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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 1540221" data-attributes="member: 3854">Seeing the sig of one of the regular posters to this board prompted me to ask this question. The sig in question congratulates the poster's crown prince for his wedding. [I'm not naming names so this post doesn't come across as personal.]In the US, official, blooded royalty is contrary to our whole social structure -- ("All men are created equal.") To some, royalty is anathema -- ("I bow to no man.")But there are many nations in the world that have royalty of some kind. Some of these royals even have real governmental power (not merely figureheads).In most D&D worlds, the various nations are kingdoms ruled by royalty. But interestingly, most D&D is played in the US -- where people have no real experience with royalty. I wonder if American DMs portray royalty in the game differently than DMs in nations that actually live with/under royalty. I wonder if American Players play their characters differently in their relationships to the in-game royalty than the Players in nations with royalty.Now, granted, royalty of the modern world is probably quite a bit different than royalty of the Middle Ages that the typical D&D campaign mimics, but then again, surely there are some similarities. So, my question to the forumites here who live with/under national royalty: What is the relationship like? Do most people love the royals? Do any people hate the idea that royals still exist? Are there weekly polls showing like/dislike as Americans see about Presidents?In general, what is it like living with/under royalty? What is the general opinion of royalty in general, and your royalty in particular? Should D&D royalty be more or less prevelent in the text? There is very little, if any, mention of royalty in the core D&D books; is this good or bad, accurate or false?How do you refer to the royalty in normal, everyday conversation? Do you refer to them at all in normal conversation? Do you have political conversations about the royalty with you coworkers/friends/classmates as we Americans do about our politicians? Do the royals have any real impact on your life? Quasqueton</blockquote>

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