An aide to a lieutenant governor performs many of the same responsibilites as a bureaucrat but often with a greater scope of responsibility on behalf of the provincial governor. A provincial sheriff (sergent) is a bailiff in the service of one of the many courts in each province; the sergent carries out the instructions of the magistrates with respect to judgements, primarily civil, including collecting revenues on behalf of the courts and the crown. An officer may go by any of a number of titles – inspecteur, controlleur, mestre, receveur – with duties ranging from customs inspector to grain measurer to salt warehouse manager to pork product examiner to collector of royal revenues to postmaster. A court clerk (hussier, literally “usher”) is a process server on behalf of a municipal or provincial court. An officer gains a +1 to the roll for promotion if an official of the realm’s office is open.
OFFICIAL OF THE REALM
A provincial governor is served by several lieutenants (lieutenant particuleur) who oversee the governor’s interests, serving as liaisions to the local governors and the courts. A provincial tax collector (élu) may work directly for the crown (pays d’élection) or for one of the provincial estates (pays d’états). A town govenor is a royal lieutenant, the crown’s representative to a small market town. A court secretary (secrétaire) manages the reams of paperwork that pass through the many courts of France. A town governor gains a +1 to the roll for promotion if a magistrate’s office is open.
MAGISTRATE
Most magistrates serve in one of the lower courts: viguierie, présidial, bailliage, or sénéchalsie. Some serve in a superior court, such as the tax courts (cours de comptes or cour des aides). The fewest, and most prestigious, magistrates, titled presidents, serve in the high courts (parlements). A special council of magistrates, the masters of requests (maître des requêtes), serve the Chancellor of France directly, accepting petitions directly from royal subjects and acting as troubleshooters on behalf of the crown. A magistrate who does not receive a position or progress to Royal Official at the end of the year may roll again for positions within his rank, with a +1 bonus to all rolls.
ROYAL OFFICIAL
A Royal Official may have the position of Provincial Governor (on a roll of 11+; +1 for having been a lieutenant governor, +1 if Social Rank is 12 or more), Intendant (on a roll of 9 or more; +1 for having been an Officer, +2 for having been a Master of Requests), Ambassador (as per the core rules), or City or Fortress Governor (on a roll of 10 or more, the position is Fortress Governor; otherwise, the position is City Governor).
A provincial governor is the most important position in the bureaucracy outside of court. The governor is the personal representative of the king or regent. A provincial governor is expected to build a network of local clients in the province through which the governor can exert his will. Provincial governors are tremendously influential within their governments as a result. An intendant is a commissioned official (commissaire) responsible for supervising the military, judicial, and financial affairs of the crown, most often assigned to the frontier provinces. Note that an intendant’s position is always a commission and may not be purchased or owned like a venal office. An ambassador is the representative of the crown in a foriegn court; a character may also serve as a consul, representing France in a city or region away from the court of the foreign government, at the gamemaster’s discretion. A city or fortress governor performs functions similar to those of a town or provincial governor; each controls a company of soldiers to assist with his responsibilities in the governorship.
COURT MINISTER (REGENCY MINISTER)
The title Chancellor is replaced by the title Grand Master. The requirements, duties, and benefits of the position are unchanged.
The position of Constable General is replaced by the Minister of War. The Minister of War requires Strategy skill, roll 10 or more to receive, + 1 if Social Rank is 16 or above, +1 for having been an Officer in the Royal Army, +1 for having been a Fotress or Provincial Governor. The Minister of War is a principal advisor on the defense of the kingdom and the security of its people.
ROYAL MINSTER
The title Minister of Justice is replaced with Chancellor or Keeper of the Seals (in the event the Chancellor is in disfavor with the king). The requirements, duties, and benefits of the position are unchanged.
The Title Minister of War is replaced with Constable of France. The Constable is the overall commander of all of the military forces of France. The requirements, duties, and benefits of the position are unchanged from the description in the book. There is no benefit to the roll to receive the position for being Chancellor or Constable General, as both of these positions are changed; the character gains an additional + 1 for being a Marshal or Minister of War instead.
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