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Re: Line of Succession
« Topic Start: August 01, 2018, 02:00:35 AM »
This isn't something we're likely to do within the current system. It creates too much opportunity for closed cliques to secure their monopoly on power in particular realms.

Imagine you have King Kepler of Keplerstan, and he names Delvin as his successor. Then Kepler gets himself killed one way or another, and Delvin automatically becomes King.

The next day, who shows up in Keplerstan but Kepler II, son of the former king, and shortly thereafter King Delvin names him as his successor.

This is a simplified example, of course, but it is far, far too easy to abuse such a feature to prevent real change in a realm even if a majority want it.

Heh, sounds a lot like what we already have.

It's also fairly easy to set up with current mechanics, if one really wants to. Create two duchies, one for the ruler, one for the successor. Set rulership to dukes-only vote. Done.

Let's face it, though, nothing kills Kepler. When "for-life" rulers go, it's usually because their players have moved on, or otherwise went on a long vacation. Very rarely to wounds. Almost never to character death (which is opt-in).

I'm far less afraid of cliques holding power than back in the days. Lowered densities means people have a lot of realms they can go to for more opportunities, where promotions are quick, while simultaneously making it so that every clique can easily take over realms already without really having much use for extra mechanics to help them.
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