D&D General Why would someone that's the heir of both A Very Minor Duke and A Minor Baroness become A Adventurer?

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

Are they playing in 15th century UK or in some medieval fantasy world? Your comment only addresses the former.

By that some logic there should not be dwarves, elves, dragons, … so chances are they are playing in a fantasy world and your statement becomes meaningless / inapplicable

Probably no dragons on those tables.

 

[thirdkingdom]

Probably no dragons on those tables.

Actually, that's not true. In other posts the OP has specially mentioned the existence of dragons (usually as part of a noble's bodyguard).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Why don't the dragons eat all the nobles?

 

[S'mon]

It makes not a lot of sense on the face of it that his mother has a Baron title but that his sisters cannot inherit it. The exception I can think of is English monarchy male primogeniture where a woman could become monarch but only if she has no brothers. That is a rare exception & I don't recall that ever applying at lower levels.

 

[S'mon]

Anyway the obvious answer to OP is because his eldest sister is actually the designated heir to both titles, not him.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

Why don't the dragons eat all the nobles?

Nobles bioaccumulate all sorts of nasty things. It's not safe to eat them.

 

[FrozenNorth]

The thing is that you lose a lot of the conflict or motivations which drive scenarios set in that era, especially romantic ones.

Consider Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. What drives Mrs. Bennett in her match-making zeal for her daughters? The fact that her daughters cannot inherit, and her husband's heir is a second cousin and the estate is entailed on him. She and her family stands to lose her home if Mr. Bennett dies and a daughter does not marry well.

The Bennet family, though from a wealthy family, has blown through the family’s wealth, due to the parents’ disastrous investments. What drives Mrs. Bennett’s matchmaking zeal? The fact that the family is facing ruin, and she and her family stand to lose their home if the creditors come to collect before a child marries well.

That took 15 seconds.

 

[FrozenNorth]

Probably no dragons on those tables.

Except we know that there are dragons on the table, as one character rolled a polymorphed copper dragon as a bodyguard.

 

[thirdkingdom]

The Bennet family, though from a wealthy family, has blown through the family’s wealth, due to the parents’ disastrous investments. What drives Mrs. Bennett’s matchmaking zeal? The fact that the family is facing ruin, and she and her family stand to lose their home if the creditors come to collect before a child marries well.

That took 15 seconds.

But, but, but . . . It's not realistic if there's no sexism.

 

[ilgatto]

Why don't the dragons eat all the nobles?

Well, I do believe the tables have got that covered, too (here and here and here).