As far as I can see, assigning PCs kingdom roles has only one effect - they are filled by PCs instead of NPCs, which gives the Kingdom a bonus on certain checks.
Is it correct that nothing about the PC (stats, skills, alignment, class, lore) has any effect on anything other than VERY OCCASIONALLY influencing a minor check?
Seems to really downplay the fact that the PCs are undertaking thse jobs. Even in the CRPG it matters which characters you assign to which roles.....
Confused, Australia.