[MR] scrolls and such

[Neca Johnson]

I'm not sure that the root problem is folks not registering arms - heck, I 
registered mine 6 or 7 years ago (shortly after I got my AoA), yet I've 
never received a scroll.  (That is not a complaint, just an observation).

Scribes are artisans.  It takes a lot longer to produce a nice "promissary" 
than it does a t-tunic.  Yet we seem to expect this small (relative to the 
population of the kingdom) group of artisans to provide scrolls, paying for 
them out of pocket.

How many awards to a king and queen give out during a reign?  Multiply by 2, 
then add the annual awards from every baron & baroness and you have the 
expected output these gentles would have to provide to keep up with demand.

Service is a gift.  Why is their such an entitlement mentality about 
scrolls?

There are many scroll blanks on the clerk signet page that are lovely.  
Printed on nice "parchment" looking paper from Staples and handpainted, they 
are very nice.  I think the whole idea of promissory should go the way of 
the dodo.  Make that the standard and if someone wants something nicer, 
commission one.  Or if a friend is getting an award, commission one for 
them.

I'm not trying to sound mean, but I think the whole idea is an unfair 
expectation.

Makai

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