Olympia PBEM

Chapter 11: Training men

Nobles may be accompanied by different kinds of men. Men may be peasants obtained with the recruit order, or peasants who have been trained into other kinds of men such as sailors, soldiers or workers.

The different kinds of men:

• peasant [10]
• worker [11]
• soldier [12]
• archer [13]
• knight [14]
• elite guard [15]
• pikeman [16]
• blessed soldier [17]
• sailor [19]
• swordsman [20]
• crossbowman [21]
• elite archer [22]
• pirate [24]

A peasant may be trained into a soldier, sailor, worker, or crossbowman. Soldiers may be given further training to become pikemen, swordsmen, or archers. More advanced fighters may be trained from swordsmen and archers.

     +--- sailor ------- pirate
    +---- worker
   +----- crossbowman
  /
peasant ------ soldier ------ swordsman --- knight ----- elite guard
                  \
                   +---- archer ------ elite archer
                    +--- pikeman
                     +-- blessed soldier

Training a man may require that the noble have a certain skill, or possess some item. For instance, training soldiers into swordsmen requires a longsword [74] for each swordsman produced. The training character must also know Combat [121].

Some men may only be trained in certain kinds of locations. Elite guard and elite archers, for instance, may only be trained in castles. Blessed soldiers may only be trained in temples.

Training takes one day per man. Training five archers into five elite archers would take five days, for example. Training ten peasants into ten crossbowmen would take 10 days.

num  kind            skill  input man       input item        where
---  -----------     -----  --------------  ----------------  ------
 11  worker           none  peasant [10]
 12  soldier           121  peasant [10]
 13  archer           9579  soldier [12]    longbow [72]
 14  knight           9580  swordsman [20]  warmount [53]
 15  elite guard      9580  knight [14]     plate armor [73]  castle
 16  pikeman           121  soldier [12]    pike [75]
 17  blessed soldier   150  soldier [12]                      temple
 19  sailor           9502  peasant [10]
 20  swordsman        9580  soldier [12]    longsword [74]
 21  crossbowman       121  peasant [10]    crossbow [85]
 22  elite archer     9579  archer [13]                       castle
 24  pirate           9580  sailor [19]     longsword [74]    ship

• A character needs no skills to train a worker.
• To train a sailor requires Sailing [9502], a subskill of Shipcraft [120].
• Training archers and elite archers requires Archery [9579], a subskill of Combat [121].
• Training swordsmen, knights and elite guard requires Swordplay [9580], a subskill of Combat [121].

For order for more information and examples, see train.