This time we’re showing off the Might Skill.
Might
The first thing that Might does for your faction is say how many members your factions starts off with. When you generate a faction, take the first digit of the Might Skill Level (eg 3 for Level 34), add 1 to it and roll that many d10s (so 4d10 for Level 34). That’s how many members your faction starts off with.
The Might Level also shows how many members your faction can control before things start getting out of hand. For every member your faction has above the Might Level, your Treachery Level goes up by the same amount. If you bring the member level down below the Might Level, the Treachery goes back down again.
Along with just showing how many members your faction can (and does) have, Might is also the health bar for your Faction. Just like a character, a faction has Wounds, and just like a character the number of Wounds a faction has is determined by the first digit of their Might Level (so 3 Wounds for Level 34). The more Wounds a faction takes, the more of its members are out of commission. If the faction has no more Wound Slots left, and takes an additional Wound then the faction is dead.
In game
Might isn’t just used by the faction as whole though. Players and their PCs can also use Might in game. If the context of whatever scene allows for it, the players can use Might to bring faction members into a scene to help them out. To do this, the players declare that they are giving their faction a Wound in return for getting members to join the scene. 1d10 members for a Minor Wound, 2d10 for a Significant Wound, and 3d10 for a Grievous Wound.
An example of this happening is if the PCs are in a city and find themselves ambushed by a rival faction. As the combat are about to begin, the players say they will give their Faction a Significant Wound to bring 2d10 members into the scene. Since it’s in a city where their faction operates, the players argue that their faction would be keeping an eye on them (its leaders) to make sure just this sort of thing doesn’t happen. So the players roll 2d10 and bring in 11 members to help join the fight.
If you are in the middle of nowhere, down deep in a dungeon, on the open seas, or anywhere else that your faction can’t immediately come to your aid, then you can’t use this ability. All the more reason to stick by your faction.
One thing to remember as well is that you can’t bring in more members into a scene than you have in your faction. If you only have 11 members, you can’t bring in 12 or more members.
The Righteous Prophets.
With a roll of 58, the Prophets’ Might Skill is 30, so it means they can start the story with 4d10 members. Four rolls later and they have 22 members, a quite respectable number. A Might Skill of 30 also means that they Faction has 3 Wounds and the players will be able to bring in 3d10 members into a scene if they want to. So if they are lucky, they can bring their whole gang along.
And that’s it for the Might Skill. Tell us what you think about it, what your faction Might Skill Level is and how many members your faction has.
Next time we’ll see what Wealth means for your faction (other than basebuilding) and how you can use your faction’s wealth in game.
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