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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mearls" data-source="post: 1195066" data-attributes="member: 697">Hey,That stuff looks pretty cool so far. We couldn't fit anything aside from a land = power take on rulership in Empire. The book was pretty crammed to begin with, especially with the mass combat rules. In terms of design, I pretty much drew inspiration from the old D&D Companion Set. I wanted to replicate the basic role of War Machine and the domain management tools. C1: Test of the Warlords has to be one of my favorite all time modules. It formed a major part of post-Expert set portion of the D&D campaign I ran in junior high.In terms of design, I tried to build most of the differences into the system in terms of the ruler's character class, the citizens of the realm, and a few other places. Had the book been 100% rulership (as opposed to a 50/50 split with rules for mass combat) alternative power sources would've been in there.I think you're defintely on the right path there. I like the idea of giving wizardly organizations power nodes and ley lines to fight over. Good stuff.I highly recommend Chris Aylott's Dynasties and Demagogues, published by Atlas Games. It goes into a lot more detail on politics than Empire. The two books complement each other very well.</blockquote>