It would seem that no version of the Rising Nations mod is compatible with IN 3.2 and unless Convictolitavis (sp?) decides to make an obsolete version of the mod compatible, I fear that I will have no means by which to bring this to life.
However, I can still try to amuse you with text-only updates about things I already did!
Hey, there's one right there! Let's go check it out!
Chapter Seven
Part two: A brief pause
And so our new King decided that it was him who should be the one who would bring the State's vassals into our full protection. He couldn't, because the Taungu-eese didn't like us enough. So he held a speech about how Assam and Taungu are "Two brothers in a storm that is reality, and should one fall the other is doomed as well", and that Assam as the "big brother" should be allowed the access to the means by which it would protect it's vassal the best possible way. He also held a long monologue about the need of Assam to stand up for it's vassal, and despite being obliged two-fold to defend them already (by vasselage itself and by an alliance), he announced that "any enemy of Taungu is an enemy of Assam, and that if they choose to face Taungu's armies in the field of battle, they will meet those armies led by himself and backed by the free men of Assam".
That did do wonders, but not enough wonders to actually annex Taungu.
He needed to outright bribe them into submission.
So he went into the Treasury only to see that it is empty.
When asked what happened, his treasurer started a story:
"Well, you see, a wizard approached him with his entourage. He promised to kill every single chinese person in the world for the entire treasury of Assam."
The King already prepared his hand for facepalm action and said "Continue."
"The King, rationally, demanded a demonstration of his awesome power. The wizard then claimed that he would kill and revive his entourage just for the King.
And he waved his wand and all of the people fell to earth silently, looking all dead. He did it again and they got up, lookin' bewildered.
So the Wizard said that he wanted half of the money in advance and half of the money right then. And he got it. And we never heard from him again."
"Well, I can hardly say I'm surprised. I've only met the man once and I know he's capable of this."
And that was the end of the attempt to annex Taungu by peace.
Now let's switch to King Propaganda Weekly, Q&A session. (theatre performance, validity questionable)
Q: Why is the current King's diplomacy rating so much higher then that of the Kings before him?
A: Let's take an example from real life instead of droning on and on and on about abstract definitions.
The previous King asked his wife to marry him like this:
"Come, let me put this ring on your finger
then like a smell around you I will forever linger"
and then kidnapped her when she said no
while the current King first wrote a sonet and then sent ten cows to her parents and THEN kidnapped her. Next question please?
Q: And his military rating? I'd bet SuKhRa could beat the guy up any time, any place!
A: My simple friend, military rating isn't as simple as the ability to beat up someone.
It is the ability to guide others into beating up people without them getting beaten up in the process that counts.
For instance: SuKhRa would lead his troops like hillbillies into a straightforward charge against enemy cavalry and then run away when he lost.
Sudangpha learned the importance of military manoeuvers, so he arranged his pikemen into small square formations with some distance between them and placed his archers behind the gaps. Whenever enemy cavalry tried to flank one of the squares, archers killed them, and whenever they tried to kill the archers, pikemen flanked them. Get it now?
Of course you don't. Then let me simplify it for you: if you joined the Army in SuKhRa's time, chances were 0:1 that you would make it out alive. With Sudangpha you can pretty much reverse the numbers. Get it now?
Good.
Now go and clean the rest of the theatre, show's over!
(as we can conclue, the fifteenth century theatre didn't quite impress the peasants. At least the cleaner guy liked it)
Until next time, my followers!