Base Rules

Deus Vult! will be using version 6.0 of Lords of the Earth rulebooks.
A rules wiki for 6.0 may be found here: Version 6.0 Wiki

 

House Rules

General Rules
Overview	General notes on changes to the base rule book.
F.A.Q.	Frequently Asked Questions.
Free Start	Rules for creating new nations.
Leader Actions	New and Modified list of leader actions available.
Espionage Ops	New and Modified list of Intel and Assassin operations.
Random Events	Additional random events used in the game.
Supply Rules	How to calculate your military's supply lines.
National Rules
Casus Belli	Important rules regarding international conflicts.
Royal Family	Dedicated rules on heir-apparents, regents and women leaders.
Royal Marriage	Bonus Effects for marrying between nations.
National Diplomacy	Rules for running diplomacy actions on unplayed nations.
Hostages	Special rules for capturing and ransoming leaders.
Holy Roman Empire	Special rules for the Holy roman Empire: Imperial Elections and Edicts.
National Heroes	Special rules for leaders with legendary stat ratings.
Mercenaries	Expanded House Rules for Mercenary Bids, Bribery and Counter-Bribery.
Religious Rules
Religious Interaction	Information on each religion in the game. Includes Interaction, Abilities, Holy Cities and Status restrictions.
Religious Operations	A complete rework of Religious Operations. These rules fully replace the standard v6.0 listing.
Religious Conversion	Detailed rules on changing religions, from individual leaders to entire nations.
Secret Orders	Special Nation type that replaces both Secret Orders and Religious Fighting Orders.
The Vatican	Special rules for interacting with the Roman Catholic Papacy.
Vatican Bulls	Rules and listing of the various Bulls and Edicts that are issued from Rome.
Relics and Ruins	Rules regarding Holy Objects and Ancient Sites.
Orders Sheets and Examples
Deus Vult! is using the custom Excel order sheet found here. When mailing orders, please rename the file. Replace the '000' with the current turn number and replace '5CODE' with your nation's abbreviation. (Turn 004 for Denmark would be named: 004_DEUS_DENMA.xls)
Orders .xlsm	Excel 2007 Version.
Orders .xls	Excel 97-2000 Version.
Orders .oo	Open Office Version.
Change List	Current Version = 2.02
Build Example	A two-turn series of how an order sheet can be filled out. It is an excel sheet which includes two sets of orders, two newsfax entries and three stat sheets.
Merchant Shipping	Example of how to fill out the Trade Routes and Merchant Fleet orders.