The Holy Kingdom

[emoplato]

Which then raises the question... can you both be exalted AND tyrannical?


I suspect if they had a military it would be construct based. This nation would be far and away more advanced than most others simply by virtue of the reduction in the cost of might makes right on mortality. Trade would be far safer and there would probably be fewer wars on the whole though I suspect intrigue would run rampant.

It might be for about a day. I don't want to get into politics too much but she could be incredibly out of touch and not realize what she ultimately cast upon the entire land out of some supreme ideal which can't exist at the level she wants it. Lets just say we have Farmer A and B, farmer A isn't doing so well with his piece of land. Farmer B goes up to him and makes A a deal. A accepts and B prospers. As a result though A's family becomes starved, does this mean B harmed A's family? Now, I am not saying that this spell would necessarily smite B, but obviously the effect would have been seen to make "peace". The effect would be constant fear among the public, possibly spreading all sorts of stories true or not of what happened to people who may have harmed another person. Naturally no one knows everything about every other so it spreads ultimately putting people in panic about doing anything. I hope this gives some material and perspective on the plot angles here.

 

[RUMBLETiGER]

Which then raises the question... can you both be exalted AND tyrannical?

That's how I'm interpreting this situation. She's placed a magical compulsion upon every individual in her kingdom. Forced vegitarianism. No outlet for agression. No way to make physical restitution for when wronged. And the thing is, the End to Strife spell doesn't actually prevent you from acting upon violence, it just lets you know you'll be punished if you do, and then exacts that punishment swiftly. If someone lashes out on impulse, or while intoxicated, or acts out of strong emotion, they might not posess the self control in that moment.
20d6 damage is enough to knock out any Commoner, Expert... pretty much 99% of the nation's population.

This reminds me of the I Robot movie and V.I.K.I.'s zeroth law and similar Evils Of Free Will.

 

[Shaghayegh]

A spell that creates an empathic transfer of damage to an attacker would be a more effective way to end violence. Link each citizen to each other citizen so any attacker suffers as much damage as he causes.

 

[Samloyal23]

A spell that creates an empathic transfer of damage to an attacker would be a more effective way to end violence. Link each citizen to each other citizen so any attacker suffers as much damage as he causes.

That would end violent crime, but have no real effect on things like robbery or grift. Still, it would encourage people to look out for each other. If your neighbour gets hurt, everyone in the neighbourhood feels it, so you have to look out for each other...