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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 4880496" data-attributes="member: 54707">This is a very good point. It will depend of course on how advanced the society itself is and how advanced the surrounding societies are. In more primitive conditions communications will be slow and other nations might not even learn of events in time to properly react. Nor may their own communications or military/espionage/trade capabilities be advanced or fast enough to gather and develop the appropriate counterforces before the satiation is already resolved or beyond their influence. If however the various societies are advanced enough and exchange is common enough then other influences might very well want a stake in the game, up to and including overtly or covertly funding or supporting either the rebellion itself, or the prince. I am reminded though, as a sort of warning about outside influences, of the many European aristocrats and autocrats who either encouraged or suppressed democratic movements in other nations, only to regret that they ever stirred up such trouble when the same movements began in their own nations. In other words if rebellions and large scale "change movements" gain success and influence of their own, 'ware the wheel pilots and captains, even if you think your waters calm. The storm is soon upon you after nightfall. I kept my list as simple as possible to represent a possible basic flow. In game it would be much more complicated and have several different layers (or social strata) all progressing at the same time.I think MH makes a good point here too. You don't want to overcomplicate planning at the intention stages especially because it is very hard to know how the PCs and others may influence events as they develop. Or in other words as has been suggested I wouldn't try to plan out everything that happens in the rebellion but would rather plan for the possibilities and the possible factors involved, and then let the situation develop as organically as possible. Always be prepared, but it doesn't mean that everything will happen as you think.</blockquote>

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