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    any kind of concrete formula to this? And what about replacements? Does having your general in a bigger city help? I have my faction heir leading an army stuck in a little village and he only has half of his original men. Some of my other generals that are same age and command/influence have different amounts of men.

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    Default Re: how do generals replace their bodyguards

    I once ambushed a family member all by his lonesome and killed every member of his guard, only he escaped and retreated into a nearby city that I had actually been on my way to siege. I sieged the city and forgot about it when I was invaded from another direction. I went back to look several turns later and discovered that over a period of turns the family member's guard had been replenishing even while the garrison was losing men from the siege. Kinda lame.

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    Default Re: how do generals replace their bodyguards

    They regain about a dozen men per turn on normal unit size.

    Having an enemy faction leader escape a battle alive is very bad as you will be fighting a full unit of heavy cav just 2 turns later.

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    I like it when all my Generals replenish their Bodyguards in time. I remember in MTW that only the King would replenish and not the Princes which was extremely irratating

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    Default Re: how do generals replace their bodyguards

    Quote Originally Posted by katank
    Having an enemy faction leader escape a battle alive is very bad as you will be fighting a full unit of heavy cav just 2 turns later.
    It has its upsides, if he ran away he probably picked up a cowardice trait. The morale hit usually makes a battle far easier. Then again, the cowardice traits aren't nearly as crippling as they were in MTW (-9 morale, anyone?)
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    Default Re: how do generals replace their bodyguards

    But I find it interesting to know how they pick their bodyguards and stuff... working on my Scythian epic, see, and I had this battle where my faction heir fought outnumbered against a Parthian sally and came out victorious with only 9 men left, but some turns later (mostly travelling) he ended up with 52 again. I need some way to explain it away before I post it in Mead Hall.


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    The guy's got a good doctor or something?

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    Default Re: how do generals replace their bodyguards

    Quote Originally Posted by pezhetairoi
    But I find it interesting to know how they pick their bodyguards and stuff... working on my Scythian epic, see, and I had this battle where my faction heir fought outnumbered against a Parthian sally and came out victorious with only 9 men left, but some turns later (mostly travelling) he ended up with 52 again. I need some way to explain it away before I post it in Mead Hall.
    With such a unheard-of victory, who wouldn't want to flock to his banner?
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    You don't have to mention numbers when writing a story. Just say he promoted some of his other cavalry to join him in his bodyguard. Or maybe he promoted some of the infantry commanders.

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    Default Re: how do generals replace their bodyguards

    Quote Originally Posted by Marquis of Roland
    any kind of concrete formula to this? And what about replacements? Does having your general in a bigger city help? I have my faction heir leading an army stuck in a little village and he only has half of his original men. Some of my other generals that are same age and command/influence have different amounts of men.
    Valor play a huge role, if not the only role (apart from the titles faction leader and heir) to dictate the size of the bodyguard, though there may be other factors. A 3 gold chevron bodyguard unit of any kind, if full strength, is extremely dangerous, as it will be much larger (and much more skilled) than usual.

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