Saturday, April 20, 2013

Proposal: Shot in the dark, knife in the back

Times Out and Fails 1-3-1. -RaichuKFM

Adminned at 22 Apr 2013 09:08:01 UTC

Add the a subrule called “Taking Over” to “Obtainment” and give it the following text

A Nobles Attack Score is equal to their total Knights, minus the number of Titles which they hold.

If an Earldom is not Abeyant, any Noble who does not hold that Earldom but does hold a Barony below that Earldom may spend 10 wealth to cause the Earldom to become Abeyant. They may only do so if the following conditions hold: 1) They have a positive Attack Score which is greater than that of the Noble who holds the Earldom and 2) Time has advanced at least once since the Noble obtained that Earldom. If both Nobles have the same Family, this action is Improper.

If a Dukedom is not Abeyant, any Noble who does not hold that Dukedom but does hold a Earldom below that Dukedom may spend 20 wealth to cause the Dukedom to become Abeyant. They may only do so if the following conditions hold: 1) They have a positive Attack Score which is at least twice as large than that of the Noble who holds the Dukedom and 2) Time has advanced at least once since the Noble obtained that Dukedom. If both Nobles have the same Family, this action is Improper.

There really needs to be a way to subplant Nobles. Otherwise its just a race to the top. But it needs to be expensive. Maybe paying wealth isn’t the right idea, but not sure what else would work.

posted by Clucky at 20 Apr 2013 15:37:59 UTC Comments (4)

Comments

RaichuKFM: she/her

20-04-2013 16:53:35 UTC

against As I have spent most of my time collecting Titles, and this would most likely result in the loss of said Titles…

kikar:

21-04-2013 01:09:43 UTC

imperial I think there should be a way to remove nobles from their titles. I have two issues with this rule thought:
1) The cost doesn’t depend on number of Earldoms/Dukedoms one already has, thus this could be abused because it might be cheaper to gain a Dukedom or Earldom.
2) I agree with RaicuKFM, Earl of Northumbria, Earl of Essex, Baron of Greystoke, Baron of Tattershall, Baron Lisle that this is unfair to those who have spent time gaining titles. Maybe the nature of this rule is to attempt to even the playing field and, thus, the unfairness is warranted, but maybe there should be a balance of having to give the impeached noble some amount of compensation.

Purplebeard:

21-04-2013 06:27:16 UTC

against We do need a way of taking Titles off other Nobles, but I think it should be connected to Feuds somehow.

Skju:

21-04-2013 22:19:31 UTC

against