How to have different bodyguards for different characters within the same faction

[Epistolary Richard]

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Title: How to have different bodyguards for different characters within the same faction

Posted by: Epistolary Richard

Modding area: Campaigns (Starting characters)

Required programmes: Notepad (or other text editor)

Summary: An easy way to have different bodyguards. This is available for your starting characters only.

How to have different bodyguards for different characters within the same faction

This can only be done for named characters who are active at the beginning of the campaign, ie, they appear in descr_strat.

Here's the character entry in descr_strat we'll be changing.

character	Ptahhotep, named character, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 35, , x 202, y 32 
traits GoodCommander 1, PublicFaith 2, MathematicsSkill 3, Embezzler 1
ancillaries mathematician
army
unit		egyptian general's bodyguard early				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

The first unit beneath the character is the bodyguard unit. Instead of riding on a chariot Ptahhotep wants to have some Nubian Spearmen as a bodyguard. So I simply change the unit directly beneath him:

character	Ptahhotep, named character, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 35, , x 202, y 32 
traits GoodCommander 1, PublicFaith 2, MathematicsSkill 3, Embezzler 1
ancillaries mathematician
army
unit		egyptian nubian spearmen				exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

And that's it.

[Spartiate]

Do these bodyguard units regenerate automatically like the original purpose built units?
Never noticed this post before.Nice and simple.

[Epistolary Richard]

Don't know, probably not because it's probably tied into the general tag in edu. So what happens if you have multiple general units? I don't know that either. It might work though.

[Spartiate]

You're an honest man.
Think i'll try it out.I would like to give the Parthians a Cat General

[Gaius Drakan]

That would be.....interesting :)