Ok, so this is going to be quite an epic Brainstorm. It has nice pictures and everything. This is the Avatar of forum posts .
In today's Brainstorm, I'm accompanied by my lovely assistant who's flown in all the way from Macedonia! Say hello to Ptolemy Keraunos!
As you can see, Ptolemy is wearing this Summer's hottest accessories! Doesn't he look fabulous! Let's break down the new character sheet to see what's what...
Fig. A - Triumphator
Fig. C - Personal Decisions
Fig. D - Retinue or Entourage
Fig. E - Authority
I won't go over this again. Just take a look here.
Well, there you go. A small collection of what has been thrown out in previous Brainstorms. I think a lot of these features would fit the Alexander theme quite well.
I have to apologise for the shameless promotion of my own threads here. I just like to get the ideas out there, especially as now is the best time to throw ideas around with an expansion possibly on the cards! The reason I made pictures, was to give everyone a visual idea of what I can imagine Rome becoming and it's easier to explain things when you can refer to the pictures.
A note about the pictures: I haven't created a Mod or anything. I simply mocked them up in Photoshop. I also used the advisor images from EU3, as I'm sure you've already noticed. The other icons are existing graphics from EU Rome.
Anyway, sorry for the long post! o Let me know what you think! That means you, too, Paradox staff!
In today's Brainstorm, I'm accompanied by my lovely assistant who's flown in all the way from Macedonia! Say hello to Ptolemy Keraunos!
As you can see, Ptolemy is wearing this Summer's hottest accessories! Doesn't he look fabulous! Let's break down the new character sheet to see what's what...
Fig. A - Triumphator
- This is the icon used to show that this character is an ex-Triumphator. This could have been a simple title icon, but I thought it looked nicer as a prominent "badge". Find the full details on Triumphs here.
- This is the icon used to show that this character has bestowed the title "King of Kings" upon himself. This is a new gameplay element which I will introduce in this Brainstorm.
- To become "King of Kings", the player's nation (in this example, Macedonia), must have six or more rival nations under his control as vassal states and have a high Authority (more on this later) and Charisma. The player can then proclaim himself "King of Kings" via a Personal Decision.
- Becoming the King of Kings gives the Ruler (Ptolemy Keraunos, in this case) the icon that you can see in the picture above. Clicking the icon brings up this menu:
- From here, the player can make unique diplomatic choices to his vassals. These diplomacy options aren't available until you declare yourself the King of Kings. You can make demands of your vassals, but on the downside, you risk enraging and alienating them.
- This is similar to the HRE in EU3, but simplified and scaled down.
- This option gives the player a valid reason to create vassals, rather than just steamrolling over the map.
Fig. C - Personal Decisions
- This is the icon where players can access Personal Decisions. Take a look here for the rundown on Personal Decisions. My assistant is going to take a 5 minute wine-break while you read that post...
- Ok, read it? Good! Here's how I imagine the Personal Decision menu to look once the player has clicked the icon:
- Personal Decisions and the existing vanilla decisions could be merged into one menu make the interface simpler.
- As you can see from the picture, I imagined the different decision types would be broken down into categories such as; Personal / Social, Religious, Military, Domestic and Foreign.
Fig. D - Retinue or Entourage
- This part of the Brainstorm was inspired by fellow forum member Kandletaadu and a war game that was totally Rome. I won't name it on these forums...
- In EU3, you can select great people to join your court as advisors. I'd like to be able to do this for the Ruler (only the Ruler) in EU Rome.
- The player would be able to select an entourage from a randomly generated list. These assistants would generate a small bonus personally to the Ruler or effect the way a Ruler runs the country. In this example Ptolemy has chosen to hang out with (from top to bottom):
[*]Philosopher - +0.5% to Research Points monthly per point of Ruler's Finesse.
[*]Celtic Ambassador - +0.25 Yearly Relations with all Celtic Nations per point of Ruler's Charisma.
[*]Personal Bodyguard - +0.10 Intrigue / Reduced chance of assassination.
[*]Veteran Soldier - +0.5 Chance of Unit Loyalty / Troop Morale +0.10 per point of Ruler's Martial.
- Obviously, the advisors you can see are time travellers from the Medieval period.
- There are only ever 4 slots to fill. There is no penalty if they're not filled.
- Advisors are recruited from the Ruler's personal wealth.
- They are not "playable" characters, rather just a representation of lesser memebers of the court / senate / tribe.
- Depending on what government or culture you play, there will be some different or unique advisors to choose.
Fig. E - Authority
I won't go over this again. Just take a look here.
Well, there you go. A small collection of what has been thrown out in previous Brainstorms. I think a lot of these features would fit the Alexander theme quite well.
I have to apologise for the shameless promotion of my own threads here. I just like to get the ideas out there, especially as now is the best time to throw ideas around with an expansion possibly on the cards! The reason I made pictures, was to give everyone a visual idea of what I can imagine Rome becoming and it's easier to explain things when you can refer to the pictures.
A note about the pictures: I haven't created a Mod or anything. I simply mocked them up in Photoshop. I also used the advisor images from EU3, as I'm sure you've already noticed. The other icons are existing graphics from EU Rome.
Anyway, sorry for the long post! o Let me know what you think! That means you, too, Paradox staff!