Control Men in Battle [1107]

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### E.2.6: Control Men in Battle [1107]

      Usage:   Automatic
      Time:    3 days
      Time to learn: 28 days.
      Time to practice: 3+ days.
      Cost to practice: 3 gold.

This skill grants a noble the ability to control men in battle.

Each PRACTICE of this skill increases the number of men the noble can use in battle by one. Initially, a noble can control ten men in battle. With each additional level of skill, a noble is able to control one additional man. With level three experience, the noble will be able to use thirteen men, etc.

If a noble owns more men than he can control, he will use the men with the highest total attack + defense values, or in the case of a tie, the men with the higher attack value.

Only the men directly possessed by the noble will aid in combat. If a noble owns fewer men than he can control, he will not ``borrow'' additional men from a stack mate.

With additional 10 men a noble can control, the time to practice this skill increases by one day, i.e., the first ten uses of this skill require three days each, the second ten four days each, and so on.