Quote Originally Posted by lord_khaine View Post
I would challenge the notion that being named makes you worse at ruling.
Regular humans are already excellent at being utterly awful towards each other.
I doubt Above or Below can really improve on that.

And a named ruler would at least be likely to get some tools to improve efficiency,
and likely cut down on corruption, in the kingdom. If the King/Queen can see when your lying,
then its likely to cut down a lot on officials taking bribes, or skimming the tax money.
My reading is that the issue is not so much that Named would be worse rulers but the fact that Named draw stories to themselves and stories concerning Named rulers have much higher likelihood to affect the whole nation.