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[mesor]

Yup.

Do I start with any supplies of metal or have to gather them all from the beginning?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

And what supplies do I begin with?

[mesor]

Hah this is way more complicated then I expected.
Who's the island nation way up near the top of the map btw?

[USEC_OFFICER]

Hey, I never submitted my Order's population, right? Let me do that now.

Spoiler: The Holy Order of the Knights of the Shining Star of St. Jacob (click to show/hide)

Population: 500 Knights, 3000 Other

500 Knights:

Leadership of the Holy Order:
1 Grand Master
1 Deputy of the Grand Master
1 Treasurer
1 Hospitaler
1 Deputy of the Hospitaler
1 Master of Arms
1 Great Marshall
1 Deputy of the Great Marshall
1 Chancellor
1 Master of the Mint
10 Lords Masters
30 Deputies

Other Knights:
50 High Paladins
100 Paladins
300 Knight Brothers

3000 Other:

100 Priests:
1 Patriarch
2 Archbishops
5 Bishops
25 Deacons
66 Priests

1500 Members:
5 Captains
15 File Commander
30 Rank Commanders
400 Half-Brothers (Non-noble Knights)
1000 Sergeants

Sergeants are non-noble members of the Holy Order, and thus are not only soldiers. All sergeants are trained in arms, but also have other responsibilities as well.

400 Sergeants are also farmers
200 Sergeants are on patrol.
100 Sergeants are training.
300 Sergeants are working.

1400 Peasants: Attached to the lands around Dauberg Fortress
600 Farmers
600 Wives
200 Children

[mesor]

You realize that having your seargents as soldiers and workers there going to be weaker then a full time soldier and also less skilled then a full time worker?

[USEC_OFFICER]

You realize that having your seargents as soldiers and workers there going to be weaker then a full time soldier and also less skilled then a full time worker?

A. I need the food.
B. I have knights.
C. That's how they did it back in the Middle Ages.

[mesor]

But it'd be more effective to just split them half as workers half as soldiers.

[USEC_OFFICER]

But it'd be more effective to just split them half as workers half as soldiers.

That's. How. I'm. Doing. It.

[mesor]

I meant half of them are workers full time.
Half are soldiers full time.

[USEC_OFFICER]

That's. How. I'm. Doing. It.

[mesor]

Nvm.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Nvm.

Damn straight. You ain't getting between me and my Medieval fluff.

[mesor]

Yea like your heavily armored army that has no access to metal or smiths unless you can find something to trade for it .
So your entire armed force will be out classed by every person who has mines unless somebody should choose to give you better equipment .

[USEC_OFFICER]

Yea like your heavily armored army that has no access to metal or smiths unless you can find something to trade for it .
So your entire armed force will be out classed by every person who has mines unless somebody should choose to give you better equipment .

I'm a knightly order for whatever major religion is in the game (seriously what is it's name?). Helping the Holy Order is practically your religious duty.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Yup.
Do I start with any supplies of metal or have to gather them all from the beginning?

And what supplies do I begin with?

Let's say you start with a year's worth of minerals, plus or minus a year's worth of standard trade.

Yea like your heavily armored army that has no access to metal or smiths unless you can find something to trade for it .
So your entire armed force will be out classed by every person who has mines unless somebody should choose to give you better equipment .

Of course, if the knightly orders actually have royal support, they'll probably have enough gear.

mesor, where do your peasants farm? And are none of the knights married, or do they just leave their family behind in the villages they hailed from?