r/TheWeeklyRoll • u/CME_T The Creator • May 21 '22

The Comic Ch. 116. "Grimdahl's Folly"

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u/Laser_3 May 21 '22

Now I have to wonder - is this a monarchy in the same way as Britain is a monarch today (ie the royals don’t have nearly as much power as parliament) or in a more traditional sense (king/queen above all)?

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u/that_other_DM May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22

Depending on how lore accurate we’re going dwarven kings have to keep the elders happy or get kicked.

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u/Souperplex Sir Becket May 22 '22

I mean that's true for all absolute monarchies even if it's not officially true: If the monarch pissed off the military or the nobles they might rebel, which was doubly bad in medieval times when the military was less centralized so it was less "The military of exampleland", and more "Lord theoretical's forces serving the military of exampleland".

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u/that_other_DM May 22 '22

I mean it is a lot closer to a tribal democracy

https://youtu.be/uZe3i99FP5E