I recently came up with this rule for knight mustering:
It´s free (no GB cost - you must pay the maintenance though) and the
limitation is you can muster one unit for each three levels a province has
(level 3 gives vou 1 unit; level 6 -2units; three level 1 - no units). I
did this because I see knights as units made up of nobles and their
men-at-arms. You don´t pay the mustering (they´re already there - trained
and equiped) but you must wait the normal time until they are ready to
fight (you must wait for their arrival).
As for level they´re a mix of first to third level nobles (the ones in the
province trained in the arts of war even maybe with some adventuring
experience some of them) and they´re bodyguards (zero or first level).
Remember that losing one such unit at war brings some problems (the
province may lose some of it´s most influential characters). That´s not all
bad as it brings new role-playing situations (new nobles, rebelion
(unsatisfied nobles who lost children at war),.

MANTA
ip209007@ip.pt


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> From: Gary V. Foss
> To: birthright@MPGN.COM
> Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - level distribution in units (was: Re: Ba
> Date: quinta-feira, 7 de maio de 1998 16:58
>
> Kai Beste wrote:
>
> > I agree that a unit can potentially have a higher percentage of
> > leveled characters, but IMHO that changes with the unit. Knights are
> > better trained and more experienced than elite infantry, and elite
> > inf more than standard infantry. A unit of knights has fewer soldiers
> > than a unit of infantry, but those few are far superior on a 1 on 1
> > basis. "Basic" units hold less leveled characters thatn"advanced"
> > units.
>
> Knights are a weird case. They are without a doubt the best bargain in
BR. The
> 6GB cost to raise such a unit wouldn't even buy 30 heavy warhorses, let
alone the
> armor and weapons that the knights would need. I know the rationalization
for this
> is that a unit of knights is made up of the lesser nobles who would
supply their
> own gear and mounts, but it still seems like a pretty good deal.
>
> You're also right that it would seem like these units would have a higher
> percentage of leveled characters in their midst. Anybody want to take a
stab at
> the make up of a unit of knights or elite infantry?
>
> Incedentally, are all blooded characters levelled?
>
> -Gary
>
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