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A Monarchy done right?
arcanist:
a possible idea is having one school being able to summon the spirits of the dead, and having a council of fallen kings whose only job it is to choose [or if they screw up dethrone] the current king. of course seeing as the current council were all picked they'd all have qualities the older members of the council liked and when they joined the council they would pick those qualities in the new king. since they would be dead they'd be able to watch all possible candidates schooling and moral ability.
Another possible idea is to have a prerequisite of being able to rule a major territory is to rule the minor territory that your family has there seat in. so if a major house ruled the duchy of x but had there city in the barony of y, the ruler would be a duke while the heir would rule the barony with equal rank to all the other barons in the duchy. in a similar way the council of fallen kings would only pick those who have proven capable of rule, so the old king would have to give his chosen heir the chance to rule the duchy of his family seat. this rule shouldn't be set into the constitution or anything becuase if all the dukes were incompetent there'd have to be other options, but it should still be a common tradition.,
and of course the fallen kings would prefer there family, allowing dynasties, but those of fallen dynasties would be on the council, acting as a limiting factor.
Paynesgrey:
That's a really neat idea. Although now my head's spinning off in the direction of ghosts teaching history... "And now, class, please welcome Socrates, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill..."
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Paynesgrey on June 11, 2012, 02:16:08 AM ---That's a really neat idea. Although now my head's spinning off in the direction of ghosts teaching history... "And now, class, please welcome Socrates, Abraham Lincoln, and Winston Churchill..."
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A bit Bill and Ted, no ?
Shecky:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on June 11, 2012, 06:38:28 PM ---A bit Bill and Ted, no ?
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More like a bit Stranger in a Strange Land.
Figging Mint:
--- Quote from: Quantus on May 22, 2012, 03:15:43 PM ---So this is something Ive been kicking around for a while. I want to make a Monarchy that works for the long haul, one that has checks and balances to avoid the typical pitfalls. I like the monarchy idea in the sense that a single person who is trained and molded from birth to be a Leader could potentially be far better prepared to actually Lead a nation than any ladder climbing elected official you could find.
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Until I read your last post, I was somewhat surprised that in a high fantasy setting you do not have a magical framework for the concept of monarch itself; it would seem to me that any testing by a Council of Regents (or a body of prince-electors maybe?) would also have to be synched to that magical framework. Unless you are setting up a 'magical fit vs. merit fit' type of scenario? Like throwing Her Majesty's Wizard into a blender with Difference Engine?
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on June 11, 2012, 06:38:28 PM ---A bit Bill and Ted, no ?
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I was thinking Lexx with a glaze of La nuit de Varennes.
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