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Before I got a copy of Ultimate Kingdoms, I had written down some notes on how I might go about implementing "Army Building 101: For Fun and Profit" within my own campaign...
"Ave Caesar!"
Take a group of civilians, and make Gargantuan (1,000-man) and/or Colossal (2,000-man) Armies (i.e.: militias of 1st-level Commoners) out of them. After about a month of heavy training or active duty (and/or around 500 XP earned), they switch class (i.e.: retrain[1]) from "Commoner 1" to "Warrior 1" (and are still 25% of the way to 2nd level).Once they achieve the full XP needed for 2nd level, presume that about 80 to 90% of them remain at the quality for "NPC only" Classes, while the other 10 to 20% can actually achieve an adventurer-quality Class. At this point, break the over-sized Armies into smaller units.
The soldiers who remain in the larger quantity (i.e. suitable just for "NPC only" classes) will remain in (or be split into) big units. These units will (eventually) cross-train as "Warrior 2, Expert 1." Furthermore, each individual soldier should also have (at least) one skill rank in each of the following skills:
Meanwhile, the cream of the crop will be split into smaller units, of various different (PC-quality) Classes.
- * Craft (Brick/Mortar/Stone)
- * Craft (Wood)
- * Knowledge (Engineering)
- * Profession (Farmer)
- * Profession (Soldier)
[1] Rules ref.: http://legacy.aonprd.com/ultimateCampaign/campaignSystems/retraining.html
After getting UK, I decided that, for the Recruitment Edicts [2], "regular" troops would be of "NPC only" classes (such as Commoner or Warrior), and that any and all "adventurer quality" classes would be Elites. I also decided that higher level troops would count against their respective recruitment quotas at higher values (for ex.: an army of 4th level troops would count are three times its number of troops, when determining how many troops the kingdom has recruited).
[2] "House Rules" Ref.: http://fcain.tripod.com/pathfinder/edicts.html#recruitment
I've tried incorporating most of the various scenarios I could from the published adventure path, as well as any I envisioned that might come up from the PCs.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance! ;-)
Franklin