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How about a quest that you perform for a lord in return for your own patch of land? You could then store extra equipment there.
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Lord Blade
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Personally, I'd love this. It's a cool idea.
Think about it, once you've earned a high enough rank with a faction, you're granted a section of land.
You can know pay to build a keep on that land. This is basically a small "personal" town.
At first, it's nothing but an inn and a storage room. A place to rest, and keep extra items.
Also, it could have it's own "vault" where you deposit money to maintain it.
Now, as you gain wealth, you can pay to upgrade the keep.
You can eventually build a barracks. This would allow you to keep troops there. You'd still have to pay their salaries of course. You could also eventually buy a "trainer" which would give the +5 XP a day bonus to all troops stationed there (maybe this increases as the keep does).
You could return to the keep and change troops as you wish (there's times when I'd like to have a swarm of crossbowmen).
You could also pay to hire merchants (weapons, armor, and general goods). This would be a one time payment. Once you have merchants, your town would now be added to the "trade route". And caravans would head back and forth from it. You would need enough caravans arriving a week to keep your merchants (the caravans can be attacked like the others).
Raiders, bandits, opposing troops, etc... would all be able to come by and attack your caravans (and maybe peasants who wander the area, loosing peasants lowers the overall morale of the keep troops).
You can fight them off yourself. As well as being able to select from the troops you have at the keep to "patrol". They would then basically wander the immediate area around your keep, and fight off enemies (and escort caravans they encounter).
What do you guys think? Does this have merit? Personally, I'd have great fun with this.
Think about it, once you've earned a high enough rank with a faction, you're granted a section of land.
You can know pay to build a keep on that land. This is basically a small "personal" town.
At first, it's nothing but an inn and a storage room. A place to rest, and keep extra items.
Also, it could have it's own "vault" where you deposit money to maintain it.
Now, as you gain wealth, you can pay to upgrade the keep.
You can eventually build a barracks. This would allow you to keep troops there. You'd still have to pay their salaries of course. You could also eventually buy a "trainer" which would give the +5 XP a day bonus to all troops stationed there (maybe this increases as the keep does).
You could return to the keep and change troops as you wish (there's times when I'd like to have a swarm of crossbowmen).
You could also pay to hire merchants (weapons, armor, and general goods). This would be a one time payment. Once you have merchants, your town would now be added to the "trade route". And caravans would head back and forth from it. You would need enough caravans arriving a week to keep your merchants (the caravans can be attacked like the others).
Raiders, bandits, opposing troops, etc... would all be able to come by and attack your caravans (and maybe peasants who wander the area, loosing peasants lowers the overall morale of the keep troops).
You can fight them off yourself. As well as being able to select from the troops you have at the keep to "patrol". They would then basically wander the immediate area around your keep, and fight off enemies (and escort caravans they encounter).
What do you guys think? Does this have merit? Personally, I'd have great fun with this.
Perturbatio
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It all sounds pretty good to me, but I'd add in a tax levy payable to the lord that awarded the land.
Lord Blade
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True, so you'd have to always pay a certain amount every week to keep your... keep. :p
Hellkite86
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I like this idea
Noneoftheabove
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Agreed!
Ferox
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I would love to have my own base of operations from which to attack and be attacked, trade, recruit, etc etc.
It reminds me of one of my favorite rpgs ever, suikoden, where you gather people around you and have your own fort/town with shops and all types of stuff.
personally I think you should be able to start it without it being given to you, and then you become your own faction.
It reminds me of one of my favorite rpgs ever, suikoden, where you gather people around you and have your own fort/town with shops and all types of stuff.
personally I think you should be able to start it without it being given to you, and then you become your own faction.
Operative21
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Just to further expound upon the idea, I'd suggest having such lands granted for performing deeds for the crown (depending on which side you've chosen of course). Once a character achieves personal lands, perhaps allow them to design their own banner which would be emblazoned upon the shields and/or tabards of his current army.
Mr 47
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I think it might be nice to find a 'starter' castle somewhere, maybe an abandoned keep in the mountains (ala Gothic), which was old an in bad condition...you could eventually repair it and watch a town build up around it.
The size of the town would be based on the number of peasants you 'hired' at other places, plus a small population growth (maybe %10 per day or something).
Of course, that might get complicated, but it would be cool
The size of the town would be based on the number of peasants you 'hired' at other places, plus a small population growth (maybe %10 per day or something).
Of course, that might get complicated, but it would be cool
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