BLIGHT
Blight is caused by war, chance events and poor administration. It applies to a Triban and cannot be transferred.
1. Blight is earned! due to war in the affected Triban.
- 1 battle = 1 blight doubled in civil wars
1 siege = 1 blight doubled in civil wars
1 turn of army occupation of Triban = 1 blight doubled for civil wars
2. Blights are neutralised at the rate of 1 blight per year per Triban.
3. Additional blights can be incurred due to:
- Poor administration
Chance events
Paying tribute
4. Blights can be further neutralised by:
- Good administration
Trade cards
Earned tribute
5. Any Triban ending the autumn phase with blight cannot raise reinforcements for armies or navies.
6. When a Triban suffers continued and increasing blight test as follows:
- At 5 blights : 1D6, if 6 means Triban rebels and causes & each blight thereafter a civil war
At 10 blights : the Triban becomes desolated.
7. Desolated lose 1 unit off their army/navy value for each year they carry in excess of 10 units of blight.
TRADE CARDS
1. These can be earned by:
- Trade
Chance events
Receiving Tribute
Conversion of Administrators
2. Administrators earn points through experience if they wish they can convert 5 points into 1 trade card at any time and can convert this into a unit or ship if they wish.
3. Trade cards can be used to raise additional units/ships. Where the extra units exceed the Triban unit/ship value, the additional units are deemed to be mercenaries. At the end of each year trade card created:
- Triban troops : remains.
Mercenaries : disperse and are lost.
4. Trade cards are banked in the capital Triban unless they are explicitly moved as a unit. The bank can only move as a whole.
5. Exceptional administrators can increase Triban unit values by 1 on throwing a 6 on a 1D6. They can do this for all their Tribans every five years.
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