Imperial Diet & Rules

[phonicsmonkey]

The Prinz waits a long moment before responding.

No my liege, I simply await your command.

He inclines his head in the semblance of a bow before wheeling and striding from the chamber, leaving his advisor Ernst of Melk to speak in his place.

[The Celtic Viking]

Theodericus der Bartige stands to speak:

"The Prinz might be inclined to look away at your absence, Kaiser - quite frankly, I get the clear sensation that he enjoyed the extended power that gave him a little too much. However, though I do not deny that I myself never missed your personality or politics, your military and strategic guidance is another matter entirely. I think I can speak for the rest of us when I say that we won't so easily turn our gaze elsewhere in this matter. What kind of a leader goes on vacation while his empire is crumbling all around him?"

[Cecil XIX]

The speaker takes the opportunity to speak.

Lords, I would remind you that none have stepped off to offer themselves as candidates for Marshal or Spymaster. I would remind you that if one one nominates himself for these titles, he will automatically assume them.

OOC: Keep it up guys, looking good so far! Also, I would like to propose an OOC rules change to provide a standard basis for dealing with inactive players, so I don't have to make ad hoc rulings.

OOC Rules Change 3.1: The following addition to the Imperial Charter is proposed:

*1.8 - If, during the course of a normal Diet session, a player with an avatar neither speaks in the Diet nor votes in the poll he will have his avatar removed from him and offered to a player without an avatar on a first-come-first-served basis.

[phonicsmonkey]

Ernst of Melk rises to speak.

Good Electors, my master the Prinz would nominate himself for the position of Marshal.

[Zim]

A tall young man with light hair and pleasant enough if not particularly striking features enters the room. As he makes his way to a seat towards the back of the chamber his grey eyes glance about the chamber, although whether from nervousness or caution it's difficult to say. Whispers from the servants follow him as he goes. Despite his relatively plain armor, there is no mistaking the coat of arms on his tabard. This is the young Duke of Bavaria who so quickly made his rise from relative obscurity.

A few moments after he's seated a servant in his House's livery pours him a glass of wine. He sips it for a while, apparently deep in thought, before rising.

"If that's the way it works then I'd like to nominate myself for the position of Spymaster".

OOC:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Would one diet + voting session be enough of a chance for a player?

[GeneralHankerchief]

OOC: I second Imperial Charter 1.8.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Kaiser Heinrich:

Electors walking out on me? Oh no! I've never had to deal with that before. Nevertheless, we carry on.

Elector der Bartige, I will deem you qualified to answer that question once you assume the Imperial Throne at age six, get kidnapped by an archbishop and get treated quite poorly, have the same archbishop's political machinations bite you in the ass when his backing of Pope plus his successor tries to break - and succeeds! - with nearly a thousand years of ecclesiastical tradition and tries to entirely shut you out of the Papal selection process, makes you look like a fool in front of the entirety of Europe by waiting for three days in the snow wearing nothing but a hairshirt for an audience just to save your empire from completely collapsing, see it nearly collapse anyway by scurrying across the Reich putting down local rebellions as they pop up, and finally triumphantly and decisively end a full-blown civil war and then get skewered in the Diet for the measures you take to save your country from plunging into anarchy.

*taking a deep breath* Phew! After looking back on that, I think I need another ten-year vacation. All of you should be happy that I'm coming back to save us at all.

[Cecil XIX]

OOC: Helmet () raises a good point, so I have added the following (bolded for clarity):

OOC Rules Change 3.1: The following addition to the Imperial Charter is proposed:

*1.8 - If, during the course of a normal Diet session, a player with an avatar neither speaks in the Diet nor votes in the poll he will have his avatar removed from him and offered to a player without an avatar on a first-come-first-served basis. The player will be exempt from this rule for one Diet session if he gives advance warning of his absence.