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Le Droit du Seigneur
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skrumgaer wrote
at 8:40 AM, Tuesday August 30, 2011 EDT
There is a practice dating back to feudal times (le droit du seigneur) that the lord had the right to take all the brides to bed on their wedding nights. If you like that concept, you will like the supposed rule that the first place player has sole right to the grays on tables with dom.
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fire_princess wrote
at 1:20 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT Dot universal rules of kdice: (quote from sam) Might makes right in Kdice why people think anything else matters in Kdice other than your word and your ability to back up your word is beyond me.
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ma1achai wrote
at 1:49 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT If the first place person has sacrificed expanding and maximizing his dom to honor the flags and fights for those that have flagged beneath him, I think it is kinda shitty to NOT let him maximize his dom when it comes to the neutrals *that do not interfere with the rest of the gameplay*.
The way I figure it, he is doing a favor by letting you flag/fight and not taking your dom... why would you not return the favor by allowing him to make up for potential lost dom with the greys? Yes, 'might makes right' here... but sometimes 'right makes right', if you are someone that avoids being a douche. |
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Louis Cypher wrote
at 5:42 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT It is the same rule than other places IMHO, also called "regula aurea":
"Was du nicht willst, dass man dir tu’, das füg’ auch keinem anderen zu." "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself." These quotes were taken from wikipedia. I think this game shows much about character - people tending to abuse their "almighty" powers here when being a secure first (e.g. by excessive farming, granting minor ranks at will, ...) are probably better not granted similar might in the real world. |
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dasfury wrote
at 7:48 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT I would say that quote is not from wikipedia but from the bible.
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 8:27 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT from wiki
"....there is no historical evidence for such a right ever having existed." I think it is probable that it never exited as law, or at least never widespread. such a right would mainly be used to humiliate the groom. I cannot imagine any lord being able to survive in power if he used this right in every marriage. I think the reaction as shown in braveheart would be probable. the lord would just not be able to survive. ("was gonna say that it was not even legal against the slaves in USA, but it seems like it was illegal, but not prosecuted and also the ratio of slaves per free man is much lower than serfs per lord, so the serfs would have more strength in numbers) |
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montecarlo wrote
at 9:25 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT seriously, how has no one made the braveheart reference yet? kdice forum, you upset me.
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dasfury wrote
at 9:38 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT good reading comp skills monte.
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montecarlo wrote
at 10:35 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT cant believe no one has blasted me for my reading comp skills yet. fail again, kdice forums.
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KDICEMOD wrote
at 10:41 AM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT Prima Nocta! If we can't get them out, we'll BREED them out!
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skrumgaer wrote
at 12:00 PM, Wednesday August 31, 2011 EDT That there is no historical evidence that the droit du seigneur ever existed makes it even a more apt model for the rule that the first place player has sole right to the grays. The rule doesn't exist.
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