Fantasy town: "The party comes to a town. It is run by a Mayor, a unitary executive who appoints a sheriff and there is an elected judge and that's it. This town also has just one tavern with a job board and here are my quest hooks..."
-
-
Näytä tämä ketju
-
Actual Town: No no, the Consul doesn't handle finances, the ::checks notes:: 10-ish quaestors do. The consul is elected by the people, yeah, but not by THOSE people, he's elected by this different assembly. Also there are two consuls. Shoulda said that first. Now the Senate...
Näytä tämä ketju -
So here's the thing but this guy's a tribune, so he's not elected by either the assembly that elects the consuls or the one for the quaestors, but by this other assembly. Are these assemblies different people? No, mostly the same people, organized slightly differently.
Näytä tämä ketju -
No no, no he's not a military tribune (some of which are appointed by the consuls and some of which are elected) he's a tribune of the plebs, which is a completely different and unrelated office despite both of them being called 'tribunus.' Same name, totally different job.
Näytä tämä ketju -
Oh, and despite 'tribunus' meaning 'tribal officer' the tribune of the plebs is not elected by the tribal assembly and... wait...why is everyone leaving? I haven't gotten to the interrex yet! Or the quest hook!
Näytä tämä ketju
Keskustelun loppu
Uusi keskustelu -
-
-
It's so true. One reason why in fiction I like to crib from history; you can never invent something as weird or baroque as real life.
-
Or, one might say, byzantine
- Näytä vastaukset
Uusi keskustelu -
-
-
The biggest fantasy isn't the dragon, it's the sensibly organized government
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
-
-
-
This comes up ALL THE TIME in our Legend of the Five Rings tabletop RPG game! We want the setting to feel "real" but we don't want to be like "the north magistrate and south magistrate are in charge on alternating months but conduct investigations during their OFF duty time..."
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
-
-
-
Of actual modern governments
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
-
Lataaminen näyttää kestävän hetken.
Twitter saattaa olla ruuhkautunut tai ongelma on muuten hetkellinen. Yritä uudelleen tai käy Twitterin tilasivulla saadaksesi lisätietoja.