Lords of the Earth 

CAMPAIGN TWENTY-FOUR – THE EAST

Turn 82

1398 ~ 1401 Anno Domini

801 ~ 804 in the year of the Hegira

4035 (Earth Tiger) - 4038 (Metal Snake)

                                                                

New for T73

Noble House rules have been added – please take a look at these here.

 

New Spreadsheet for the Renaissance has been created – this can be found here and must be used from now on.

 

Some tinkering with the Religious Order rules.

 

I’m going back to standard movement rules – sigh – as it is just taking too much time to rewrite these. Please continue to give your orders in year chunks though – The newly created spreadsheet should help with this

New for T59

Paths to victory: There are several options open to a player when an NPN has been defeated

 

  1. Take the victory conditions (see NPN rules) available for NPNs and allow the NPN to go its own way. This is a useful option if you do not want to increase your imperial size or bother with the NPNs internal affairs.
  2. Keep it as either Pacified or Pacified Tributary. You will not get victory conditions but will get income from the NPNs Homeland/Friendly regions and cities. Also, as the years from conquest marker goes up it may turn Friendly or Tributary. Using this option treats the NPN as a super-region.
  3. Old school, you will have to take the regions you want and conquer each in turn. If the capital is taken then some of the NPNs ratings will be added to yours if higher. The NPN will cease to exist.

 

Dealing with hordes: Hordes can be dealt with a number of ways rather than just an outright battle. These are

 

  1. Threaten them. Hordes respond to a show of strength and may leave you alone if confronted with enough force.
  2. Bribe them. They are looking for gold and lands to settle or pillage so if you offer them it on a plate they may well go away. They may also just take it and attack anyway.
  3. Use diplomacy. It does work and I suggest chucking in a royal princess or two.

 

You can also use a combination of the above. If the horde becomes a FA or A, you can direct its attacks or its path of migration.

New for T57

Non-player rules update: I’ve updated the NPN rules to fit better with the Lord’s system. Please check them out.

New for T53

Restrictions on Royal Marriages: Due to the complications arising from these rules only K, H or P leaders can benefit from a Royal Marriage. Members of the Royal Family that have not come into play are not considered eligible. Also, Primate, Order and Secret Empire positions are not eligible for marriage bonuses. These are meant to be diplomatic arrangements between sovereign states.

New for T52

East – West Split: I’m going to try to split the East and the West parts of the game so that I can process the orders quicker – don’t know if or how it will work yet but lets see if it’ll happen

New for T51

No Orders: If I don’t get any orders in for a position and the player doesn’t answer my emails then I’ll put the position back to a NPN and put aside the players cash (if any) until they pick it or another nation up again.

New for T50

Request Royal Marriage: Used to ask a NPN nation for a bride for one of your Princes or a suitor for one of your little Princesses. Cost is 6AP, Charisma based. The leader doesn’t have to be in the NPNs capital but if he isn’t then he needs to be in your homeland/capital.

New for T49

Naval Reaction and Blockade: Naval Reactions can only occur when there is action in a Sea Zone that the fleet is based at. The fleet has to be based from a port and not the Sea Zone. Also, the Reaction can only occur when your own lands or those of an ally benefiting from a Defensive Pact marriage bonus are attacked. It also applies to any merchant fleets you operate through the Sea Zone in the case of piracy.  Naval Blockade’s only work if your fleet is based in the same Sea Zone as the target port and you spend all (every single one) of your APs in the blockade. The fleet must be based from a port and not a Sea Zone.

New for T48

The use of fleets for Reaction and mitigating the effects of Pirates: My understanding has now changed since we GMs have had some discussion on the list. The use of Reaction has been explained on the Wiki and Patrol is no longer used in the Base Rules.

Reaction

 

Trade Route Escorts

 

 

Updated NPN and Primacy rules: Yep, been tinkering again but I feel a almost serene sense of satisfaction with my latest offering. See what you think.

 

Added the ability to hire mercenary captain when there is no mercenary company available: See the mercenary tables

New for T47

Improved cultivation at TL5: If a nation has reached the dizzy heights of TL5 than it can benefit from improved cultivation. You can Improve a cultivated homeland region from 2GPv to 3GPv, or any other controlled cultivated region from 1GPv to 2GPv. This is a level one megalithic construction.

New for T46

NPNS: I’ve tweaked the NPN and Primacy/Order rules a little to make them fit better with the 24 game. I’ve also reduced their overall RRV to make diplomacy easier.

New for T45

New Rivers: I’ve added in some new possible rivers onto the map. These are rivers that were once passable by light traffic (remember Cogs cannot travel on rivers) and have now become silted up. You can dredge a stretch of the river (along one region border edge) as a 0.5 level project.

Gripes:

Agro as conversion – this has restrictions (see 2.11.5.3) which I will be enforcing from now on.

Rivers can only support light ships – as far as I know Cogs cannot travel on rivers. This also includes Cogs built for trade.

New Primates: We have two new Primate positions this turn. Jumal Skyfather, which is an Estonian god and the Coptic Church based out of Axum.

New for T44

Minor islands and City States: I’ll be allowing minor islands (Corfu, Jerba, Wight etc) and city states to be used as locations from T44. Just let me know the rationale behind why you want it separate and if reasonable I’ll add it in. Once they are created as locations, they obey all the rules of islands etc. However, their Gpv cannot go above 0.

Flooding: The last few turns have seen a massive increase in the amount of flooding that has occurred. It appears that the years are getting warmer and wetter. As a result of this some of the minor rivers on the map are once again becoming passable to river traffic.

Denmark: Following on from the Minor Islands stuff, you can see that Denmark is now separated out to Jutland and Syaland (Zeeland).

Announcements and items of note

General Stuff: Please use my Paypal account (stephenbrunt@yahoo.co.uk) for all Lords’ 24 payments. If you cannot use this facility then please let me know and I will see what I can do about filtering US funds to my account. I may also stop using the throneworld email address due to the mass of spam I’m getting!

 

Order Form: Please use the standard excel order form

 from now on. I’ll update the site with a link to it next week when I get some time. This is important as it helps me process the turn more quickly. THIS IS NOW MANDATORY.

Non-Payment: some of you still owe me some cash. Although it may come as surprise that this is not my main source of income, I see it only polite that you pay for the occasionally night out. So, if you’re under zero next turn I’ll not process you orders.

Version 6: Lords 24 uses version 6 of the basic rules

The Map: The map now includes India as well as Europe, Central Asia and Africa. I’ve greyed out repeated areas on the maps to make my life easier. However, this means some player nations are split across more than one map. I may increase the size of the main map but I’ll have to think on this.

Tithes and Tribute: I think these are automatically updated by the stats program, so no need to declare them in your orders.

Control of the Papacy and Religious Orders: In Lords 24 we will not always have a player Pope (or Caliph etc for that matter) and the following rules are used to determine which player faction controls the Pope’s actions, Papacy Rules. I’ve also added some stuff about gaining support from their armies

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India

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Pratihara Kingdom of Kaunaj

(Hindu Civilised Open Empire)
Rajeesh, Raja of Kaunaj

Once again the great cites of Rajput were to grow in size and prosperity.  Kaunaj itself saw its massive walls replaced as it overran its existing ones. Missionaries were dispatched to the convert the Buddhists and Moslems on the frontiers and it as during these years that Bauluch converted fully to Hinduism.  Suresh ruled from Kaunaj and but was saddened when his young wife Peeri died in childbirth. Molam remained in Punjab were he continued his diplomatic mission there. General Anush was in command of the Rajputi army when he perished in 1401, the command of the army passing to General Kalam.

 


South East Asia and the Islands


The God-Empire of Sri Vijaya

(Buddhist Seafaring Open Empire)
Agung Eko,  God-Emperor of the Sri Vijaya

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Sabah was to throw off control from Palembang.

 

The Kingdom of Thaton

(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Sailat, King of Thuwunnabumi

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To augment Thaton’s massive army of foot soldiers, Sailat invested in over eleven thousand cavalry units. The city of Moulmein grew in size again, as did Rangoon in Pegu. The King ruled from Thaton with his son Sailat II at his side. The young prince took a wife from the Thatonese nobility and was blessed with a young son. Prince Selayla travelled to Padishan to join Prince Kailat in gaining tribute from the province. In Nampung, the Thanat’s, Nat, Sri and Suri were able to restore the province to the Kingdom.

 


 

 Manchu’ko and Nihon


 

 

The Minamoto Shogunate

(Shinto Civilised Open Empire)
Junji Yasumori, Shogun of the East

The Far East was quiet.


 

 

The Land under Heaven

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The Kingdom of Chiang’Ning

(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Ban Ao, King of Chiang’Ning

 

With the wars of unification now over, Ban Zheng was able to divert his resources into repairing the damage caused by the conflict. The cities of Jinan, Tang-chou and Zhengzhou were also to grow in size during these years. Ban Zheng took a young wife for himself as he ruled from Anhui and was blessed with a young son. The King’s marriage was brokered by Xuan Si in Hupei with the Chiang’Ling and a formal alliance signed between the two kingdoms.

 

 The Ko Kingdom of Koueichou  

(Buddhist Civilised Open Empire)
Bon Hi, King of the Ko

 

King Bon Hi transferred over twenty thousand cavalry to his general and close friend Bon Cou. The General already had command of the national army of a further twenty thousand infantry and several siege towers. With Shei Wok as his second in command the general mobilised west to the Nanchao province of Guizhou. Although he was attempting to move thorugh the province undetected, the sheer size of his force meant that the Nanchao were able to put out a force to intercept them. Kang Xi of the Nanchao was an able general but his force of three thousand men was simply overwhelmed by the invaders, forcing him to flee the battle after his men were cut down. After the fall of Guizhou and the defeat of Kang Xi’s army, Bon Cou pushed onto Nanchao where the province fell easily to his forces. Once in the Nanchao homeland Bon Cou revealed that Bon Hi had ordered him to attack the holy city of Tai’Li with the aim of sacking the city. Shei Wok was a religious man and refused to support the attack, arguing with Bon Cou and forcing the general to put him under arrest. With Shei Wok under guard, Bon Cou rallied his forces for the attack on the city when the gates of the city opened and a large group of monks walked slowly out. Young and old they walked to within bowshot of Cou’s forces and simply stood before the city. Conflicted by the passive stance of the priests and his loyalty to his king, General Cou took most of the day to finally order the attack. As he gave the order to advance he was set upon by his own staff officers and fell to the ground dead. His army set upon itself and a vast number, four in five, left their posts and fled the field. The remainder of the once great army released Shei Wok from his guard and remained outside the city. While his generals were achieving mixed success in Nanchao, King Bion Hi married a local noblewoman from the House of Szechuan and was blessed with two young children. He ordered that the Great Road be extended to reach the Rajput territory in Om’Chu. Prince Lei Ko II was declared Bon Hi’s heir until his son came of age and attempted to gain support from the Chiang  province of Kiang’Si. However, the province was an integral part of the Chiang Empire and his diplomacy came to nothing. Ka Mi Ko was also unsuccessful in Chiennan as the province was part of the Song Empire.  After spending these years investigating the Koueichou lands for cultists or other insurgents, Wei Wok disappeared in Hunan.