GURPS Realm Management

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Angle

For Renewing Resource, can a realm combine an appropriate action with another action? Like, say a realm has 'Renewing Resource: Iron Mine, Level 2'. Can they spend two actions to mine iron, and a third action on Marshal Manpower, without incurring any penalties? Or would they have to choose between another action with no penalties, or spending three actions to mine iron with no penalties?

Yes. As long as two actions are for extracting iron they are fine. The one action all realms get can do whatever and with no penalties.

Originally Posted by Angle

Edit: Similarly, can a realm take multiple levels of Maneuver Mastery, and then do all of those actions, each turn, with no penalty? Say, MM: Allocate Resources + MM: Marshal manpower, and then do an Allocate Resources + Marshal Manpower + another action each turn, at no penalty?

Yes. Maneuver Mastery grants an additional maneuver based on its specialty.

[Angle]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Yes. As long as two actions are for extracting iron they are fine. The one action all realms get can do whatever and with no penalties.




Yes. Maneuver Mastery grants an additional maneuver based on its specialty.

Alright, makes sense. One thing that does seem odd - in the examples, the hegemony gets a discount for giving it's subjects a sense of duty towards it. That seems a little odd to me - I would think that should cost points, or at least be neutral. I guess that would be a variant ruling?

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Angle

Alright, makes sense. One thing that does seem odd - in the examples, the hegemony gets a discount for giving it's subjects a sense of duty towards it. That seems a little odd to me - I would think that should cost points, or at least be neutral. I guess that would be a variant ruling?

Yeah. SoD is a disadvantage. I didn't have the room to say X disadvantages are technically a benefit while Y disadvantages are not.

[Angle]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Yeah. SoD is a disadvantage. I didn't have the room to say X disadvantages are technically a benefit while Y disadvantages are not.

Ah, fair enough! XD

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Angle

Ah, fair enough! XD

Maybe in a follow-up. :-)

[Angle]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Maybe in a follow-up. :-)

What about the Unique Resource? Is it really worth 10 times as much as a normal renewing resource? And, can levels of it be bought, and if so, how? Do you pay the +100% for the first level, and then +10% per level afterwards? Or, is it +100% per level, or just no extra levels at all? And, I know it says "Exact benefits are for the GM to decide", but some extra guidance there would be useful - RAW, it doesn't seem remotely worth the cost unless the GM tacks on some significant benefits. You could probably make a whole pyramid article out of expanded rules for this - say, unique military units you can raise with it, unique realm enhancements it allows, increased effect when spent as a luxury/natural resource for various actions, etc. XD

Edit: On another note, the actions under the wheel could benefit from sections listing their likely modifiers - education rating, control rating, conformity rating, openness rating, etc. As is, you have to search the book for these, and it can be a little unclear what effects what - for example, does Zarthus's ER affect it's black mines? It seems like it shouldn't, but it's hard to be sure.

Also, allowing communist aristocracies and the like to buy off their starting levels of corrupt with a realm enhancement seems reasonable? Not sure though. XD

Theres also the question of Revenue and Military Resources - do these accumulate, if not spent? Or is there just a set amount you can spend per turn, and anything not spent is lost?

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Angle

What about the Unique Resource? Is it really worth 10 times as much as a normal renewing resource? And, can levels of it be bought, and if so, how? Do you pay the +100% for the first level, and then +10% per level afterwards? Or, is it +100% per level, or just no extra levels at all? And, I know it says "Exact benefits are for the GM to decide", but some extra guidance there would be useful - RAW, it doesn't seem remotely worth the cost unless the GM tacks on some significant benefits. You could probably make a whole pyramid article out of expanded rules for this - say, unique military units you can raise with it, unique realm enhancements it allows, increased effect when spent as a luxury/natural resource for various actions, etc. XD

Yes. Because it's unique. This is where the storytelling part of Realm Management is a storytelling aid comes in. These modifiers do not exist in a vacuum. The GM needs to be consulted on how this impacts the rest of the setting. If it's not unique/rare in the setting itself it likely doesn't need this modifier

Originally Posted by Angle

Edit: On another note, the actions under the wheel could benefit from sections listing their likely modifiers - education rating, control rating, conformity rating, openness rating, etc. As is, you have to search the book for these, and it can be a little unclear what effects what - for example, does Zarthus's ER affect it's black mines? It seems like it shouldn't, but it's hard to be sure.

I don't understand what you are suggesting.

Originally Posted by Angle

Also, allowing communist aristocracies and the like to buy off their starting levels of corrupt with a realm enhancement seems reasonable? Not sure though. XD

Probably not. Those are supposed to be kind of like racial templates - you're not normally supposed to take them apart for just what you want.

Originally Posted by Angle

Theres also the question of Revenue and Military Resources - do these accumulate, if not spent? Or is there just a set amount you can spend per turn, and anything not spent is lost?

Yes. They accrue.

[Angle]

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Yes. Because it's unique. This is where the storytelling part of Realm Management is a storytelling aid comes in. These modifiers do not exist in a vacuum. The GM needs to be consulted on how this impacts the rest of the setting. If it's not unique/rare in the setting itself it likely doesn't need this modifier

Hmm, fair enough. What about buying more of the stuff? Also at GM discretion?

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

I don't understand what you are suggesting.

Like, for Allocate Resources and Plan, there would be a section beneath reading 'Modifiers: Add ER Modifier when addressing windfalls and disruptions", and further entries like that under the other actions for the things that affect them. Many of them mention things like this in their text, but only for the things that affect only them, not for general modifiers that affect them in addition to other things, like ER.

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Probably not. Those are supposed to be kind of like racial templates - you're not normally supposed to take them apart for just what you want.

But what if you want to play a communist aristocracy that's not corrupt? The Infinite Worlds books has Centrum, who seem pretty communist, but not particularly corrupt, for example. And even with racial templates, this is something you might occasionally want to do - for example, Hellboy looks like he has Horns on his racial template, but removed it with a disadvantage, separately. Being able to do the same with racial disadvantages makes sense, with GM permission. And the same with your government disadvantages, again with GM permission.

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

Yes. They accrue.

Okay, good to know! XD

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by Angle

Hmm, fair enough. What about buying more of the stuff? Also at GM discretion?

Yup./

Originally Posted by Angle

Like, for Allocate Resources and Plan, there would be a section beneath reading 'Modifiers: Add ER Modifier when addressing windfalls and disruptions", and further entries like that under the other actions for the things that affect them. Many of them mention things like this in their text, but only for the things that affect only them, not for general modifiers that affect them in addition to other things, like ER.

Ah. Yeah, that would take up more space. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Angle

But what if you want to play a communist aristocracy that's not corrupt? The Infinite Worlds books has Centrum, who seem pretty communist, but not particularly corrupt, for example. And even with racial templates, this is something you might occasionally want to do - for example, Hellboy looks like he has Horns on his racial template, but removed it with a disadvantage, separately. Being able to do the same with racial disadvantages makes sense, with GM permission. And the same with your government disadvantages, again with GM permission.

I suppose you could, but this is basically "New, Merged, Variant, and
Weird Government Types" on p. 16. You're making something new.

Originally Posted by Angle

Okay, good to know! XD

:-)

[Balor Patch]

Originally Posted by Angle

Theres also the question of Revenue and Military Resources - do these accumulate, if not spent? Or is there just a set amount you can spend per turn, and anything not spent is lost?

Realistically, if a department doesn't spend all of its budget then that money is going to something else and its budget reduced for next year. However, a particular realm need not be realistic for every department.