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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 8549843" data-attributes="member: 1165">I base some of my medieval "generals" on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, based on China c. 180 AD to around 200 AD. There were many generals during this civil war, but I think you could break them into three groups:1) The scholars. Ur-Example Zhuge Liang. He probably wasn't even proficient with any weapons or armor. Other people in this category included Liu Bei (scholar/manipulator, clearly prioritized Int/Cha but could do some fighting) and Cao Cao (ditto, but probably higher level). Two of the three kingdom leaders (Cao Cao and Liu Bei) definitely fell into this category.2) The brutes. Examples included Lu Bu (you've probably heard of him), Dian Wei and Xu Chu. The first and last were dumb (Xu Chu was nicknamed Tiger Fool for a reason). The latter two were bodyguards who were occasionally used as battlefield assassins. Not that "sneak up and kill someone" variety but "walk toward their champion and take their head" variety. Dian Wei did have a lot of brains, and even Xu Chu supposedly had Wisdom.3) The Tiger Generals. These people were good at combat, most were reasonable generals (eg Guan Yu) and they had to be charismatic enough to lead people into life-risking combat. None of the kingdoms had more than four or five such generals. Doing a Tiger General is hard in the rules. Not even 4e could handle it.</blockquote>