>I believe that a lieutenant CAN govern a realm in the absebce of hte
>ruler, however, all the lieutenant is is a caretaker in the absence of the
>true regent. He/she cannot gain RP, nor can they spend them. What this
>means is that the lieutenant can't expand the realm nor use the ruler's
>influence to limit others expansion into it. This is one of the things
>that make characters leary about leaving their lands in someone elses
>hands..they can't governa as well as the PC's themselves. The best a
>lieutenent can hope for is to maintain the status quo while the regent is
>away (after all, that 1 action/turn isn't gonna help you much, so DON"T
>declare war!)

A lieutenant's one domain action per month, is just enough (hopefully) to
successfully counter a random event... which (also, hopefully) is your
only threat to your domain, whilst your away....
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