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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 3460429" data-attributes="member: 42582">Well, this really turns the focus from the economics of D&D, to its politics. Which often don't make much sense either.Expeditious Retreat Press's Magical Medieval Society goes to some lengths to try to explain that rulers in a MMS won't necessarily be high-level, because it is their status (based on ancestry and other social ties) and not their raw personal power that is the foundation of their rulership.Medieval history suggests, however, that, regardless of status, weak leaders will survive only if they enjoy the support of those with power. Given the capacity of high-level PCs to (for example) destroy entire armies and raze entire cities, it stands to reason that they should be among the most politically significant players in the typical campaign world. But D&D has always tended to treat them as peripheral at best - doing the bidding of rulers, rather than acting as kingmakers, or carving new kingdoms out of the wilderness rather than being the power behind the throne in the metropolis.</blockquote>