tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post3943329407492252891..comments2023-05-27T10:50:20.637-05:00Comments on Literatrix: Best Strategy: Don't GoJennifer Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-32889636107196195602009-05-15T17:02:00.000-05:002009-05-15T17:02:00.000-05:00It wouldn't work. English isn't the only language...It wouldn't work. English isn't the only language that is drastically different from its roots, and I don't care how much you think you know, you don't know enough. Communicating is not the difficult part, and knowing the language is worse than *not* knowing it, because you'd get cocky thinking you understood what was going on.<br /><br />Passing as a noble would not be possible for more than a few days--it would be orders of magnitude more difficult than passing as, say, a traveling peddler. The trouble with European nobility is that they were all *related* to each other. You're a noble? Who's your father? Who's your mother? Where do they live? Where are their country estates? City properties? Where do they spend the summer/winter? How many siblings do you have? How old are they? How many of them are dead and how did they die? What type of horse does your uncle breed?<br /><br />The list goes on and on and on, and just about anyone could very easily be in a position to catch you out.<br /><br />Plans that revolve around an unpenetrated fraud are always bad plans to risk your life on.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-45441822297638667552009-05-15T04:23:00.000-05:002009-05-15T04:23:00.000-05:00... unless you're an European and have learned som...... unless you're an European and have learned something in history lessons.<br />I find many of the comments in the mentioned post amusing, but some of them are quite insightful.<br />Anyways - the mentioned time period is High Middle Ages. Those were not the worst, mind you.<br />In addition - as the language barrier would be hard to tackle, if you know any European language other than English in it's current version, you should be fine (if you land in a region where that language is spoken... therefore German would be the best bet I think).<br />The hardest part would be posing as one of noble blood.<br />Anyways - just my 2 cents.<br /><br />Cheers!Ćukasz Sz.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04645057715826470138noreply@blogger.com