Michel may sound like a girl's name, but it is a legitimate French male first name. I can't see changing names just because they sound more manly.
Re: Stewards or Dukes?
Michel may sound like a girl's name, but it is a legitimate French male first name. I can't see changing names just because they sound more manly.
"I'm going to die anyway, and therefore have nothing more to do except deliberately annoy Lemur." -Orb, in the chat
"Lemur. Even if he's innocent, he's a pain; so kill him." -Ignoramus
"I'm going to need to collect all of the rants about the guilty lemur, and put them in a pretty box with ponies and pink bows. Then I'm going to sprinkle sparkly magic dust on the box, and kiss it." -Lemur
Mafia: Promoting peace and love since June 2006
Re: Stewards or Dukes?
No, but Phillipe of France never had a child named Michel...
Last edited by _Tristan_; 07-06-2009 at 11:38.
Philippe 1er de Francein King of the Franks
Re: Stewards or Dukes?
True, but wouldn't something like this change every name along the line from "Michel" to Charles?
"I'm going to die anyway, and therefore have nothing more to do except deliberately annoy Lemur." -Orb, in the chat
"Lemur. Even if he's innocent, he's a pain; so kill him." -Ignoramus
"I'm going to need to collect all of the rants about the guilty lemur, and put them in a pretty box with ponies and pink bows. Then I'm going to sprinkle sparkly magic dust on the box, and kiss it." -Lemur
Mafia: Promoting peace and love since June 2006
Re: Stewards or Dukes?
No, since this can be easily changed in descr_strat.txt file by replacing Michiel with Charles.
Re: Stewards or Dukes?
True... And I left Michel (spelled correctly) in the names file
Philippe 1er de Francein King of the Franks
Re: Stewards or Dukes?
Permanent Dukes. As noted in my commentary after KotR ended, the 4 clean groupings on the family tree contributed little but orderliness and caused more problems than it was worth. Trying to make our Houses conform to the tree only results in problems. It is best handled by ignoring it unless the players want to RP the relationships the tree shows their character has. If a player wants to completely ignore their family tree position, they should be free to do so.
Re: Stewards or Dukes?
I am happy to play with permanent Dukes (which is what the poll is suggesting) but I would regard players ignoring their position on the family tree just as I would regard them ignoring their traits - ie as bad role playing.Originally Posted by TinCow
I know it's hard to role-play a close family relation with someone you don't really know on the internet and I know it takes two. But completely ignoring a bond of kinship just seems wrong. At least role-play that your father means nothing to you, is distant from you or something.
I'm inclined to suggest that a player who wants to completely ignore their family tree position be given a recruitable general and leave the family members to those who want to role-play family members.
Of course, the above is no criticism of TC, who wonderfully role-played Lothar as a brother to Matthias in KotR.
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