Politics, Politics, Politics!

Serilda Sinclair wrote:I'm always down for more lore, politics, and anything that creates more plotting opportunities for players, so I'm all for making it a bigger thing.

But I think a lot of this already happens in people's personal stories, particularly with the MC. Maybe not the leaders of the countries. (I've only ever vaguely referenced the king of Fiore because I have no idea if we have an NPC established for that). But I think it would be less about establishing NPC authority figures/country politics and more about maybe focusing some events on things involving other countries. Events are basically the closest thing the site has to established site lore, and the vast majority of active players participate in them so that would be the quickest and most efficient way of giving other countries some worth outside of merely existing.

As far as leadership positions being NPCs, I personally think we could get away with people being members of the MC or being kings/queens/leaders of countries -- if they were site positions, like WS/Warlords. Limited numbers with a set list of regulations to show what's expected for someone to claim such a title, and requiring staff approval to make it happen. Not sure if others feel that way (and would understand if most would prefer not to allow these to be PC positions), but figured I'd make my two cents known on that for what it's worth while the subject was touched on.

Raiji Kameyama wrote:Deeper lore is always a big yes from me. We have a system of government loosely set up as I can see by looking through peoples' posts, but if we had something a bit more regimented, it might make it easier to discuss or pin down exactly who people are trying to assassinate talking about.

As Serilda said, spreading it to players is always a lot of fun too. It's a bit stiff when important figures are always relegated to NPCs and it seems like everyone becomes friends with the King. But when the Governor of X Town is an actual player with responsibilities, meeting them begins to feel like it means something.

Just my two cents!