Kingdom GMR in a floating crown.

Good points, though that job is usually part of the bid for the major kingdom level events. I guess my main concern is the idea that Kingdom officer's are supposed to somehow 'oversee' local officers. The problem with this is that unless they have some specific authority over those officers (such as the requirement to approve reeves test) they really can't perform this responsibility. Historically GVP has been very "hands off" of the day to day running of local groups, mostly because we recognize that they have no say in our process so we should not push the results of that process onto them.

With a floating crown, I think we'll have to see that change somewhat. If we're going to have our Kingdom officers responsible to overseeing the job that the park officers do, then those officers will need some way of affecting the job those officers do. Other wise, we should consider completely striping these jobs out of this corpora and have only a kingdom monarch and maybe regent whose only jobs involve awards. Because if we are going to hold officers to doing tasks we MUST give them the tools to accomplish those tasks.

Bear, I like this. It gives them some control, but not at a detailed level (no, I don't want Dufus de Wandered to be a reeve so I'll give him an impossible test). It still gives local GMRs the authority to make an easier test which is critical for newer players as I've seen some REALLY TOUGH reeves tests that were almost designed for players to fail with the retest being the same test as open book. Some would say I MADE such a test. It also opens the way for them to give guidance to local GMRs on what is appropriate to test.

Never said i agreed with them, just that some would say that. But I ran a test where the testees (does that sound wrong) had to determine if a given spell would effect at a set range. Not many people passed that test. I feel that being able to ID the range (the most common call a reeve is asked to make) is very important. I made sure they knew in advance what was coming and I made sure that the calls were not THAT close. (IE 20.25 feet on a 20 foot range spell.) My goal was not to MAKE them fail, my goal was to make reeves that can call distances reasonably well. Because I was seeing people cast spells at 30 feet for 20 foot spells on a regular basis.