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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyckedemus" data-source="post: 6311221" data-attributes="member: 1079">In a fantasy world based on D&D, the majority of all people are not magic-using forces to be reckoned with. I believe they would follow the leaders that are strong enough to "protect" them, and actually love those leaders that they can actually understand or relate to. That is why I think most rulers would be of the non-magical, secular sort. They would deal only with the divine and arcane groups that offer them fealty and/or respect, and services to the realm/people.I also think there would be too many religions for any one of them to have command over the other religions competing for power, or for them to have authoritative power over the secular rulers. You'll of course see this in realms where the ruler is particularly devout to a specific religion above all others, but this won't be the case if one religion does not rise to dominant power. Most people in the realm are going to be diverse in which deities they hold dear over others, and won't need to fear what another religion might think of them. So in D&D-style pantheon, we're less likely to see a single church rise to power to dominate all.I think the Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk have the right of it in many ways. There would be a very diverse sampling of who rules where, and why.... in my opinion.</blockquote>