The Status Screen In Depth
This is a very important screen, so I'm going to go through every
item on it. You don't need to know all this right away. If it seems
overwhelming, hit back and come back to it later. Just be sure to read
it at some point. You might have to scroll up and down a bit. Bear with
me:
- Time
- This is explained in How Time Works
in BattlMaster.
- Physical Age
- This is not that important right now. It is mostly a matter of
personal preference. However, eventually players might grow old and
die.
- Character Class
- You should be a knight right now. This is the default. You should
stay as a knight during this entire tutorial. Other classes can be very
different to play.
- Rank
- Your position in the feudal hierarchy. You start off as a noble.
You can swear allegiance to a lord and become a knight. Someday
you might even become a king, dictator or prime minister, and be a
member of the royal family.
- Honour
- Honour is important to a medieval noble. Honour limits the number
of men you can command. It also has other effects.
- Prestige
- Prestige is needed to qualify to command certain units, to rule a
realm and to change to certain classes.
- Gold
- This is money you can spend.
- Bonds
- These can be converted into gold in your cities.
- Status
- "OK" is normal. You might eventually be wounded or captured.
- Time Pool
- This is explained in How Time Works
in BattlMaster.
- Right hand column
- These are the troops that I command. You can name them anything you
want. All of these numbers mean something, but for now you can just
worry about your "combat strength". This is a sort of one-size-fits-all
measure of how "good" your troops are.