Half the time you don;t know if a large comabt takes place in a city
in your knigdom unless you happen to have a noble there.
I see the lists as our equvalent of rumours and wandering bards
spreading tales of our accomplishments. (Yes it's friday night again)
OK I reread that last sentance and I'm stopping now
Mordekai
> Actually, that's an excellent comment -- consider the perspectives of various
> real-world governments: they all beat their chests and say "We're the best!".
> However, with the advent of nearly instantaneous communications, this is
> subject to more public review (at least, in countries where the media is
> [theoretically] not controlled by government). If a person wishes to "bluff"
> and say, "Hey, I control 300,000 troops, and I'm gonna beat down your door",
> when she only has a tenth of that, it's a bit blown by the fact that the
> person she's talking to is #1 on the troops list, and only has half that
> number. Bluffing gets trounced a bit here, unfortuntely, with some of those
> lists -- though ones like "provinces explored" actually have little to no
> effect.
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Mordekai
Marshal
Brotherhood of the Red God