>>5708850>>5708872I have tried to make the most popular choices first. That lead to a quite hard to write dialogue to use them all. By the way, I have tried a new "system" for intrigue with one roll at the end of a conversation when you try to influence a character, all your preceding choices in the dialogue being weighted into it. I never tested it, we will use it here but tell me if you prefer this system or having options with (intrigue roll) behind them in conversations ? Hearing the opinions of loyal vassals and bannermen is always important to me.
>>5708907>>5709090>>5709360>>5709555>>5709784>>5710148You frowned upon the man and quickly entered the matter of the subject.
-Are you implying that peasants have dared to speak against my rulings ?
Your tone was a little outraged but the short man agreed.
-Yes, yes, of course in the limits of their dwarven right to complain.
You heard that the short scotsmen had a right to "grumble" in Bifuria, it was a bad law, but it seemed to be respected by the local nobles. You were used to the grumblings of Orin and your other Scottish servants but a right to complain by short people was too much. Grumbling quietly was one thing, complaining was another sort of problem, it was the beginning of a revolt. And giving this right to all the people who were afflicted with dwarfism was abusive. You could see the logic, on one hand, each court had it's jester, who could say anything that he wanted, because he was considered as mad and funny, and dwarves made very good jesters, because they looked funny. But let us be serious, not all dwarves can be gold jesters. A jester must know how to juggle and have some wit, you had to find a good dwarf to do the job.
You remembered that once your father told you that he had to ride to help find a court dwarf to give him to the king, from his wife the queen your countess of Champagne and Queen of Navarra... And well, it was hard. He had to ask each village "Do you have a dwarf ?" and then "is he remotely funny" , he searched for five days before some peasants from the south of the county told that they knew a dwarf who could fart on orders. It was impressive ! A dwarf of this quality is fit for a king, Your lord father quickly searched for him and effectively, he could. Unfortunately the queen deemed him "too vulgar" and ordered him to be sent back to his village. Finally she decided to give her husband a pair of young sighthounds and the dwarf had been taken to the court of a nearby bishop. It was sad, you would have liked your father to keep him for himself, having a dwarf who could fart on command at home would have been a great distraction when you were a kid.
