bodyguard replacements

[Hooahguy]

does a general have to be in a town for his bodyguards to replace their casualties? i asked this because i sent a family member to gain some experience chevrons before the next battle, so i had him single-handedly defeat 3 units of persian archers, thus he got 3 bronze chevrons, but he lost 23 bodyguards in the process. he used to have 54 guards, then he had 31. in the next turn, he only had 43. i want him to have his full amount (54), so do i have to put him into a city to regenerate to his full amount, or will it slowly come back? (i didnt play the turn after)

[Decimus Attius Arbiter]

Very slowly out of a town and slowly in a town from what I can tell. It also seems that if you lose almost all bodyguards you get more the next turn.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Even if a General has the max (125 I think) he may get traits later that reduce his bodyguard, so when they are retrained there will be fewer men.

[Hooahguy]

ya, so i played a few more turns and they do slowly replenish over time. about 10 a turn.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

It can get really annoying when you have a general who is fighting tons of battles without much rest and you never seem to have a good amount of bodyguards. Just more incentive to rest your generals, I guess.

The AI seems to have no problem recovering full strength...

[an_do_89]

You could get together a good general and two family members as bodyguard reinforcements and also as a strong cavalry hit.

[Conqueror]

The AI seems to have no problem recovering full strength...

Tell me about it! There was this Carthie general whose unit I beat down to himself + 1 bodyguard left before he escaped the encirclement and fled. The very next turn he was back up to 50+ men