(TFT) basic training talent?

["John Gfoeller" <johng3110@hotmail.com>]

Hi all,

I have an idea for a potential campaign that I have been kicking around in 
the back of mind for some time.

A big part of the context is that the characters belonging to a professional 
military -- like the Roman, Chinese or Byzantine army.  Those professional 
fighting forces often (though not always) prevailed against superior numbers 
that often had much of the same technology.  The key difference and factor 
in their success (in my ignorant opinion -- I'm not a military historian) 
was their discipline and training.  Yet, how to represent that in the TFT 
game?

As a potential solution, I have been toying with the idea of a new talent: 
basic training.  It would be an IQ 8 talent, costing 1 IQ point (2 for 
wizards).  It would only be available from serving six months as a member of 
a professional, standing military.  It would represent that training and 
discipline to function within a professional military.

It would also represent the benefits of that training.  I've thought of 
representing this in TFT terms by adding 1 to the initiative roll to a group 
in which a 2/3 of its members have basic training.  This would represent the 
training to function as a military unit.  It would also allow a group to 
have the benefit even if it had some non-military members as part of it -- 
those who are trained would order the others where to go, what to do, etc.

Basic training would also be cumulative with the tactics and strategy 
talents.  That would represent the cumulative effects of not only having 
good leadership (the tactics talent and the strategy talents) but also the 
training to respond to that leadership effectively.

So, for example, a party in which 2/3 of the members had basic training 
would get +1 on the initiative roll.  A group that had that plus a leader 
with the tactics talent would get +2 on the initiative roll (+1 for basic 
training and +1 for tactics).  A party led by someone with strategy would 
get +3 on the initiate roll (+1 for basic training and +2 for the strategy 
talent).

But, I'm just thinking out loud here.  Comments?

-- John G.
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