Re: Legends: Training soldiers

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1993 00:06:42 +0000

minnotte@stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte):
>If I (Hero) train soldiers for her (Overlord), am I reading things
>correctly that she must transfer (gift?) everything (population,
>armor, weapons, gold, etc.) into my force, after which I transfer
>the soldiers back to her?  Or is there an easier way for me to supply
>the expertise while she supplys everything else?

If I'm not mistaken, you're essentially right.  Though I'll point out
a short-cut you may not have considered:  Suppose, for sake of example,
that her turn runs a few days before yours.  She can use her last basic
order to *gift* you her location.  Then you simply transfer in, train
the troops, and end your turn by gifting it *back*, and she has it
(along with the newly trained soldiers) at the start of her next turn.
(Important caveat:  You cannot gift a force if you only possess fifteen
forces or less, so this won't work until you've conquered at least one
external force.)

>How many crowns (approximately) do the various positions start with?

You start poor.  It's highly variable, but, to give you an idea, I'm
currently in two games:  In NIC#3, my hero started out with 85 crowns
(which is on the low side for heroes).  In RI#7, my Orc Overlord started
out with 4000 crowns (which is on the high side for overlords).  Don't
overlook the possibility of training soldiers at level 0 or thereabouts
and then letting them train up to level four or five.

>Do the Heroes and Adventuring parties have any regular income to
>begin with, or do they have to get their gold from looting things
>and selling their services to Overlords and Mercenaries?

The latter.  In emergencies they can use character orders to find
honest work.  This pays much better in large cities than in small
towns, but it never pays much.

>Finally, do characters (or positions) ever start with the flora (or
>other special materials) they need to cast their spells (or make
>healing potions or poisons, or whatever)?

You will start with some random components.  There won't be much, and
they might or might not be the ones you need.  Have the Overlord send
out as many scouts as she can afford on her first turn, to explore,
and have either a ranger or bard who can pick flora when you find it,
or a summoner who knows "Gather Special Resources".  (Alternatively,
if the hero tis also a 31st-level spell-caster, you shouldn't have too
much trouble researching that spell.)

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References

Legends: Training soldiers
minnotte@stat.rice.edu (Michael Minnotte)
Fri, 26 Mar 1993 18:37:24 +0000