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Post by Scott Anderson on Mar 24, 2018 19:58:19 GMT -6
What do you call the platform upon which a throne sits? I have this image of a royal court where the king is raised up above the rest of the hall.
Is this accurate? If not, how was it done?
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Post by oakesspalding on Mar 24, 2018 20:23:11 GMT -6
Dais?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2018 21:41:44 GMT -6
Dias.
Sometimes.
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Post by Starbeard on Mar 24, 2018 21:42:29 GMT -6
In church architecture the raised area is called the chancel, but I don't think that works, since the term derives from the practice of segregating the sanctuary from the rest of the church by altar railings and rood screens.
If there is a special and official term besides the general term 'dais', I don't know it. Wikipedia says that dais is the technical term, being used since the 13th century—but it cites Webster's dictionary, which I'd take with a grain of salt wherever etymology is concerned. Either way, dais certainly seems good enough for me.
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Post by strangebrew on Mar 25, 2018 9:24:43 GMT -6
What do you call the platform upon which a throne sits? I have this image of a royal court where the king is raised up above the rest of the hall. Is this accurate? If not, how was it done? It depends on the culture and the situation I would think. I visited some palaces in India where the maharaja would have a throne with a small dais in his private buildings, but the official court space (where we would would meet with officials outside of his immediate circle) had a very high dais - probably 15 feet plus. I think it's safe to say the idea was to highlight the difference in status, to the point where it was almost difficult to view the throne directly. Some east Asian monarchs were entirely cloistered from public audiences, almost prisoners to a ritualized daily regimen of symbolic activities. On the other hand, I imagine Western thrones to be on a much lower platform, or simply at the central part of the table or room. King Arthur sat on the Round Table with everyone else, right? Changing this up (regent behind a curtain or screen, holding court from a balcony, wearing a mask, etc) is an easy way to stress the "otherness" or "exotic" nature of another D&D culture in my experience.
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