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02-10-1998, 08:29 PM #1Jim CooperGuest
Another Inquiry
Has anyone out here in BR land developed a method for allowing a regent
to change his/her domain alignment? I.E. take Medoere, for example; its
domain alignment is chaotic good (or whatever). What does the regent
have to do [ie what action(s)] to change it to say lawful evil. Is it a
multi-step process? I haven't seen anything like an answer to this on
Darkstar's page (or anyone else's).
Would any of you like me to make up a new domain action? (Or does this
require something *larger* than a single domain action?)
Your help is greatly appreciated, and remember:
Trust no one, especially Ed & his Shadowworld theories ;-)
Darren
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02-10-1998, 08:46 PM #2
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Well IMC Domain alignment changes to reflect the way it is ruled, which
basically means that in the course of a year the domain alignment changes to
reflect that of it's reagent.
Jay
Jim Cooper wrote:
> Has anyone out here in BR land developed a method for allowing a regent
> to change his/her domain alignment? I.E. take Medoere, for example; its
> domain alignment is chaotic good (or whatever). What does the regent
> have to do [ie what action(s)] to change it to say lawful evil. Is it a
> multi-step process? I haven't seen anything like an answer to this on
> Darkstar's page (or anyone else's).
>
> Would any of you like me to make up a new domain action? (Or does this
> require something *larger* than a single domain action?)
>
> Your help is greatly appreciated, and remember:
> Trust no one, especially Ed & his Shadowworld theories ;-)
>
> Darren
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02-10-1998, 09:02 PM #3gandalfGuest
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I think there is no reason for a domain to change alignment depending on the
ruler.
The domain's alignment is IMO the alignment of the general populace. If it
is to change, then I believe the regent must consciously try through
decrees, or perhaps using the churches to influence the populace. Take in
mind oppressed regions. Just because a Lawful Evil tyrant was appointed to a
newly conquered chaotic good state does not mean that the state will change.
In plenty domain turns, (ie years) if the regent tries to be rough, the
people may adapt and (DM's ruling on the specific case) may shift to any
other alignment. It could, in my example, be LG, and not LE, as a way to
express their unhappiness towards the regent. To get organised to overthrow
him, for example.
- -----Original Message-----
From: Jay
To: birthright@MPGN.COM
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 02:46
Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Another Inquiry
>Well IMC Domain alignment changes to reflect the way it is ruled, which
>basically means that in the course of a year the domain alignment changes
to
>reflect that of it's reagent.
>
>Jay
>
>
>Jim Cooper wrote:
>
>> Has anyone out here in BR land developed a method for allowing a regent
>> to change his/her domain alignment? I.E. take Medoere, for example; its
>> domain alignment is chaotic good (or whatever). What does the regent
>> have to do [ie what action(s)] to change it to say lawful evil. Is it a
>> multi-step process? I haven't seen anything like an answer to this on
>> Darkstar's page (or anyone else's).
>>
>> Would any of you like me to make up a new domain action? (Or does this
>> require something *larger* than a single domain action?)
>>
>> Your help is greatly appreciated, and remember:
>> Trust no one, especially Ed & his Shadowworld theories ;-)
>>
>> Darren
>
>
>
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>>'unsubscribe birthright' as the body of the message.
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02-10-1998, 09:18 PM #4
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Well that's not my idea of domain alignment. I see it more as the alignment of
the government and how it treats its people. Just my interpretation.
Jay
gandalf wrote:
> I think there is no reason for a domain to change alignment depending on the
> ruler.
> The domain's alignment is IMO the alignment of the general populace. If it
> is to change, then I believe the regent must consciously try through
> decrees, or perhaps using the churches to influence the populace. Take in
> mind oppressed regions. Just because a Lawful Evil tyrant was appointed to a
> newly conquered chaotic good state does not mean that the state will change.
> In plenty domain turns, (ie years) if the regent tries to be rough, the
> people may adapt and (DM's ruling on the specific case) may shift to any
> other alignment. It could, in my example, be LG, and not LE, as a way to
> express their unhappiness towards the regent. To get organised to overthrow
> him, for example.
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02-11-1998, 12:01 AM #5Neil BarnesGuest
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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Jim Cooper wrote:
> Has anyone out here in BR land developed a method for allowing a regent
> to change his/her domain alignment? I.E. take Medoere, for example; its
> domain alignment is chaotic good (or whatever). What does the regent
> have to do [ie what action(s)] to change it to say lawful evil. Is it a
> multi-step process? I haven't seen anything like an answer to this on
> Darkstar's page (or anyone else's).
I use Domain alignment as a forign policy guide - that's how the domain
behaves in politics. It doesn't mean that most people in (say) Ghoere
are Lawful Evil (from memory). Thus the Domain alignment is more a
reflection of the regents than anything else.
neil
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02-11-1998, 03:32 AM #6CBebris@aol.coGuest
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*The Book of Regency* features a whole section on domain alignment. It doesn't
really get into domains *changing* alignment, so much as how a ruler's
alignment (and character class) affect his or her law domain.
Carrie Bebris
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02-11-1998, 05:40 PM #7James RuhlandGuest
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> Has anyone out here in BR land developed a method for allowing a regent
> to change his/her domain alignment?
>
IMO, such a process is more of a "role-playing" thing than a "method/rules"
thing. It depends on how you run your realm. Sure, Medoere is listed as CG.
But if your regent runs it with an iron hand, with lots of regulations
designed to benifit himself and his buddies, then you're really running a
LE realm (of course, the populace may grow to hate you. . .but if you use
charisma/persuasion/adgitation/Clintonisms to fool them into thinking that
these regulations & restrictions are for their greater benifit, then you
might be popular anyhow. . .again, its role-playing, not rules.)
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02-12-1998, 04:06 PM #8Neil BarnesGuest
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On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Bearcat wrote:
> >I use Domain alignment as a forign policy guide - that's how the domain
> >behaves in politics. It doesn't mean that most people in (say) Ghoere
> >are Lawful Evil (from memory). Thus the Domain alignment is more a
> >reflection of the regents than anything else.
>
> I disagree. If you look you will find many exmples of regents with
> different alignments from their kingdoms. Sendoure is an example. N kingdom
> with a NE regent.
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. Domain alignment is a reflection of the
ruler's forign policy. Thus a country with a dodgy ruler that behaved
nicely might have a neutral ruler, or I could equally well imagine a
country ruled by a paladin in the middle of Vosgaard acting more LN or E
than LG or if in Rjurik more NG than LG.
IIRC the Serpent's Island is LE because it's quite strictly controlled,
while the Serpent itself is a blitheringly mad CE.
neil
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02-12-1998, 02:21 PM #9gandalfGuest
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From: CBebris@aol.com
To: birthright@MPGN.COM
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 09:35
Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Another Inquiry
>*The Book of Regency* features a whole section on domain alignment. It
doesn't
>really get into domains *changing* alignment, so much as how a ruler's
>alignment (and character class) affect his or her law domain.
>
>Carrie Bebris
So what does it say? ;-)
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02-12-1998, 06:16 PM #10CBebris@aol.coGuest
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In a message dated 98-02-12 12:52:28 EST, you write:
*The Book of Regency* features a whole section on domain alignment. It
doesn't
>really get into domains *changing* alignment, so much as how a ruler's
>alignment (and character class) affect his or her law domain.
>
>Carrie Bebris
So what does it say? ;-)
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Well, obviously I can't just reprint the whole chapter here (we *do* want you
to buy the book, after all :) I guess if I had to summarize, it would be that
the nature of the law regent defines the nature of the law holding, but that
other factors come into play as well. The alignment & character section goes
through all 9 alignments and discusses what life is like in domains ruled by
regents of each alignment. Then it talks about how the regent's character
class further influences the situation.
This section is part of a larger chapter called "Anatomy of a Law Holding."
The rest of the chapter discusses the type of influence exerted by law
holdings of different levels: Just what *is* a law (3), for example, and how
does its influence in a province (3) differ from that in a province (7)? It
also discusses the balance of power in situations in which the law regent and
the province ruler are not the same person.
CB
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