RE: (TFT) Lethal

[Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>]

In the game Age of Blood (viking miniatures rules, not TFT) you can hire
Huscarls (house troops) that are solid troops that fight for you so long as
you pay them. But they never gain experience. Then, in addition to the
Huscarls, you can hire Champions, the number of which is limited by your
Reknown ability. Unlike Huscarls, Champions gain experience. Furthermore, when
you go on a "special quest" you aren't allowed to bring Huscarls with you --
you are only allowed to bring your Champions.
 
There might be an idea in there to steal for your Blood & Treasure game.
Paid-by-the-hour mercenaries are all well and good, but they don't gain
experience and improve. Maybe they even rotate in and out when they get sick
of fighting or find other opportunities. But "followers" are died-in-the-wool
true believers loyal to the end, and they can gain experience and improve. 
 
Just an idea.

--- On Thu, 7/24/08, Christopher Brandon <brandon@pokemon-seattle.com> wrote:

From: Christopher Brandon <brandon@pokemon-seattle.com>
Subject: RE: (TFT) Lethal
To: tft@brainiac.com
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 8:04 AM

It is a great idea I will have to borrow!

Currently I have a player given an amount of gold to recruit troops from
a chart.
You roll on the chart to see who is available currently to recruit.
Then you can hire them or not, but with a small pool, beggars can't be
choosers.

So to use this idea it becomes an idea of a mercenary captain gaining
renown. You may find some followers hire on for free or cheaper because
a) better chance of surviving and b) better chance of treasure.  Of
course this also means the tasks given to your band become more
intriguing and a failed mission can lead to a lack of recruits...

My Blood & Treasure campaign just got more interesting-thanks all for
the great inspiration


Cheers!
Chris
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