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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 651735" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Solous wrote:____________________________________________________Quote:"Hello to everybody,I've been lurking for a little while on these boards, but never posted before. Then i just began to read this topic, and felt increasingly interested by the world Shark (or shall I say Mr Shark ?) has created.While I can perfectly see that it would not appeal to every gamer, I'm greatly interested in knowing more about what appears to be an extremely rich, vivid, and definitely EPIC world.So here are a few(for a start) questions to Shark :*Which mass combat rules do you use ?*Have you developped rules related to managing the ressources and the diplomatic relationships of the great empires of your world ?*Is there any document/webpage etc outlining your campaign world ?"____________________________________________________End Quote.Welcome Solous!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Well, to answer your questions, I would say the following:(1) I essentially use the Mongoose mass combat rules as presented in the Quintessential Fighter, modified with some customized sections for my campaign.(2) Indeed, I have a section of rules that determine the various resources of various empires and kingdoms, that provide the following:Army Rating: Essentially an indexed number that is a quality rating of that nation's land forces. A scaled reading of this number effects the nation's Diplomatic Rating.Navy Rating: Essentially an indexed number that is a quality rating of that nation's naval forces. A scaled reading of this number effects the nation's Diplomatic Rating.Supply Rating: This indexed number determines the number of months that the nation can support a full-scale war before the troop formations begin to degrade across their deployment spectrum.Trade Rating: This indexed number indicates the diversity of the nation's goods and services, as well as the nation's relative wealth. This number effects the nation's Diplomatic Rating.Rights and Freedoms: This indexed number provides a quick estimation of the relative level of freedom that the people of a nation enjoy. This number also effects the nation's Diplomatic Rating.Foreign Relations Rating: This indexed number determines the nation's reputation and relationships with foreign neighbors. There is a general standard, which is the nation's general attitude and practice, and then there are individual ratings for each of its nieghbors that have contact with the nation. The base standard effects the nation's Diplomatic Rating.Diplomatic Rating: This indexed number estimates and tracks the nation's diplomatic muscle and influence. The nation's alignment forms a base number, modified by the other numbers that figure into it. The nation's Diplomatic Rating is updated and reviewed on a yearly basis. Diplomatic Ratings also determine that nation's yearly amount of Diplomatic Points. Nations that have strong Diplomatic Ratings, can broker advantageous trade deals, intervene in diplomatic talks, have higher chances of gaining allies, initiating trade embargoes, forge strong alliances, and accomplish an array of various actions on other countries through spending Diplomatic Points. For example, countries that have high amounts of Diplomatic Points can have a direct impact on foreign countries, like influence checks that can change marriages, inheritances, starting/stopping wars, effect military and foreign policy, authorize/stop assassination attempts, authorize foreign military intervention, large cash grants, and many other actions. Diplomatic Points can be spent in a nation's Weekly or Monthly Diplomacy Phase.(3) Unfortunately, I don't have a website just yet, though that may be a future development.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Feel free to ask more questions Solous!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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