Hello! First of all, thank you for the hard work on this mod. I'm enjoying it!
I do like to suggest something though, something that has actually been suggested before, a while ago, but without much explanation (the search function made that clear
). I think it would be a boon to Phantasy Calradia to implement the Freelancer mod. It is quite easy, when you know some Python script, to get the source and adjust it so that it works.
What it does is that it allows the player to join a lord as a soldier in that lord's army. Your rank is in accordance to the mod's troop tiers, starting at the bottom as a recruit. Your lord hands you the gear corresponding to that troop tier and you get the option to fight in the battles whenever the lord engages an enemy. You receive food and pay on a weekly (or monthly, I don't remember exactly) basis and these (as well as your gear) improve as you rise in rank. It also offers various minor features like desertion and getting permission for temporary leave.
The features alone should be quite convincing but for Phantasy Calradia in particular I think it has a lot of promise. Fighting as a relatively simple warrior (or mage, archer, etc.) in an army adds various new role-playing possibilities and I think it offers the player a good chance to experience the unique battle powers of various troop types like clerics and mages in a "controlled" environment (in the end the lord carries the responsibility of a battle's outcome and it is quite easy to find and rejoin your lord after a defeat) as well as to get accustomed to the different factions' pro's and cons in battles and sieges when it comes down to their units' qualities. Not to mention it is great way to get some battle experience before setting out on your own!