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[Comrade P.]

Here shall be tossed stuff related to my New Age Mercenaries RTD, so it can be found without scrolling the main thread and seeking it amongst the posts.

For now, there are some useful thingys that are too long for me to remember and hidden too good to find them easily.

Spoiler: Oi wei, your character bleeds? Watch here what happens in next few turns (click to show/hide)

You start bleeding when there is an actual reason for this. For example, you get four smaller cuts from attacking enemies, or one big, like, your whole limb is cut off.
There is also a strong bleeding, which works the same, but the second turn is skipped.

1st turn - a person begins to bleed
2nd turn - he is still bleeding. If bloodloss stopped here, no long-term effects.
3rd turn - a lot of blood is lost, -1 to all actions. If bloodloss stopped here, -1 still remains until a good rest.
4th turn - most of blood is lost, d2 to stay consious, -2 to all actions. If bloodloss stopped here, -2 still remains until a good rest and d2 rolled ech next turn to stay consious.
5th turn - death

Intoduced guns:

Spoiler: Self-loading Unit, Mark III (click to show/hide)

Two modes of fire - semi-auto and full-auto.
Max. range: 800m
Effective range: 300m
Clip capacity: 20
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Three lines (Line = 1/10 of inch, so three lines are equal to 7.62. Three lines is used in rifles, 2 lines is used in most pistols, 1 line is used in derringers and such.)

Price: 100 singuluses (3 clips included)

Spoiler: Commando Carabine, Mk. I (click to show/hide)

Semi-automatic and full-automatic; integrated silencer
Max. range: 600m
Effective range: 150m
Clip capacity: 25
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Two lines

Price - 90 singuluses (3 clips included)

Spoiler: Kragensen's rilfe (click to show/hide)

Bolt-action; goddamn heavy (7,2 kilos loaded)
Max. range: 1600m
Effective range: 800m
Clip capacity: 5
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Four lines

Price: 90 singuluses (15 bullets included)

Spoiler: Winlee's rifle (click to show/hide)

Bolt-action
Max. range: 1200m
Effective range: 700m
Clip capacity: 5
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Three lines

Price: 95 singuluses (set shown on first picture + 2 more clips)

Spoiler: Mat revolver (click to show/hide)

Single-action revolver; shotgun barrel in the middle
Max. range: 150m
Effective range: 50m
Clip capacity: 9 +1(grapeshot)
Barrel: smooth
Caliber: Three lines (+ 20 gauge)

Price: 80 singuluses (27 revolver shots + 3 shotgun shots)

Spoiler: Revolver Mk.IV (click to show/hide)

Single-action revolver
Max. range: 150m
Effective range: 50m
Cilinder capacity: 6
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Three lines

Price: 35 singuluses (+18 bullets)

Spoiler: Compact Automatized Sidearm, Mk. III (click to show/hide)

Semi-auto/full-auto pistol; trusty
Max. range: 250m
Effective range: 100m
Clip capacity: 9
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Two lines

Price: 80 singuluses (+3 clips)

Spoiler: R-5 (click to show/hide)

Semi-automatic and full-automatic
Max. range: 800m
Effective range: 250m
Clip capacity: 30
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Three lines

Estimated price: 110 singuluses

Spoiler: Willson Mk.II (click to show/hide)

Semi-automatic
Max. range: 800m
Effective range: 200m
Clip capacity: 10
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Three lines

Estimated price - 100 singuluses

Spoiler: Robbin'-bobbin' (click to show/hide)

Full-auto only; piece o'crap (1 and 2 are both fumble in d6 roll)
Max. range: 400m
Effective range: 100m
Clip capacity: 40
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: 2,5 lines

Estimated price: 45 singuluses

Spoiler: Krii (click to show/hide)

(master-crafted one is presented - usual ones have the barrel an inch shorter and are made of usual gunsteel)
Double-action revolver; dragonborn-use only (inappropriate size and recoil for others)
Max. range: 200m
Effective range: 75m
Cilinder capacity: 6
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Five lines

Estimated price: 190 singuluses

Spoiler: MG Mk.II (click to show/hide)

Full-automatic
Max. range: 900m
Effective range: 300m
Box capacity: 120
Barrel: rifled
Caliber: Three lines

Estimated price: 210 singuluses

There are more. Ask for them in shops, loot them from the dead. Just look for them. Cold weapons and bows are still present, however.

Spoiler: Scraps of lore and other OOC stuff here (click to show/hide)

Elves are not just humans with sharp eartops. They are the one of the eldest races in the world. But it is the only thing they can be proud of. Dwarves, they spit masterpieces of any crafts imagined for ages and millenias, Dragonborn build and rebuild their empire on the right of the strong. Elves sit in their forests, compose musics and admire starlight, concentrating on the fact how old they are, how unfair is the world around them and how primitive are the races who do not understand their high feelings.

Elves here are not more durable then men, just some minor changes in anatomy - blood vessels run alternative ways, some organs situated a bit higher or lower. All the same in total. That is why if a man thinks he'd hit a critical blood vessel or shot the liver, it may be not completely true.

Dragons and Dark elves truly have powerful mages, all of which ahve very high sicietal status.

Also, orcs will hardly believe that if Men won't wipe them out elves won't do either.

There is no way you can make a Dragonborn recruit. You can skulk and shamble through the world seeking for those on their spiritual development quests, if you want.

Dwarven mercenaries - OK. Dark elves - dunno, gonna see.

About mercenaries:
Well, you can ask for rumors of legendary ones and try to locate them, but it'll take lots of efforts, luck and money. And basically you may find a guild dedicated to this kind of people in each capital, which offers you wide assortment of different mercenaries they contract for a small fee.

The fact is, Dragonborn - those who are thinking in their traditional way - are not very likely to have friends or foes. Or hate particular nations. there are individuals who they respect, and those who they do not respect. Pray to all gods you now not to be among the last group.

Four major races - men, dwarves, elves and dragonborn.
Also present, but their playability must be requestedand may be declined - gnomes, eladryns, goliaths, tieflings, halflings, orcs, goblins, trolls,  drow, gnolls, cobolds, doppelhangeres, yuan-ti, shadar-kai. Last three are mythical and are almost a legend by now, but who knows...

A proper illustration I found for an occupied elven city with a Occupation HQ

Spoiler: Ideologies (click to show/hide)

Just a few words about what can you expect if you end up among some cultures.

Communism is spreading among Dwarves

The fascist Empire of Men has fallen, and fascists are no longer tolerated there. Officially, at least.

Elves are seeking to establish a Republic instead of monarchy.

Lots of halflings are now in favor of Anarchism

Spoiler: Money (click to show/hide)

Two main types of money can be found here, though Elves and Dragonborn are still produce money of their own.
Human's Imperial = 4 quaters = 100 singuluses
Dwarf's Golden Hammer = 10 Silver Hammers = 100 Copper Hammers
(1 singulus = 1 copper coin)
Here's some prices for you to understand the true value of money
Poor meal - bare minimum to stay alive = 2 singuluses
Good meal - just a meal that makes you full = 6 singuluses
Wonderful meal - several dishes, drinks included = 12 singuluses

Poor apartment - a small room under the railroad overpass = 5 singuluses/day
Good apartment - a room in a flat or a house = 12 singuluses/day
Luxorious apartment - penthouse = 2 quaters/day

Dagger - Silver Hammer
Sword - 2 Silver Hammer
Longbow - 1 Silver Hammer and 5 Copper Hammers
Flintlock pistol - 2 Silver Hammer
Wheellock rifle - 1 Quater
Revolver - 3 Silver coins
Bolt-action rifle - 2 Quaters
(Ammo-complect for ranged doubles the cost)

Leather armor - 1 Quater
Scaled armor - 4 Silver Hammers
Fullplate - 3 Quaters

Introduced mercenaries:
Gradation of quality of traning:
Usual - a group of trained men. No war experience, but all needed skills for it.
Experienced - A group of men with combat experience.
Skilled - A group of men experienced multiple battles, that were mostly victorious.
Wardogs - A brotherhood forged in ages of war. Each of them is a legend himself. Those often work individually and rarely form bands.

Spoiler: Drekar Nerrakafor, The Sellgun (click to show/hide)

Wardog

Height: 4'2''
Appearance: Drekar has height and constitution of average dwarf. Here resemblanses end. He is a way thinner then dwarves used to be, and prefers not angular forms in his outfits, but more smooth ones, more like men prefer.
Cool story: He was born in city of Men long before war, and became a mercenary just as he reached adolecence. For that was his lagacy - his father was a mercenary for a whole century before he earned enough to retire. His father was a kind of mercenary everyone adores even now: a brave honorable man, which always completes the job he was originally paid for, and still holding his own honor as high as his reputation.
His son was different from him in all matters. His father prefered hard armor and melee fight - the son prefered doding attacks and guns. Father was conservative - son was liberal. father was a man with his own morale codex - son was an inglorious bastard. However, new century found the son fitting for it's purposes, for he agreed to do some nasty job, that wa the most payable for mercenary. Most of his fame he got for his roughness, brutality and machiavellianism.
Weaponry: He is said to dual-wield custom-made prototype SMGs he purchased for miraculous price directly from dwarven weaponry research center. They are somehow mounted to his arms that he activates them by a specific movement of wrist. Speaking of his hands, his steel gauntlets may be considered like a melee weapon, too.

Spoiler: Wild Bears (click to show/hide)

Experienced
((chevron below))


This is a squad of small numbers, but great experience. They participated in war. On the men's side. As they honored their contract, they left the battlefield, for they didn't like that experience at all.

Numbers: [d100] 44
Armaments: Self-loading units, sidearms. 2 machineguns per squad.
Transport None

Spoiler: Gunride Guys (click to show/hide)

Usual

A group of 10 dwarves that built themselves a battle-wagon and decided to go earn some cash.

Numbers: 10
Armaments: sidearms; four machineguns and main-caliber 50mm cannon integrated to their battlewagon
Transport: Battlewagon

Spoiler: Nephelaims (click to show/hide)

Skilled

A group of elves living for so long they overlived most of their clients. They are now offering mostly strategic services, but still can giive a good fight.

Numbers: 18
Armaments: Rapiers
Transport Personal horses

Spoiler: Mercenary Combat Squad #34 (click to show/hide)

Experienced
((emblem of the guild below))


One of multiple mercenary squads held by a large guild in one of elven cities.

Numbers: 100
Armaments: rifles, sidearms; four machineguns per squad; one transported 100mm cannon
Transport: ten trucks, holding 10 men each

Spoiler: Kywernas (click to show/hide)

Experienced

A band of gangsters which decided to have some cash earned by using their experience of street-fighting.

Numbers: 72
Armaments: Sidearms, knives
Transport Three big trucks

Also, you may use this thread to do anything that is usually done in OOC threads, like, discussion of this RTD, imrovement suggestions, critics and stuff.

[Patrick Hunt]

You may have trouble with mercenaries in the independent elven land, drwarf land, orc land and dragonborn land.

I kinda called every company my messengers could find to me. So yeah the merc population is a little drained right now.

[Comrade P.]

You may have trouble with mercenaries in the independent elven land, drwarf land, orc land and dragonborn land.

I kinda called every company my messengers could find to me. So yeah the merc population is a little drained right now.

It actually depends on your little meeting.

[Patrick Hunt]

When I stop pestering you long enough to meet all the merc captains .

[UltraValican]

Xavar the Aspiring
Race: Man/Orc hybrid
Age: 21
Bio: Xavar's parentage is a rare case, He was fathered by a human. Xavar's father was a noble, with rather specific tastes in women. It was only inevitable that the Orcish slave woman would eventually conceive a child sired by some "lone deranged vagrant" in the middle of the night.  Perhaps out of guilt for his actions, the noble saw to it that Xavar be tutored privately just like his legitimate son. When questioned by the tutor, the noble would simply call Xavar's education an experiment. Xavar had a knack for academics and was constantly praised by his father and tutor. His half-brother often felt neglected jealousy gave way to hatred. When Xavar's father died, his brother expelled him from the manor. Xavar spent several years wandering the world, with no ambitions. He had a proficiency for magic, but he had no mentors. At the very best he could fire very wild beams from his hands or slightly weaker beams, but much more accurate blasts from rod or staff

On one fateful evening, Xavar decided he would teach himself, all he had to do was find some old texts. Of course this cost money. And the best way to make money in these  times is mercenary work...

Xavar is somewhat portly for a man with Orc genes, however his soft appearance hides reasonably developed muscles. He could certainly pass for a full blooded Orc until he opens his mouth, he can speak fluent common as a result of being tutored, but can barely speak enough Orcish to articulate if he's injured or needs to eat.



Inventory: Some what armored robes with cloak
                  Studded Metal Quater Staff
                  Rusty Saber
                  Aprox. a hundred Singules???
                  Warn Sheepskin
                  Necro's Sword
 
                 
Bonuses you get:
Educated Your knowledge spreads far to all the sciences. You make research rolls much less than the others, and get +1 for those.
Orcish legacy When you get wounded, you get a chance (d2) to get +1 for attack rolls, ignore wound and fuel your magic force with your anger.
Dabbling mage - when you roll a 1 while using magic, you roll another d6. That measures epicness of your epic fail. 1-6 means you just failed hard, maybe minor injuries, and 1-1 means you have exterminated yourself and everything in radius of 5 meters. Pretty the same works with your overshots, however.


Okay so what model of gun is the one that I bought from the shop? Does my character still have the "camera sword" in his possession? How much money does he have left. I haven't gone back and counted but its probably around 80-100 singules's if I am remembering correctly.

[Comrade P.]

Money thing - you originally had 100 singuluses. You were given two quaters. That makes 150 singuluses. You spent a quater to purchase paper and stylo. You spent 80+20 singuluses to purchase and learn about the gun you bought and had a knife as a free gift. You spent 12 singuluses to buy warm clothes. That left you with 13 singuluses. Then, you played some poker. By won. That increased you balance from 13 to 24 singuluses.

So your total is 24 singuluses.

Your model of gun will be introduced in short and added to the OP. Since you wish to keep camera-sword, you can do that.

[Patrick Hunt]

Ok here's my questions bud.

1) Can I assign new soldiers to a mercenary company that I've hired to bring it up to full strength and if so how does that effect it's ranking. Do new men get trained by current men automatically or will it's rank drop?

2) How much does a horse cost and can I buy any nearby to my current location?

3) Does offering a bonus to mercenaries motivate them to perform better? I.E give me a bonus to that companies actions.

4) What effect does mercenary rank have? I.E what bonuses does it provide?

[Comrade P.]

1) The point that is refered to 3/4 of those question is that all mercebry squads are different about it. Overall, the more experienced the combat squad is, the lesser is the probability that they agree to have some newbies assigned to them. The rank is dropped when you add less skilled to more skilled, but that works vice versa. But mind, that rank of the company is average skill of it's members. So, if you add a wardog to a batallion of usual soldiers, they will stay usual.

2) Well, you can purchase a half-dead mare for 2-3 Aerons almost everywhere. Battlehorsesare grewn on special farms assigned to war ministries of countries that use them, and the price begins from 50 Aerons per horse. There is none of those anywhere around you.

3) That doesn't gives them any bonuses to rolls because increased payment doesn't increases their skill level as well. But it motivates them nicely.

4) It shows average skills of warriors in it. In game mechanics, it says that usual dudes have no bonuses. Experienced have a +1 bonus to one kind of action, like, shooting, melee-fighting, negotiations, strategic planning, etc. Skilled have +1 bonus to plural actions. Wardogs have +2 bonus to plural actions.

[Patrick Hunt]

Ok, would the elven nation now allied with me have access to warhorses? I'm planning to use the Nephalem as my guard company but 18 men isn't much of a guard. I need to bring them up to a full 100 and get them properly kitted out. And hope that I can find professional soldiers or retired veterans to add to it to avoid it's rank dropping.

Guess I'll have to talk them into it, I can always offer them more money on top of the fact that I'm giving them a serious kit upgrade to convince them to accept.


What actions do my current 3 companies have modifiers for?

[Comrade P.]

As for adding soldiers, there will be an attitude roll for this. Usuals get +1 to it, experienced have no modifier, skilled have -1 modifier and wardogs have -2 modifier. They can't refuse, since you pay them, but they may ask additional money for that.

Kywernas have +1 to guerilla
Squad #34 has +1 to dakka-dakka
Nephelaims have +1 for strategic planning and +1 to negotiations.

[Patrick Hunt]

Good choice for my guard unit then just need to find them some well trained men to up them to a full company.

Nothing to do now till the turn is ready.

[Patrick Hunt]

Is it possible for me to convince him now? Or was it just 1 roll and thats the end of it?

[Comrade P.]

If you mean the dragonborn, the answer is: pretty yes. The roll defined his opinion on the whole situation, which he will keep.

[Patrick Hunt]

That sucks, the 3 races I got are completely useless to me without the Dragonborn or Dark elves and I was counting on using Dragonborn to find them.

I don't have time to walk across the wildlands scouting every single forest trying to find them I needed mages, if orcs have mages they'll be useless for anything but brute combat spells, dwarves as far as I know have never had mages but if they do I doubt they have anything useful for it.
Elves might but considering they'res only 70,000 professional soldiers I doubt they have enough mages to spare me any.


I could have made it work if I'd lost any of the rest but I lost the 1 faction that was completely essential lol.

I have to ask though, how come I can't change his mind? People change there minds every day?

[Comrade P.]

People, they do. Not all of them, though. Dragonborn, they do not. At all.