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Published: 2023-04-30 22:58:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 7180; Favourites: 309; Downloads: 0
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This time I present another individual warband sneak peek, The Sellswords!

In a land as filled with continual strife and internecine conflicts as Morgulia, it is not at all uncommon for individuals to offer their, usually violent, skills to the highest bidder in exchange for some sort of reward. However, as these ever present hostilities and open conflict have increased in the wake of The Black Star, larger groups of these mercenaries have begun to gather into organized forces in their own right, typically under the guidance of some particularly charismatic individual. Should this Captain be sufficiently shrewd and skilled, such a band can, potentially, grow rich and become legends in their own right.

Such mercenary bands of sellswords and cutthroats wander Morgulia taking on any task for which they deem the offered reward to be sufficient. If, however, they find themselves in a region where jobs are slim, they are not above scavenging the sites of battles past, temporarily taking up foul banditry, or even pillaging whatever poor homestead or village happens to be nearby before moving on to a more lucrative locale. A wise Captain, will keep such bands employed and moving for, if they do not, they band may well disintegrate or even turn on the Captain themselves!

So what makes Sellswords different from the other warbands from a game standpoint? Sellswords bring a level of versatility unseen in other warbands as they are able to take Mercenary Champions and Units from every other warband and so can combine various abilities into combinations unseen elsewhere. This also means that they will, typically start with a higher Renown as all of their Champion's Retinues are Elite. 

While Sellswords generally don't have access to specialized gear, Abilities, Spells, and Goals as other warbands do, they do have another advantage in that they may move their Base Camp after each battle if they wish, meaning that they can often find better deals on gear that they wish to acquire than others. Moreover, since their Retinues all start as Elite, they are much more likely to advance to become Champions themselves before their foes are able to do the same. 

If your looking for some unscrupulous help, it can be had for a price, just don't try to cheat those who offer such services!

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