Lords
of the Earth
CAMPAIGN TWENTY-FOUR – THE EAST
Turn
88
1422 ~ 1425 Anno Domini
825 ~ 828 in the year of the Hegira
4059 (Water Tiger) - 4062 (Wood
Snake)
New for T73
Noble House rules have been
added – please take a look at these here.
New Spreadsheet
for the Renaissance has been created – this can be found here and must be used
from now on.
Some
tinkering with the Religious
Order rules.
I’m going back to standard
movement rules – sigh – as it is just taking too much time to rewrite these. Please
continue to give your orders in year chunks though – The newly created spreadsheet
should help with this
New for T59
Paths to victory: There are several options open to a player when an NPN has been defeated
- Take the victory conditions (see NPN rules) available for NPNs and allow the NPN to go its own way. This is a useful option if you do not want to increase your imperial size or bother with the NPNs internal affairs.
- Keep it as either Pacified or Pacified Tributary. You will not get victory conditions but will get income from the NPNs Homeland/Friendly regions and cities. Also, as the years from conquest marker goes up it may turn Friendly or Tributary. Using this option treats the NPN as a super-region.
- Old school, you will have to take the regions you want and conquer each in turn. If the capital is taken then some of the NPNs ratings will be added to yours if higher. The NPN will cease to exist.
Dealing with hordes: Hordes can be dealt with a number of ways rather than just an outright battle. These are
- Threaten them. Hordes respond to a show of strength and may leave you alone if confronted with enough force.
- Bribe them. They are looking for gold and lands to settle or pillage so if you offer them it on a plate they may well go away. They may also just take it and attack anyway.
- Use diplomacy. It does work and I suggest chucking in a royal princess or two.
You can also use a combination of the above. If the horde becomes
a FA or A, you can direct its attacks or its path of migration.
New for T57
Non-player rules update: I’ve updated the NPN
rules to fit better with the Lord’s system. Please check them out.
New for T53
Restrictions on Royal Marriages: Due to the complications
arising from these rules only K, H or P leaders can benefit from a Royal
Marriage. Members of the Royal Family that have not come into play are not
considered eligible. Also, Primate, Order and Secret Empire positions are not
eligible for marriage bonuses. These are meant to be diplomatic arrangements
between sovereign states.
New for T52
East – West Split: I’m going to try to
split the East and the West parts of the game so that I can process the orders
quicker – don’t know if or how it will work yet but lets
see if it’ll happen
New for T51
No Orders: If I don’t get any orders in for a
position and the player doesn’t answer my emails then I’ll put the position
back to a NPN and put aside the players cash (if any) until they pick it or
another nation up again.
New for T50
Request Royal Marriage: Used to ask a NPN
nation for a bride for one of your Princes or a suitor for one of your little
Princesses. Cost is 6AP, Charisma based. The leader doesn’t have to be in the
NPNs capital but if he isn’t then he needs to be in your homeland/capital.
New for T49
Naval Reaction and Blockade: Naval Reactions can
only occur when there is action in a Sea Zone that the fleet is based at. The
fleet has to be based from a port and not the Sea Zone. Also, the Reaction can
only occur when your own lands or those of an ally benefiting from a Defensive
Pact marriage bonus are attacked. It also applies to any merchant fleets you
operate through the Sea Zone in the case of piracy. Naval Blockade’s only work if your fleet is
based in the same Sea Zone as the target port and you spend all (every single
one) of your APs in the blockade. The fleet must be based from a port and not a
Sea Zone.
New for T48
The use of fleets for Reaction and mitigating
the effects of Pirates: My understanding has now changed since we GMs have had some
discussion on the list. The use of Reaction has been explained on the Wiki and
Patrol is no longer used in the Base Rules.
Reaction
- Take a look at this link for more info http://www.throneworld.com/wiki/index.php?title=Basic_Rules_Leaders_and_Army_Actions#Reaction
Trade Route Escorts
- This is specific to Lords 24. Units can be assigned to a trade route to act as static convoy escort using the G type leader. Note this is not as good as patrol as the warships assigned will only reduce the effects of piracy, not capture or destroy the pirates themselves.
Updated NPN and Primacy rules: Yep, been tinkering again but I feel a almost serene sense of satisfaction with my latest offering. See what you think.
Added the ability to hire mercenary captain when there is no mercenary company available: See the mercenary tables
New for T47
Improved cultivation at TL5: If a nation has reached the dizzy heights of TL5 than it can benefit from improved cultivation. You can Improve a cultivated homeland region from 2GPv to 3GPv, or any other controlled cultivated region from 1GPv to 2GPv. This is a level one megalithic construction.
New for T46
NPNS: I’ve tweaked the NPN and Primacy/Order rules a
little to make them fit better with the 24 game. I’ve also reduced their overall
RRV to make diplomacy easier.
New for T45
New Rivers: I’ve added in some new possible rivers
onto the map. These are rivers that were once passable by light traffic
(remember Cogs cannot travel on rivers) and have now become silted up. You can
dredge a stretch of the river (along one region border edge) as a 0.5 level
project.
Gripes:
Agro as
conversion – this has restrictions (see 2.11.5.3) which I will be enforcing
from now on.
Rivers can
only support light ships – as far as I know Cogs cannot travel on rivers. This
also includes Cogs built for trade.
New Primates: We have two new Primate positions this
turn. Jumal Skyfather,
which is an Estonian god and the Coptic Church based out of Axum.
New for T44
Minor islands and City States: I’ll be allowing minor
islands (Corfu, Jerba, Wight etc)
and city states to be used as locations from T44. Just let me know the
rationale behind why you want it separate and if reasonable I’ll add it in.
Once they are created as locations, they obey all the rules of islands etc.
However, their Gpv cannot go above 0.
Flooding: The last few turns have seen a massive
increase in the amount of flooding that has occurred. It appears that the years
are getting warmer and wetter. As a result of this some of the minor rivers on
the map are once again becoming passable to river traffic.
Denmark: Following on from the Minor Islands stuff, you
can see that Denmark is now separated out to Jutland and Syaland
(Zeeland).
Announcements
and items of note
General Stuff: Please use my Paypal account (stephenbrunt@yahoo.co.uk)
for all Lords’ 24 payments. If you cannot use this facility then please let me
know and I will see what I can do about filtering US funds to my account. I may
also stop using the throneworld email address due to
the mass of spam I’m getting!
Order Form: Please use the standard excel order form
from now on. I’ll update the site with a link
to it next week when I get some time. This is important as it helps me process
the turn more quickly. THIS IS NOW MANDATORY.
Non-Payment: some of you still owe
me some cash. Although it may come as surprise that this is not my main source
of income, I see it only polite that you pay for the occasionally night out.
So, if you’re under zero next turn I’ll not process you orders.
Version 6: Lords 24 uses version 6 of the basic rules
The Map: The map now includes
India as well as Europe, Central Asia and Africa. I’ve greyed out repeated
areas on the maps to make my life easier. However, this means some player
nations are split across more than one map. I may increase the size of the main
map but I’ll have to think on this.
Tithes and Tribute: I think these are
automatically updated by the stats program, so no need to declare them in your
orders.
Control
of the Papacy and Religious Orders: In Lords 24 we will not always have
a player Pope (or Caliph etc for that matter) and the
following rules are used to determine which player faction controls the Pope’s
actions, Papacy Rules.
I’ve also added some stuff about gaining support from their armies
How
to make your GM happy (PLEASE READ! REALLY!):
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India
Pratihara Kingdom of Kaunaj
(Hindu Civilised Open Empire)
Suresh II, Raja of Kaunaj
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Although missionaries for the Hindu gods were active throughout the frontiers of the Rajput kingdom, gains were only made in Om’Chu and the Punjab. It was no surprise that the continued wealth of the kingdom saw its cities once again prosper and grow in size. The new king, Suresh II took his duties seriously as he ruled from Kaunaj assisted by the dowager Queen Theela, Panjab and Aaron. He was blessed with three children by his wife Neela of the Punjab. Ram’s attempts to improve relations with the Gujerati met with some little success but the death of Molam in the summer of 1422 meant that his mission to Und was abandoned. |
South
East Asia and the Islands
The Kingdom
of Thaton
(Buddhist Civilised Open
Empire)
Yai Saila, Regent of Thuwunnabumi
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Concerned for the security of the Thatonese kingdom after the debacle in Khemer, Prince Regent Yai Saila recruited over eighteen thousand men to replace the losses in Siam. He was quick to ensure that any dissent from the death of his brother was quashed and life was to return to a semblance of normality. Wagons of gold were transferred to the Annamese to support Saila’s ally. His request for aid from the Burning Lotus was rejected as the warrior monks questioned the piety of the Thatonese court. Further misery occurred due to the death of Ban Seilat in 1424 from a virulent fever. No news of Pratar Sojat reached Moulmein and the general continued to be held as a prisoner of the Khemer. |
The Kingdom
of Annam
(Buddhist Civilised Open
Empire)
Vuong Nghe Tong
II, King of Annam
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The Annamese army, long neglected by the Kings of Tonkin, was greatly augmented by a further eighteen thousand men. These years also saw the cities of Shantou. Lu-Shan and Nantou grow in size. King Nghe Tong II was to take a wife from the House of Annam and rule from his estates in Annam. He was blessed with a young son shortly after the marriage and continued to hope for further children. Worrying rumours of cultists in the Annamese heartlands and Thien was sent to investigate. Shockingly, Thien was to disappear shortly after following a lead out of Tonkin. Le Hien’s attempts to improve relations with Than Hoa came to little as the province was used to its relative independence. However, Gia Trong managed to regain the support of the province of Lingsi after years of dedicated diplomacy. The defence of the kingdom was left to the Generals Dau Dac and Hue who operated out of Annam and Mison respectively. |
Manchu’ko and
Nihon
The
Minamoto Shogunate
(Shinto Civilised Open Empire)
Myia, Empress of the East
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Now that Ochostk was tamed, more settlers started to arrive onto the mainland from Japan. Empress Myia continued her peaceful rule from the palaces in Heian. Her consort, was in charge of the imperial army and was to introduce their son, Prince Sasaki, to the rigours of command. Prince Koi protected the northern territories from the imperial port of Omu. Once again, Nakamura was to spend these years with the Goryeon’s in Kaiching. He was able to further the Minamoto cause by some small factor before contracting a fever and dying in the winter of 1423. The garrisons of Aomori and Shimonoseki were augmented by men from Yamato when Shijo Kiminari and Kato Masayo took command of them. Despite being given command of a newly commissioned exploratory fleet, Karasuma Akotoki was never heard of again as he set sail to map the Japan Current. The province of Kagoshima was converted to Shinto by the Tairanese as they embraced their new religion. |
The
Land under Heaven
The Kingdom
of Chiang’Ning
(Buddhist Civilised Open
Empire)
Ban Ao, King of Chiang’Ning
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As the Chiang geared up for war, six thousand elite horse and foot were raised for Ban Qi in Anhui and a further eight thousand in Chengshi for General Wang He. The cities of Zhengzhou and Nanjing were to grow in size their walls rebuilt to accommodate their growing populations. The king himself continued to rule from Anhui and gave command of the Chiang army to his son Ban Qi. Ban Zheng then dispatched Chen Ju to Lu’an where he was to gain some influence with the Khitan. Wang He had travelled to Shensi where the growing Chiang influence was greatly improved by a marriage to Zei Wei’s daughter. Ban Qi waited in Anhui until he heard news of Admiral Jiannu Wan’s raid. The Admiral had led his Meng Chong and lighter warships from Nanjing to raid the coast of Hubei from the Yangtze. The raid had the desired effect of pulling the Chang forces to Hubei to rebel the Wan. However, the consequences were dire for the raiders as over half their ships were lost. Admiral Wan was to take a mortal wound and die as the fleet pulled back to Nanjing. However, with the Chang forces occupied in Hubei, Ban Qi was able to advance into Hupei almost unopposed. His forces were able to easily pull down the Chang’s extensive fortifications in the province and prepare for the siege of Chang’Ling. In the meantime, the Chang forces in Hubei had regrouped and rushed east to defend against Ban Qi’s attack on their homeland. Ban Qi’s force of nearly sixty thousand men was almost double that of the Chang but the Prince had underestimated the timing of the defenders arrival and his forces were unprepared for their attack. The Chang swept through his encampment, routing his elite foot and horse and forcing them to retreat. Both Ban Qi and his adjutant Yao Ke were badly wounded by the Chang and left his army almost leaderless. Almost all of Ban Qi heavy foot were wiped out as his guard managed to pull him and Yao Ke clear of the battle. . |
