration. [/QUOTE]

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