Missing Regents

[Brian Stoner]

If a regent were to dissappear for an extended period of time, would his
domain and heir know that he was still living? Example: Bob, regent of
Candlemakers Guild is walking through the forest one day when he meets a
dryad. Dryads being what they are, he is not seen again by the members
of his guild. In the real world, they would eventually consider him
dead and hand the guild over to his heir. In Birthright, however, it
would not be this simple. Consider--normally when a regent goes
adventuring he still receives regency points, even while gone. He may
not be able to spend them or do any domain actions, but he still gets
the RPs. But if Bob dissappears, what happens? Does he still get the
RPs? If so, wouldn't his heir still know he's alive? If he doesn't
still get the RPs, why not? This may prove particularly important
should Bob mysteriously return a few years later.

- -Brian

[Robin Cantin]

>If a regent were to dissappear for an extended period of time, would his
>domain and heir know that he was still living? Example: Bob, regent of
>Candlemakers Guild is walking through the forest one day when he meets a
>dryad. Dryads being what they are, he is not seen again by the members
>of his guild. In the real world, they would eventually consider him
>dead and hand the guild over to his heir. In Birthright, however, it
>would not be this simple. Consider--normally when a regent goes
>adventuring he still receives regency points, even while gone. He may
>not be able to spend them or do any domain actions, but he still gets
>the RPs. But if Bob dissappears, what happens? Does he still get the
>RPs? If so, wouldn't his heir still know he's alive? If he doesn't
>still get the RPs, why not? This may prove particularly important
>should Bob mysteriously return a few years later.
>
>-Brian

The Birthright setting assumes an almost spiritual link between the ruler
and the land, symbolized by the RPs and the way they're spent. When a
regent dies, I assume the legitimate heir (if there's one) automatically
receives the regency ("What a strange feeling, I feel like I could develop
new markets! Uhmm, I guess that means father must be dead."). So if the
heir doesn't get invested, the ruler must still be alive.

So if Bob the guilder gets a ticket for five years of fun with the dryads,
the guild has better get him out of there fast! While he's away, only the
single lieutenant's action gets done, with no RPs to modify the die.

A quick investiture by a priest isn't really the answer, as when the regent
isn't willing to be divested, the holdings must be contested anyway. So
perhaps the best way to cripple a domain is to capture the ruler and let
him rot in jail, not to kill him.

Robin


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