Agoge questions

**Ludens** · 07-17-2008, 15:14

Thanks for the answer, Bovi.

The family member has to have the "youthful" trait: so he must be younger than 20 and cannot be adopted or married into the family. Adoptees and suitors always start out as "man grown", regardless of age. (Unfortunately the trait cannot see the characters actual age, and since adoptees can be anything from 20 to 60 years old, it was decided to give them the rather neutral "man grown" trait.)

**Celtic_Punk** · 07-18-2008, 04:59

i am using KH, what does the agoge do in the long run? does it help them become better? because i have a giant family of tools, and i send them all to train.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 07-18-2008, 07:41

It gives a small military boost as well as encouraging the aquisition of benefitial military traits and ancillaries.

**Raiuga** · 08-22-2008, 22:50

After they complete the agoge the script says that he can go to Sparta (If he is a spartan) and be elected to I don't know what... Is this true? Does he evolve further if he is a spartan? And can he have spartan hoplites bodyguards? I'm a newbie in EB

**Ezephkiel** · 08-23-2008, 00:40

They won't get any spartans as body guards.

I've had a few in my current campaign go through the kryptia, some sort of secret service thing.

What traits does that benefit, if any, in later life?

**satalexton** · 08-23-2008, 01:58

he gets command bonuses...makes him a pretty darn good general and stuff. Dun tell him to govern a city tho...killing helots for fun does magical things to one's mind...

**Maion Maroneios** · 08-24-2008, 16:19

Heh, yeah I guess it does... For those who are interested in training your sons in the Spartan Agoge, my advice would be to send only those who take after their fathers, who in turn should be at least able generals. Also, the best young you could chose to undergo the Agoge would be those who are Sharp/Charismatic/Vigorous. This will make them perform better. If you send someone more philosophicaly inclined, bookish or the like, he will probably not benefit at all. I once got one who had goten after his father (ex-governor of Athenai, max management and influence) and he barely made out the Agoge. He then became pessimistic and got some horrible traits. So just be careful when experimenting

Maion