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Message: <blockquote data-quote="randomling" data-source="post: 753715" data-attributes="member: 8432">This is really a few questions in one. I'm trying to consolidate all my ideas for my homebrew and turn it into something that works. I have (I think) lots of good ideas but I'm struggling to put it all together, and one of the things that bugs me is the military. I know little about the army, navy, etc... so for all you homebrew-runners out there I have a few questions.1) How are armies raised and maintained in your campaign world? Is there a standing army, or is a fighting force only raised at times of war?2) Do you use standard military ranks? If so, army or navy? If not, did you make up your own? How did you do that?3) Do you have any PCs who do serve or have served in the military? How do you handle that in terms of NPCs, etc?It should be noted that I'm going to be using my homebrew as a world for stories as well -- so while I'm not likely to be inundated with soldier PCs I have a few ideas for soldier main characters. Contributions from worldbuilding writers would be welcome, too!Thanks in advance, everybody.</blockquote>