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Leadership Roles

Leadership roles are filled by the appointed person, who rolls each month against the specified skill. Role results are noted as MoS (margin of success), which can be either positive (for successful rolls) or negative (for failures). For example, if a roll of 8 against a skill of 12 would be noted as: +4, while a roll of 13 would be noted as -1.

Secondary skills, and tertiary skills can provide a bonus if known at a suitable level. For secondary skills, a 14 gives +1 and 18 gives +2. Tertiary skills give +1 if known at 16 or higher.

Ruler

• Overall leader
• Primary Skill: Leadership
• Impact: Adjusts MoS of all other roles by 1/3*MoS of Ruler
• Secondary Skills: Diplomacy, Politics, Savoir-Faire (High Society), Administration, Area Knowledge (kingdom)
• Tertiary Skills: Strategy
• Grundar: Leadership 20, Administration 14 (+1), Strategy 14 (0), Area Knowledge - Vonmek 13 (0), -4 = 17

Seneschal

• Chancellor, administrates domestic and foreign affairs
• Primary Skill: Administration
• Impact: Adjusts kingdom expenses by 2.5%*MoS
• Secondary Skills: Politics, Savoir-Faire (High Society), Diplomacy, Detect Lies
• Tertiary Skills: Accounting
• Jin: Administration 15, Savoir-Fair 14 (+1), Diplomacy 18 (+2), -4 = 14
  

Treasurer

• Deals with all financial issues, oversees all payments
• Primary Skill: Accounting and Finance (use lessor)
• Impact: Adjust kingdom income by 2%*MoS
• Secondary Skills: Merchant, Economics
• Jack+M. Frail: Accounting (14), Finance (14), Merchant 12 (0), Economics 12 (0), Frail Assist (+1), -4 = 11

Magister

• Provide magical advice and assistance
• Primary Skill: Thaumatology
• Impact: Choice of adjusting kingdom expenses, income, or stability as per Seneschal, Treasurer, or Marshal
• Secondary Skills: Useful spells (special)
• Grinue: Thaumatology 20, -4 = 16

Sheriff

• Manages and leads rural security forces and patrols
• Primary Skill: Leadership (or Administration for larger kingdoms)
• Impact: Adjusts kingdom stability by 1.5%*MoS
• Secondary Skills: Tracking, Area Knowledge (rural areas), Tactics, Savoir-Faire (Military)
• Tertiary Skills: weapon skills, Naturalist, Riding
• Tylden: Leadership 16, Tracking 18 (+2), AK rural 15 (+1), Bow 21 (+1), Naturalist 14 (0), Riding 16 (+1), -4 = 17

Master-at-arms

• Manages and leads town guard, acts as the arm of the law under the Justicar
• Primary Skill: Leadership (or Administration for larger kingdoms)
• Impact: Adjusts kingdom stability by 1.5%*MoS
• Secondary Skills: Brawling (or other unarmed combat), Area Knowledge (towns), Tactics, Savoir-Faire (Military)
• Tertiary Skills: weapon skills, Law?
• Lauriel: Leadership 16, Brawling 15 (+1), Tactics 14 (+1), AK urban 16 (+1), Broadsword 18 (+1), -4 = 16

Trade Vizier

• Manages Trade Contracts and Contacts
• Primary Skill: Finance
• Impact: Adjust kingdom stability by 1.2% * MoS (was 1.0%, but investment by Grinue/Tylden/Lauriel increased this to 1.2%)
• Secondary Skills: Merchant, Economics, Administration
• Tertiary Skills: Accounting
• Special: Trade contracts
  • Saltmarsh: +0
  • Reme: -1
  • Burle: NA
• Visselfish: Finance 13, Merchant 16 (+1), Economics 13 (0), Administration 13 (0), Accounting 13 (0), Contracts -1, -4 = 9

Other potential roles:

• Justicar: Chief justice, viceroy
• High Priest: Head religious representative and liason to the ruler
• General: Manages armed forces
• Diplomat: Interfaces with foreign powers
• Spymaster: Intelligence services
• Assassin: 'special' forces

Kindom Size

The size of the kindom determines a penalty for all leadership roles as follows:

• Town: 0
• Large Town: -1
• Small City: -2
• City / small county: -3
• Large city / *county*: -4
• Large county / small country: -5
• Country: -6
• Large country: -7
• Empire: -8
• World: -10

-- FrancisSmall - 20 Jul 2017