options for slaves and unit retraining

[nox]

these are all things I'd like to/plan on adding when the time comes but I'm sharing it here.

Arena combat

Slaves will be able to be put into the arena to fight against various sorts of opponents. There will be blood sports and nonlethal sports. The blood sports pay well if your slave wins, but - as always, there's risks.

Slaves will eventually be able to level from slave to gladiator if they survive.


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Drill Yard

The drill yard and drill instructors are there to retrain troops. With time and effort, the drill instructors can turn the various able-bodied untrained units you gather in the field into a cohesive fighting unit.
The drill instructor takes other units and converts them into a different base class.
Any unit could be retrained into a Levy (except slaves)
Levy Troops - Padded, spear, small round shield, rocks, low morale

Slaves could be converted into 'Armed Slaves'
Armed Slaves - loincloth, club, rocks, low morale
Armed slaves that gain experience in combat advance to 'levy troops'

Any *experienced* military unit can be retrained into either a Footman, Scout, or Pikeman and those would have their own advancement tables.

Likewise a system for horse units would have a base scout horse, then light horse, medium horse and then heavy horse and horse archer.

 

[Tyreal the Imperishable]

I like the idea of a gladiator pit. I was thinking how well gambling would work in this game and thought about suggesting something similar. Being able to purchase and train your own slave/gladiator and bet on him could be an interesting diversion from questing around the world map.

You could possibly enter the gladiator pits yourself and fight one on one duels with tough elite characters.

 

[nox]

I like the idea of a gladiator pit. I was thinking how well gambling would work in this game and thought about suggesting something similar. Being able to purchase and train your own slave/gladiator and bet on him could be an interesting diversion from questing around the world map.

You could possibly enter the gladiator pits yourself and fight one on one duels with tough elite characters.

yeah I was kinda thinking - once they advance to gladiator they get a name or you name them and can arm them... dunno.

 

[Kniggit]

What if i captured a dark knight? can he be put in to fight?

 

[Ragnarok]

Dark Knights would win way too much. Just like cheating, I like it!