In another age, I would have picked the "Put out a reward for her rescue in order to attract a hero"...but after what happened with Rance (LOL) that is never going to happen!

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What the? If I were a ruler, I would tolerate no demonic neighbors to begin with. If they're willing to go after royalty, who knows how much they terrorize the less fortunate?

My first impulse would be to take those hell-spawn out myself. Though, daughter's well-being in mind, I would try to hear out their demands first after confirming she's unharmed...

Find yourself an ogre and a donkey to bring her back, duh. They're smelly but have a high success rate.

Right. Because I have absolutely none responsibilites as a queen, I of course embark on a journey, leaving my lands and subjects to someone else, plus points if it's a shady/corrupt officer/family member.
So. That takes care of option 1 (shady mystic --> seems really risky), option 3 (Why lead the people when you can leave it to someone specialising in strategy?), option 4 (we all know what happens when you make a deal with the devil).
Last options (besides crying, but that's useless, and useless kings/queens tend to be are either puppets or dead) are only possible if you are coldhearted.

So: Either get a hero or borrow the one from your trustworthy neighbors. (like - their hero/prince)

Was I the only one who picked just make another daughter?

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My answer depends on a lot of variables.

If kidnapped daughter is my heir, then I'll try to negotiate, and possibly lead an army if that fails. If my queen can still bear a child, I'll also try to get a son during the negotiations, maybe even try to sire and legitimize a bastard.

If it's not my heir, well tough luck to her lol. But not to appear as an uncaring king, I'll put out a reward.

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Cry... In Joy! She's their problem now.

If it is my daughter, she should be easily able to deal with some lousy demons.
Though I might try to negotiate with them on terms I would agree to take her back.

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Aye.
But, if so, the whole point of this poll becomes invalid.
Have some POWER OF IMAGINATION buddy.

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Wait, it's you who said you wouldn't vote !

Apply yourself your advice please ! The fun in polls is to vote.

Easy answer, I'll become John McClane !

As a king, you'll surely have the resources and that demon army has yet to learn there's people you shouldn't mess with.

No there's a disturbing high number of you, even though your next daughter will probably get kidnapped too ...

You're taking this poll too seriously and not seriously enough at the same time.

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As king, queen? A lot of variables involved, mainly political. How strong is the demon country? How popular is the princess? What is the relation between the two countries? Who specifically ordered or kidnapped the princess? What are the merits and demerits for saving / abandoning her?

I mean, claiming princess is dead and if she turns out alive and has a country behind her, could potentially end up civil war over throne. If it leaks king abandoned daughter it would make him appear as weak. If he recklessly attempt to rescue her it could turn into a full on war that may potentially be devastating to his country.

Safest bet would prolly be between put out award or assassinate the said princess. Both could still lead to long term problems depending on circumstances.

As a plain parent, chase after the kidnapper and get daughter back.

Arguably the poll's going for clichés, but I do get where you're coming from of course.

I'm all about visiting a shady mystic, cause I sure do like to gamble from time to time (my life...)!

I kinda agrees with reanseih's agruement. There's a lot of variables to think about. I chose Lead your army as the hero, I mean I'm a female so that makes me a queen and technically i have a King so he'll rule as I venture to get our fictional daughter back. (Let's assume he's a good King as well mind you lolz).

Let's use reanseih's variables:

How strong is the demon country? Well, it didn't really said that my kingdom's destroyed or anything so it's safe to assume that the demon country's prowess may not be the strongest can also be on so-so. [strike]Other variables can be maybe our guards are just so lousy or my damsel on distress daughter's the typical annoying spoiled brat princess well then fudge...[/strike] How popular is the princess? Probably pretty popular to be known by the Demon country. What's the relationship between the two country? assuming this is for the Ask for help from your neighbors i actually don't know. Maybe one of our neighbors have a prince who likes my daughter or have a long-lasting friendship. They will help more the better ain't it? Who specifically ordered or kidnapped the princess? this is like a conspiracy question lolz. What are the merits and demerits for saving/abandoning her? it seems like we are just a human kingdom with no magic, just physical prowess due to choice #1 (the visit shady thingy lolz) but with variables like prophecy, ritual, to bring terror, or just plain love. (no expansion of territory since our kingdom's not destroyed). If it's prophecy, there's no negotiating with them. If it's ritual, go find other princesses hahahaha I'm sorry xD. If it's to bring terror, why us?. If its plain love.... Well fudge...