YGMV, but in case they do have a trickster on the
ring, I suppose his personal power grows.
Not because people suddenly listen to his wise advice
nor because he gets more money or more cows for his
official role, but simply because:
a) he represents part of the magical resources of the
community as ringmember;
b) he keeps a seat no one else can occupy while he is
in; so if he doesn't appear at ring gatherings, the
ring misses maybe the odd member in important
decisions; if he does appear and votes, he could
represent the difference between a rejected proposal
and an accepted proposal (usually the accepted
proposal is the opposite the trickster said but an
averagely tricky trickster would soon realize this
fact and express in a way that makes even doing the
opposite of what he does say a tricky feat!)
Ciao,
Gian
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