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Infantry Cavalry Mercenaries Unit Statistics Siege Engines Townwatch Navy
Settlements Construction Agriculture Trade Demographics Taxation
A game round spans centuries and thus has more game years than the lifespan of any ordinary character. So your character will not survive the full length of a game round.
In case your character dies, your character will remain in the game as the succesor of your original character. The successor will be the next generation of your character.
For example:
Should your character, named Gaius Julius Caesar, die of old age, then your new character will be Gaius Julius Caesar II. In other words the successor of your original character Gaius Julius Caesar. Just how your succesor came into existance, is for you to decide in the biography of your character.
No character will survive beyond the age of 88 years old and beyond an age of 60 years old your character has an increased chance to die of old age. The start age of every succesor is 18 years old. Hence the age of your character is always between a minimum of 18 years old to a maximum of 88 years old.
Player characters do not necessarily have to die in combat, they may also be captured as slaves, or simply be knocked unconscious or injured. Some injuries and random events can cause a temporary or permanent drop in certain statistics.
Over the course of your character's lifespan, you may improve your character's statistics through personal turns, combat, or faction turns. Some random events can also improve some of your character's statistics.
Succesors do not get to keep the statistics of the previous generation. The new generation will have statistics that are a mix of both parents, in other words a mix of your character and his or her spouse. So a drop in statistics may occur.
You can develop 22 different statistics for your character. A statistic ranges from a minimum of 1 point to a maximum of 10 points.
Statistics come into four categories.
Combat proficiences are used in combat and for handling weapons. Any player who wants his or her character to be good in battle should develop these statistics.
Development Statistics are important when you want to develop settlements and the economy, these statistics are important if you want your character to have a supportive role.
Management Statistics are a bit of a mixed bag. Statistics like leadership and tactics are important in battle, while statistics like charisma and judgement are more important for maintaining happiness in a settlement. In general these statistics tend to be more important for characters in a leading role such as a ruler or governor.
Logistical proficiencies are important if you wish to develop trade, but can also be important in battle or adventuring.
Brawn is a representation of physical power and toughness in general of a character. Characters with a high brawn statistic are better able to withstand assassinations and are better able to withstand damage inflicted in battle and are less prone to injury.
Strength represents the amount of damage a character can cause with a strike.
Agility is a respresentation of nimbleness of a character. Characters with high agility are better able to deflect enemy strikes.
Polearms represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like spears, lances, pikes, battle-axes, maces, and tridents.
Swordmanship represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like swords, falxes, and daggers.
Throwing represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like javelins, darts, weighted nets, and slingshots.
Archery represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like bows.
Shield represents the ability of a character to shield himself or herself in battle and deflect incoming strikes. Characters with a high shield statistic are better able to maintain shield integrity.
The riding statistic represents your character's performance on land. The riding statistic combined with the leadership statistic affects how good a character performs as a cavalry officer. Combined with the commerce statistic it affects the ability of a character to develop landbound trade.
The sailing statistic represents your character's performance on sea. The sailing statistic combined with the leadership statistic affects how good a character performs in naval combat. Combined with the commerce statistic it affects the ability of a character to develop maritime trade.
Tracking represents how effective a character is at finding treasures and discovering sites.
Raiding represents how effective a character is at stealing or raiding goods and resources from enemy places. It also represents the ability of a character to wield fire and cause destruction to buildings and settlements. Characters with a high raiding statistic are good at raiding places and aquire more resources and goods. Characters with a high raiding skill are more stealthy and can more easily remain undetected and are more effective at setting up ambushes.
This statistic represents how effective a character is at constructing buildings and improvements. Characters with a high engineer statistic are better able to equip troops with weapons.
This statistic represents how efficient a character can develop industry and trade in a place. Commerce is the primary statistic for developing the economy of a settlement. Characters with a high commerce statistic are more effective at managing industries in a settlement and are better at setting up a good trade route.
This statistic increases the ease by which this character can develop agriculture in a place. Agriculture is of great importance to a character who wishes to feed his or her population or develop resources for industry. Combined with the commerce statistic it affects the ability of a character to develop landbound trade. Characters with a high agriculture statistic are more effective at managing farms in a settlement.
Characters with a high heal statistic are more efficient at healing themselves and other characters. Characters with a high heal statistic are also more adept at healing troops under their command. Officers with a high heal statistic suffer less troop fatalities from battles.
Tactics is a representation of cunning of a character. Characters with a high tactics statistic are better able to setup ploys.
Leadership represents how a character performs on the battlefield. This statistic affects the efficiency by which a character performs in combat. Characters with a high leadership statistic are sound tacticians and strategists. Characters with high leadership are better able to organise troops and maintain formation in battle. This statistic affects the ability of a character to draft and rally troops and it affects the size of the armies the character leads.
Charisma represents how pleasant a character is to be around and how skilled a character is at influencing others through speech and actions. This statistic affects the efficiency by which a character maintains morale of the troops under his or her command. It helps to maintain happiness in a settlement.
Judgement represents how fair and sound that character is in politics. This statistic affects the ability by which this character can develop justice and happiness.
Characters with a high trainer statistic are more adept at training officers and soldiers under their command. A character with a high trainer statistic is better able to improve the statistics of their officers.
Hostage represents the ability to take prisoners. Characters with a high hostage statistic are better able to hold slaves and are less prone to suffer from servile rebellions.
Skills give a boost to some character statistics.
A character with the administration skill is more adept at improving public order in a settlement.
The archery skill provides a bonus to the archery statistic.
A character with the architect skill is better at constructing settlement buildings.
The armour skill provides a bonus to the shield statistic.
The astronomy skill provides a bonus to the tracking and sailing statistics.
A character with the ballistics skill is more adept at sieges.
The cartography skill provides a bonus to the tracking statistic.
The drama skill provides a bonus to the charisma statistic.
The druid skill provides a bonus to the healing statistic.
The archery skill provides a bonus to the engineer statistic.
The farmer skill provides a bonus to the agriculture statistic.
A character with the literature skill has a better ability to improve the development and management statistics.
A character with the logistics skill is more frugal with provisions. Provisions for an army or navy last longer if a general or admiral has the logistics skill.
A character with the machinery skill is more adept at sieges.
A character with the masonry skill is better at constructing settlement buildings.
The medicine skill provides a bonus to the healing statistic.
A character with the writing skill has a better ability to improve his or her development and management statistics.
The poetry skill provides a bonus to the charisma statistic.
A character with the publican skill collects more taxes.
A character with the ritual skill has a greater chance of receiving a blessing from the gods.
The sailing skill provides a bonus to the sailing statistic.
A character with the seafarer skill is more frugal with ship provisions. Provisions for a navy last longer if an admiral has the logistics skill. The seafarer skill also provides a bonus to the sailing statistic.
The tribunal skill provides a bonus to the judgement statistic.
A character with the writing skill has a better ability to improve his or her development and management statistics.