For clarity I'm building a world leaning on Tolkien with a smidgen more magic. Armies may be based on DBA but I expect we'll see some magic in the mix.
Rules based, the bigger issue is not the rules for the battle, but the rules for the world. I will be rolling out the hexmap soon for the armies I have, but that part is easy. What is not easy is the idea of solo proper. There's two schools of thought for solo gaming:
- I'm building a world and I don't care who wins each battle I'm sold on both sides equally. Sadly while this likely builds a better narrative in the log term, I'm curious to see what will happen to my little state of Noremgaarm.
- You can figure out a system for programming the world and the foes, with random options for the foe based on their expected range of behavior. This is a much more difficult way to build a legitimate foe, but likely the only option.
So with this in mind I've created my core cast - six characters who shall serve as the basis for this first generation of events. Each was generated randomly, with at most one stat swap each for narrative cohesion. Each of them have a set of stats:
- Health
- Combat
- Command (to avoid another C with Command)
- Administration
- Loyalty (to the current leader)
- Age - Only stat in reverse. Higher score is older
- Diplomacy
- Skill - Riding, reading, anything not otherwise covered.
- Magic - X is susceptable to it, while ✶✶✶ or ✶✶✶✶ may be able to cast.
Each of these stats have a rating from X (zero, or incompetent) to ✶✶✶✶ (exceptional). Of all stats 20% are X, 40% are ✶, 20% are ✶✶, with, for dramatic purposes, 10% are at ✶✶✶ and ✶✶✶✶. I was slightly concerned when the first character I rolled up came up with only four total stars, but I chalked that up to him being the predecessor.
And with no further ado-
Teos DornAthan - Regent Captain of the Northern March - Unmarried, no heir
- Health - ✶
- Combat - X
- Command - ✶✶
- Administration - ✶
- Loyalty - N/A
- Age - ✶
- Diplomacy - ✶✶✶✶
- Skill - ✶✶
- Magic -X
- Health - ✶✶✶
- Combat - ✶✶✶✶
- Command - ✶
- Administration - X
- Loyalty - ✶✶
- Age - ✶
- Diplomacy - ✶
- Skill - ✶✶✶
- Magic - ✶
Paraht DornAthan - Uncle to the Captain Regent, Commandant of the Center
- Health - ✶
- Combat - ✶
- Command - X
- Administration - ✶
- Loyalty - X
- Age - ✶✶
- Diplomacy - X
- Skill - ✶
- Magic - ✶✶✶✶
Hegran Sworn - Leader of the Freesteads thrust in to leadership too young, Second to the Commandant of the East.
- Health - ✶
- Combat - X
- Command - ✶✶
- Administration - ✶
- Loyalty - ✶✶
- Age - X
- Diplomacy - X
- Skill - ✶
- Magic - X
Paet Dornborn - Adopted child of Paraht DornAthan, legal cousin of the Captain Regent
- Health - ✶
- Combat - X
- Command - ✶✶✶
- Administration - ✶✶
- Loyalty - ✶
- Age - X
- Diplomacy - ✶✶
- Skill - X
- Magic - ✶✶
The Fourteenth Noremgaarmi Raeedmas - Independent religious judge of the faith, no name save his title.
- Health - ✶
- Combat - X
- Command - X
- Administration - ✶
- Loyalty - ✶✶
- Age - ✶✶
- Diplomacy - ✶✶✶
- Skill - ✶✶
- Magic - ✶
And while we're at it, let's bump into the neighbors, who we'll see in our first outing, the three of Firdyoc, neighboring barbarians with a curse of the Trohkborn.
Pyoroc the Sixth Firdyoc - Last upright earl of the Firdyoc, shares name and destiny with his people.
- Health - ✶✶✶
- Combat - ✶
- Command - X
- Administration - ✶✶
- Loyalty -N/A
- Age - ✶✶✶
- Diplomacy - ✶
- Skill - ✶
- Magic - ✶✶
- Health - ✶✶✶
- Combat - ✶✶✶✶
- Command - ✶
- Administration - ✶
- Loyalty - ✶✶✶✶
- Age - ✶
- Diplomacy - ✶
- Skill - X
- Magic - X
- Health - ✶
- Combat - ✶
- Command - ✶
- Administration - ✶
- Loyalty - X
- Age - X
- Diplomacy - ✶
- Skill - ✶✶✶
- Magic - ✶
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