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JAL28

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Noble behaviours change according to their personality
« on: January 23, 2021, 12:07:49 am »

As the title states, noble behaviours would be dependent on their personality. For example, a baron with a kindly, benevolent personality might give out useless mandates and demands less often, possibly invite the peasantry over to spend time in their quarters and possibly even refuse to punish dwarves for passed mandates occasionally, or reduce their prison/beating times. They will even do work gleefully.

In contrast, a baron with a cruel, selfish personality would give mandates and demands more often, refuse to work and do anything useful, punish several dwarves for missed mandates with harsher punishment, and be all around dickwads.

A “neutral” noble with no personality regarding either would likely just be like nobles currently are, not working, mandating and demanding at regular rates etc etc.
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Re: Noble behaviours change according to their personality
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2021, 11:00:04 am »

You suggested them as one-dimensional.

I suggest more diversity: lazy nobles not work, when nobles who value hard working - will work, chaotic/extravagant nobles may make strange mandates, violent nobles may punish dwarves by themselves et cetera.
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Re: Noble behaviours change according to their personality
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2021, 06:26:55 pm »

You suggested them as one-dimensional.

violent nobles may punish dwarves by themselves et cetera.

WITH A STEEL BATTLE-AXE! (Instead of the allocated training sword for "hammering") :D
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Azerty

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Re: Noble behaviours change according to their personality
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2021, 07:26:51 pm »

Just imagine the repercussions: a good-hearted king might be loved by his subjects while a despot might end like Aerys II.

And it might be even more interesting when public law and government will be modified.
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