I agreed in my first post that RPG is not a well-defined genre (even though I did some attempts at definition regardless), but that does not make it being considered a separate genre nonsense... Many… (View Post)

With Wilhem you now entering into the realms of fairy tales. He was clearly forced to abdicate, it wasn't a personal choice - and the population would not have accepted the prince either. As for sta… (View Post)

The analogy is also quite flawed, because of how easy the task is in comparison to the justified expectations for a teacher. For example, I think we would be fully justified to scorn a trained surge… (View Post)

Indeed. The other difficulty is that Monarchy has so many different forms. There are at least the following broad categories * Absolutist monarchy * Feudalistic monarchy * Constitutional monarchy wh… (View Post)

You clearly did not write what I said. It was EITHER well-defined character and affect the story significantly OR blank slate. Ultima 4-7 are in the blank slate category - your character is not defi… (View Post)