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08-25-2003, 05:17 AM #1
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Some of you old-timers out there may remember this, but I`m posting it
mostly for the benefit of the newer folks, as well as the members of the
Birthright.net forums who may never have seen it before. It`s a compilation
of a combined effort from a few of the tinkers on Birthright-L a couple
years back. I think you`ll like it.
Specialty Holdings
The concept behind Specialty Holdings combines ideas from the design
philosophies in 3e regarding "prestige classes" and "feats" at the domain
level. Folks have been suggesting this kind of thing for a while, normally
having it fall under the old "monument" construction rules per
Birthright.net, but Specialty Holdings tie even more directly to the holding
levels rather than just being the result of a building process.
Specialized holdings are created when a player declares a rule action to
specialize his holding. Instead of advancing to the next holding level, it
stays the same level buts gets an additional descriptor marking its new
effects. For example, a Law(5) would need a rule action to make it a Law(6)
or a Law(5,Secret Police). Only one such specialization could be used per
holding per province. Thus, the specialized holding gets you a
specialization benefit but the drawback is that its not as effective overall
as if you`d of just ruled it normally. There may also be additional
difficulty and expenses involved in specializing a holding, above the normal
cost for a rule action.
For additional information on how specialized holdings work, I`ve compiled
some of the efforts of contributors on a geocities website. Please, I
highly encourage and request people to take a look at this information and
comment regarding their own opinions, suggestions, and submissions. The
included list is far from exhaustive or complete, and is well open to
further expansion and variation.
The information can be found at
www.geocities.com/lordrahvin/holdings.htm
You can either view it in sections for easier reading or download the
complete text file. It`s too long to submit here in detail.
Thanks,
--Lord RahvinNOTE: Messages posted by Birthright-L are automatically inserted posts originating from the mailing list linked to the forum.
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