Quote Originally Posted by Morgaln View Post
I've never considered this, but you just gave me a thought. In a world like the Forgotten Realms, where powerful casters are a dime a dozen, the only reason why there is a royal succession at all must be that whoever succeds a king is not willing to dole out the cash to have the king resurrected. Which has certain implications on who is most likely to actually inherit in the long run...

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A lot of setting with that kind of magic easily at hand tend to just work it into the rules of succession in some way to compensate. Usually a rule that says you get removed from the line of succession when dead or somesuch.