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Crazy Duke
02-21-2004, 00:05
If you were dropped at medieval time, what would you like to be and fight for?
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King- why be anything other than top dog?
I would fight to increase my iron grip over as many lands as possible. Muhahaha.
Mysterium
02-21-2004, 00:08
Definitely a Lord. I have my own little chunk of world to play with, plenty of people to push around, but I don't have to think for myself. My king just tells me where to go and who's butt to kick.
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A sultan because not only was he a ruler he was almost like a religious idol to the people.
other, assasin.
why? because i get to kill people...silently. :)
and skinned alive when you get caught.
thats the risk i have to take :)
lancer63
02-21-2004, 00:42
Merc. I like to travel. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
rasoforos
02-21-2004, 00:48
Monk or Priest. Lots of money , lot of wine , lots of women, lots of food :D
Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ Feb. 20 2004,17:48)], lots of women,
yeah thats the way to be a priest lol.
other - - - Daimyo
daimyo (dye´myô) [Jap.,=great name], the great feudal landholders of Japan, the territorial barons as distinguished from the kuge, or court nobles. Great tax-free estates were built up from the 8th cent. onward by the alienation of lands to members of the imperial family who could not be supported at court. These estates were administered by territorial barons, or the daimyo. By the 12th cent. certain daimyo had become more powerful than the emperor himself. One, Yoritomo , became the first shogun and forcefully revised this situation by setting up a centralized feudal system. The power of the shogun disintegrated during the fierce civil wars of the 14th, 15th, and 16th cent., but in the early 17th cent. Ieyasu completed the reunification of Japan. The daimyo who supported Ieyasu before the decisive battle of Sekigahara (1600) became the fudai, or hereditary vassals, and his opponents were known as tozama, or outside lords. The tozama, who controlled the rich western fiefs, were generally viewed with suspicion by the shogun and were excluded from office in the central government. Ieyasu's descendants, the Tokugawa shoguns, deployed the daimyo and shifted their fiefs to retain power in the central government.
The daimyo were advised by a council of elders consisting of their highest-ranking vassals. The civil and military administration of the daimyo domains were staffed by the samurai.
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Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ Feb. 20 2004,17:48)]Monk or Priest. Lots of money , lot of wine , lots of young boys, lots of food :D
fixed that for you.
Quote[/b] (Ragss @ Feb. 20 2004,18:02)]
Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ Feb. 20 2004,17:48)], lots of women,
yeah thats the way to be a priest lol.
Maybe that's why Catholic priest aren't allow to marry. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif
rasoforos
02-21-2004, 01:06
Quote[/b] (sledge @ Feb. 20 2004,18:04)]
Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ Feb. 20 2004,17:48)]Monk or Priest. Lots of money , lot of wine , lots of young boys, lots of food :D
fixed that for you.
it didnt used to be that way in the medieval times. Women were still an option. Monks and Priests were rich enough to afford the finest...
dude, he added lots of young boys in case you didnt see that part :p
I chose sultan. The highest authority, just like the king, only the sultans lived around people that took baths more often.
Somebody Else
02-21-2004, 10:35
Peasant.
Eastside Character
02-21-2004, 11:04
There is no Khan, so I voted for other.
Regards,
EC
Duke Malcolm
02-21-2004, 14:16
Lord, for me, preferably Lord of the Isles.
PseRamesses
02-21-2004, 15:41
Pharaoh PseRamesses I, son of Ra.
Ruler of upper and lower Nile.
Lord of the red and black land, Kemet.
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HawaiianHobbit
02-21-2004, 16:02
Quote[/b] (Cazbol @ Feb. 21 2004,04:18)]I chose sultan. The highest authority, just like the king, only the sultans lived around people that took baths more often.
HawaiianHobbit wants to be a Sultan
i would like to be Viking Jarl... or maybe a king of Poland, so i could fix the history and firmly install Poland as the most powerful nation in Europe http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-builder.gif
Basileus
02-21-2004, 18:53
my name seems to be missing from your poll http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
Basileus.
Count. A large fortune, private army and the chance to scheme your way to the throne. Lord is too low, King too high, and Count Chubb sounds better than Duke Chubb
Yeah I would like to be a Khan too.. All of the power, none of the responsibility haha..
The_Emperor
02-22-2004, 00:58
There is no Emperor, so I have to vote 'other'. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Ahh, yes the trappings of power that come about only by crushing your enemies and stealing their land...
neogerry
02-22-2004, 03:31
Quote[/b] (Ky Kiske @ Feb. 20 2004,21:27)]dude, he added lots of young boys in case you didnt see that part :p
lol http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
A baron. Low enough to evade most political games but high enough to achieve something. I would not want to worry about loyalties of generals and governors. Just give me my own little place were I can do my own thing, without too much interference from above or too much competition from below.
King's brother would perhaps offer the same prospect: more politics, but in exchange more wealth and power. Let my brother worry about politics, I will just do what he says and make the most of it.
I am not a natural leader or politician. I need someone to take care of that for me.
I voted other.
Head of a rich family and a son or sons in every country. I would then lend to these rulers and have them pay me interest. If they didn't pay me, I would finance another country to war against them. Then continue to get interest again.
I would remain hidden from society, so the rulers assassins could not find me. My eldest son would take over from me. My other sons would do well as well, getting a percentage of the interest then enable to collect.
HopelessCelt
02-24-2004, 21:52
just alive would do me in then times, alive with food, and drink, and fun, and a cup fo tea http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-toff.gif
octavian
02-25-2004, 00:06
a merc. why not? you get money, you fight http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ht_duel.gif, someone offers you some money to kill your new boss, hey no problamo, no loyalty, its the way to go. of course, i would NEVER do thaaat. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ht_saint.gif merc. 4 ever http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ht_knight.gif
Seven.the.Hun
02-25-2004, 00:37
ah yes, well i prefer the Way of the warrior, but then again, if one is of higher standing, or in charge, they could march with their troops no problem... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif
kawligia
02-25-2004, 06:14
I would take Caesar over them all.
I've voted other, as I'd have to be the Pope. A life of luxury and I get to interfere with all the other nations http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif
AqConsul
02-27-2004, 02:25
I think that if I was dropped into the Medieval Times that I would like to be a King. The reasoning behind my choice is that then one can still go to battle and such, but you would have some say in the path that your country takes, and you could fight without having to worry of dying quite as much. (Of course the enemy would see the white horse and the crown and say, Aim the arrows at him boys, but you could just move alot and such.) I just think that it would be more intersting than being some Chivalric Men-at-Arms who just gets told to go die in battle, rather than just getting to tell other people to go do that for you...that is the American Way J/K
Consul
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