onlyme wrote:More importantly, what have them the right to steal knives and rubrics cubes
Didn't you intentionally donate the cube?
Zhym wrote:So, I'm wondering: where's the Archduke Gaul in all this? When did a church get the authority to put a man on trial, let alone sentence him to death? Even if someone is a follower of a particular god, you'd think the worst they could do is excommunicate someone. Why would the Archduke allow what looks like a major usurpation of his sovereignty? Is Gaul really a (not-so) secret theocracy?
So, this is a world where clerics have visible power and where people see the works of Gods manifest on a regular basis. When the Gods are that real and present, people pay them more attention.
The Archduke (and all nobility in the south, really) rule through Divine Right, as granted by a mutually beneficial relationship with the Church of Baudh. So, the ArchBishop and the Second Estate are quite potent in the current relationship with the Archduke. Gaul is a little different in that there's relatively few members of the First Estate here... a small circle of "nobility" around the ArchDuke himself. The rural component follows Gwanwen, so their support can't be overlooked, either.
Presumably the ArchDuke could step in and countermand an action like this by the ArchBishop. Nobody has appealed for him to do so, however, and Bremen isn't important to the ArchDuke at this stage, to merit the ArchDuke stepping in without being asked. Few adventurers have invested in that kind of relationship with the ArchDuke or his people. (Mostly Foxy, but she has failed every roll and now gets fed to the dragon.
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I'm trying to have this governed by PC actions. Markd's actions tipped the scales dramatically. I'm waiting to see how PCs fix it, or if they let the actions run their course.