Starting Acres

[Elldallan]

OOP wars could be more interesting if rune scarcity isn't such an issue?

If rune scarcity is your main concern then lets just change the rune formula instead so that there isn't a cost malus below ~1k acres, just make it a set X runes/acre or per nw formula. (at the moment the formula is a curve which benefits larger sizes more than smaller ones)

I feel like it might leave more room for KDs of different skill levels to stratify, without the KDs who inevitably get beat up OOP having to go into the abyss that is sub-300 acres.

This is one of the major points against starting size, because the farmouts are going to be even bigger, and getting an early farmwar is going to be a bigger factor.

... and just something that popped into my head right now, what if a KD Monarch control their starting size. Once elected, Monarchs would basically need the power to reset all provinces in the KD during freezetime, with a setting that would have four options(radio buttons imo), and need a confirm box etc.

No, absolutely not, if this power should exist then it should lie with the province owner, not the monarch. Nobody other than you should be able to decide how you run your province. Of course team play means that most turns some of these decisions over to a monarch or strategist etc, but this should be your choice, not theirs.