tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post1694067975443882076..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Wiki, January 10, 2011Alexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-64114125473639944412011-01-15T17:20:10.116-07:002011-01-15T17:20:10.116-07:00Oh no, I didn't imagine anything like that. Yo...Oh no, I didn't imagine anything like that. Your world is complex enough without trying to ensure that every inch corresponds to some no-doubt inaccurate listing from the 1600s.<br /><br />That particular instance in that particular set of results just caught my eye. It did not fully occur to me how enormous the disparity between the title and the land could be.<br /><br />That particular anvil had not left a lump on my skull beforehand, is all. C'est la vie.Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-85662785643458951762011-01-15T13:31:56.896-07:002011-01-15T13:31:56.896-07:00Titles being hereditary, they did not always chang...Titles being hereditary, they did not always change as a territory got larger. At some point, the Margravate of Saxony was small compared with other states, but with victories, acquisitions, marriages and so on, the size of a small Margravate can become much larger than a dwindling Dukedom.<br /><br />I have found virtually no relationship whatsoever between the size of a state and the title. A tiny territory can be a kingdom and a huge territory can be a county. The rankings only apply inside each country, and most countries apply the rankings differently.<br /><br />Whenever possible, I attempted to find the title in use in that territory in 1650; many of these titles were different later on, or before, depending on the poltical control. Since Saxony was consumed by the Margravate of Meissen in 1423, the two states becoming conjoined, and because I have no distinct title for the territory otherwise from my research on the net, for my own simplicity I chose to name the inner territory the Margravate, and the overall territory the Electorate (it helps me keep them separately identified).<br /><br />You do understand that I don't sit down with upteen detailed books on the titles of late Medieval germany, right?Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-3001017269483378212011-01-15T12:44:05.392-07:002011-01-15T12:44:05.392-07:00As someone who does look at the cities, I have a q...As someone who does look at the cities, I have a question.<br /><br />With Nobility largely being tied to the size of land, etc. I had a touch of confusion.<br /><br />The Margravate of Saxony, Margrave being to my incomplete knowledges slightly lower than Duke, is much larger than any other territory in the region, in terms of both population and hexes.<br /><br />It's enormous.<br /><br />Am I wrong in my rankings, or does Saxony have a special history I was utterly unaware of?Pandredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03917809464727878157noreply@blogger.com