This is a perenial question in games i'm part of, can sources be rules up as a realm action. The use of a normal court should not aid in ruling up multiple sources, but that leaves wizards in a much weaker position than other regents. Could another way be developed to give them effective court actions for the purpose of ruling or contesting source holdings?

Here is an idea.

A first level spell with a material cost of 1 GB per Luietenant it affects. It would create a further connection between the Lt and regent allowing the Lt to go in the regents place to a source holding for the current month. Maybe limit the number of Lt's to 1 per 4 caster levels, with a minumum of 1.

So a 20th level wizard could equal a level 10 court in terms of effective court actions. The cost could be adjusted, but since the wizard can save money by not needing to maintain a court permanently, the wizard should effectively save money should they only do this once a season, but lose money should they do this 2-3 times a season.

Any other ideas?