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Johnny1A.2 · 02-24-2018, 10:56 PM

If you've got a woman (or guy if that's what the situation calls for) who fits the bill available, there's always marriage politics. The new king is going to be worried about establishing legitimacy, the old dynasty and its retainers want back in power (presumably). One traditional way to resolve such situations is for the usurper or his heir to marry an heir of the former dynasty, thus uniting the bloodlines.

If your PCs could arrange that, they could offer that legitimizing option to the reigning king in exchange for 'x'.

02-24-2018, 10:56 PM	#4
Johnny1A.2 Join Date: Feb 2007	Re: Restoring Edmund Mortimer/Planning a Coup If you've got a woman (or guy if that's what the situation calls for) who fits the bill available, there's always marriage politics. The new king is going to be worried about establishing legitimacy, the old dynasty and its retainers want back in power (presumably). One traditional way to resolve such situations is for the usurper or his heir to marry an heir of the former dynasty, thus uniting the bloodlines. If your PCs could arrange that, they could offer that legitimizing option to the reigning king in exchange for 'x'. __________________ HMS Overflow-For conversations off topic here.