This leads to a fundamental breakdown in the chain of authority. The fact is that EC is and always has been a thaumocracy (in other words, a government run by magic users).
This, amongst other things, means that druids, clerics, paladins, rangers, and any other god-worshipping or tree-hugging hippies, bards (can't stand no damned bishies), animals (except for dragons), and especially people named Batty are not eligible for applying for the mantle of Grand High Poobah of the boards.
This does, however, mean that an enlightened magocracy can finally take over from the wizardly autocracy (and brief necromantic cerulean-gluteus-ocracy) that overran the boards.
As such, I invite Pvednes, Bill, Black Mage, and Falaanla to join me in forming a new, stronger government for the boards, with me as the figurehead Grand High Poobah (Pved's too busy with genetic manipulation to lead, BM already mods effectively half the board, Bill whines about necros, and Fal is still tasting the rainbow off her epic...making me the ideal choice, even if I do answer to the council).
Basically I want to be the Arch-Chancellor.
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He'll be back. He was here earlier.
Will never bow to the likes of you!
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This insanity brought to you by Trillee:
*Growls*He'll be back. He was here earlier.
Will never bow to the likes of you!
()
Yeah but he ain't here now, is he shrubhugger?
Quickly my friends! Rise up against the wizard! If we fail, we can all go to Brazil to hide!
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... I was told there'd be free pie here.
*Looks around.*
I see no pie.
*Wanders out.*
*summons a pie and tosses it at the back of BM's hat*
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Remind me to dup a bucket of icewater on you at FF Chicago!
No.
What this calls for is the brave warriors of this land to seek the mantle of leadership. Warriors, paladins, shadowknights, and especially monks are the ones who protect you when even so much as a crag cat charges you. A leader who cannot even defend himself cannot possibly hope to defend his nation.
I contend that I, as a monk, shall make the perfect Grand High Poobah. A leader must be many things; strong, wise, calm, these are but a few of the traits necessary. These are things vital to my proffession, and as such, have honed myself into the paragon of leadership. What do you have?
Strength? Bah, how can you lead your men into battle when you cannot even don a suit of armour*? It is not as though one needs to be in a robe to work arcane magic, take the shadowknights as an example.
Wisdom? If wise implies sitting in a musty library** while your kingdom falters about you, or dealing with every problem by casting a spell, then yes, I suppose you are wise.
Calm? Bah, mages scream like schoolgirls and look for a chair to hide on when a mouse runs in the room, at least before they char it and themselves with all ill-timed burst of fire. A leader must not panic like that***
*Monks CAN wear armour, we just choose not to
**Meditating in a library is totally different
***Flipping the fuck out is also different
Thinking about your posts
(and billing you for it) since 2001
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Gydfather impressed everyone with:
I think we all know who would run the organization if poor poor Drysart were to meet with an accident.
Me! ^.^
<calls Marshal Law and invades with her waves of Clone Cookie Monster Troops!>
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Katrinity had this to say about Captain Planet:
Me! ^.^<calls Marshal Law and invades with her waves of Clone Cookie Monster Troops!>
*eats the troops*
[ 07-02-2003: Message edited by: Bill ]
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Bill painfully thought these words up:
My first act as Grand Inquisitor will be to enact the Copulatus Mortus law, which states that any woman who can manage to kill me via natural causes using only sexual intercourse as a facilitator will recieve the following inheritance:A BILLION DOLLARS My castle in Ireland My airship My staff of cookie making grandmas, whose lives are dedicated to the baking of delicious cookies A spicey meatball
...
<drags Bill to the backroom....>
<grins and dips Bill in a giant vat of quick-drying liquid chocolate> Mmmh...edible Bill ^.~
Tell ya what Deth... Next time a blue mob charges us, you tank it, and I'll cast spells on it. 
If ya survive the fight, I'll vote for you. Or better yet...
* tosses a spare suit of plate mail at Deth's feet, along with four packs, one filled with various heavy swords and objects with a similar sword-like demeanor
... put on all that armor, carry those sacks, see how long it takes for you meat-in-a-thin-robe frame holds up.
In my smithing adventures, I had a mage enchant ten large bricks of ore for me, the 14 pound suckers. He laughed about how slow I was walking away, until I gave it to him to hold. I understand he still gets five tells a day from someone wanting him to play Quasimodo in the theater. 
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Katrinity obviously shouldn't have said:
...<drags Bill to the backroom....>
<grins and dips Bill in a giant vat of quick-drying liquid chocolate> Mmmh...edible Bill ^.~
Good heavens, Kat... don't you know where that's BEEN?
Playing with dead things in a graveyard!
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Katrinity painfully thought these words up:
<offers Might a chocoalte covered arm> Want some? Its just like sex. ^.^
looks at Kat doubtfully
Well, in the training manuals every keeps sending me, very few body parts are detached. Bent, maybe, or stretched, but never detached...
Then the tanks have to chase them around to get the damn thing off cuz they keep running. Damn 20 hp having casters...
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Gydfather stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
I think we all know who would run the organization if poor poor Drysart were to meet with an accident.
His widow? 
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KaLourin wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Then the tanks have to chase them around to get the damn thing off cuz they keep running. Damn 20 hp having casters...
*Shudders at the memories of tanking for stupid casters in DAoC*
STOP RUNNING SO I CAN TAUNT IT OFF OF YOU!!! 
ben(at)netmastering(dot)nl
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Everyone wondered WTF when ArchAngel wrote:
I'm with `Deth on this one.
Ok.. enjoy his riegn for a couple more days...
Hence, under my enlightened rule, all classes will have a place. There will be no second-class citizens, no rule by mages, though I tend towards the magical arts myself, nor any rule by warriors. We already know that a religious rule is idiocy, and thieves will be too busy trying to stab each other to effectively run a country. Therefore, we can determine that all classes, either as a base class or as a mutation of them, would be ineffective as single ruler.
So what does that leave, if all the good guys won't work? Why, the villain, of course. Who better to impose an enlightened vision upon the country, who better to bring the country into new power with vision and drive, but one who would sacrifice everything, even morals, for that power? This is why I am the obvious choice for God-Empress of EverCrest. All other choices are poor in the name of progress, nay, even work against it. Would you willingly descend into barbarism or stagnation when a true, enlightened ruler was offering her considerable services for the mere tribute of the throne?
Come. Save yourself the effort of resisting me. Whether by treachery and political backstabbing or the good old mentally-dominated troops, I'm likely going to end up your ruler anyway, so why fight a long and losing battle against me? Embrace my rule and the true power, might, wisdom and majesty the darkness brings. EverCresters, place yourselves at the head of a new and powerful empire!
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Mightion Defensor's account was hax0red to write:
Good heavens, Kat...Playing with dead things!
If only.
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Abolago had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
You will fail, sir.
I don't recognize you, doll mage.
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Abolago had this to say about Cuba:
You will fail, sir.
Aahh, I see you've returned.
First off, I never said that the tank sorts would be useless in the new regime. The Paladins will be our law enforcement branch, the Shadow Knights will be the beefy body of our Sneaky Bastar-er...Intelligence branch with the rogues (funny how no one stood up for them). Warriors will form up the vanguard of the armed forces, probably under the sub-command of Bloodsage, if he wants the job.
But let's face it, an enlightened Arcanology (I've been told the term "Magocracy" is biased towards mages...the foot soldiers of the PC army are well entrenched!) is the way to go. Who do you want dealing with the forces from beyond? Do you want Mightion the Paladin pushing back the frontiers of biotechnology and morphological arcane sciences? If there's a tear in the fabric of reality, who's got the metaphysical thread and needle? We do, damn skippy.
Though Sol can be the PR representative...I thought I was good at convincing BS 
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Zephyer Kyuukaze thought about the meaning of life:
I don't recognize you, doll mage.
That's Azy
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Lyinar Ka`Bael had this to say about Tron:
That's Azy
I didn't get that memo.
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Zephyer Kyuukaze thought about the meaning of life:
I didn't get that memo.
S'okay. He's never played Abo much here, but I've seen him in my room so I knew it was him.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Nicole said:
Embrace my rule and the true power, might, wisdom and majesty the darkness brings. EverCresters, place yourselves at the head of a new and powerful empire!
I like the way you think.
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Trillee obviously shouldn't have said:
ps He's back
I see no evidence of this. THE WIZARD IS NOT REAL! HE'S JUST A CRUSTY OLD DUDE BEHIND THE CURTAIN!
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Trillee had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
His widow?
Long live Drysart.
