Nobles may be accompanied by different kinds of men. Men may be
peasants obtained with the recruit
order, or peasants who have
been trained into other kinds of men such as sailors, soldiers or
workers.
The different kinds of men:
A peasant may be trained into a soldier, sailor, worker, or crossbowman. Soldiers may be given further training to become pikemen, swordsmen, or archers. More advanced fighters may be trained from swordsmen and archers.
+--- sailor ------- pirate +---- worker +----- crossbowman / peasant ------ soldier ------ swordsman --- knight ----- elite guard \ +---- archer ------ elite archer +--- pikeman +-- blessed soldier
Training a man may require that the noble have a certain skill, or possess some item. For instance, training soldiers into swordsmen requires a longsword [74] for each swordsman produced. The training character must also know Combat [610].
Some men may only be trained in certain kinds of locations. Elite guard and elite archers, for instance, may only be trained in castles. Blessed soldiers may only be trained in temples.
Training takes one day per man. Training five archers into five elite archers would take five days, for example. Training ten peasants into ten crossbowmen would take 10 days.
num kind skill input man input item where --- ----------- ----- -------------- ---------------- ------ 11 worker none peasant [10] 12 soldier 610 peasant [10] 13 archer 615 soldier [12] longbow [72] 14 knight 616 swordsman [20] warmount [53] 15 elite guard 616 knight [14] plate armor [73] castle 16 pikeman 610 soldier [12] pike [75] 17 blessed soldier 750 soldier [12] temple 19 sailor 601 peasant [10] 20 swordsman 616 soldier [12] longsword [74] 21 crossbowman 610 peasant [10] crossbow [85] 22 elite archer 615 archer [13] castle 24 pirate 616 sailor [19] longsword [74] ship
For more information and examples, see the train
order.