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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rrealm" data-source="post: 1792077" data-attributes="member: 20630">Something to consider is that the general populace will be suspicious of any information they hear.  With so many years of war, they probably have nearly seen or heard of it all such as betrayals, doppelgangers, and charming magic to name a few.  Even if clerics did cast commune to find out that Paladin Bob is in fact a paladin and not a demon in disguise, how does one spread the word and convince all the suspicious peasants and townsfolk in the kingdom.  Anyone preaching “Paladin Bob is a good guy!” is met with harshness and sometimes hostility since he “could be a spy”.And don’t forget that there are always the far left and far right wing extremists causing problems “because they’re right and you’re wrong” no matter how black and white an issue is.And the fact that 100% of the population will not agree so there will always be someone in the middle trying to take advantage of the citation.If you want to throw some diplomatic adventures/quests your player’s way, have the first kingdom that peacefully “gives up” have a peasant revolt.  The peasants, fearing the reason for the king to give up peacefully was because:a) he is/has become incompetent through old age or disease – “we can’t have a king who has gone crazy.  Let’s kill him before more damage is done.”b) enemy spellcaster’s magic has taken control of him – “beat the magic out of him.”c) an imposter has taken his place -  “The REAL king wouldn’t have given up without a fight”d) or any other reason you think would be good.The king of another kingdom was also considering peacefully “giving up” but after seeing the result of kingdom X, will not because he is afraid of his peasants revolting and killing him and his family and burning down the castle.  He would rather have his peasants fight the other kingdoms than fight with the royal family.Maybe a third kingdom takes advantage of the chaos of the first kingdom to give up.  They waited until the king was slain (at best as they know from their informants) and many of the loyal soldiers were killed before sweeping into the kingdom.The [first] kingdom needs a new leader badly and the peasants are confused and regretful that they “released the flood gates”.Food for thought.</blockquote>

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