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Characters like people are not static and they change...I want that.

Everyone will start off with ten points to put in whatever of these categories they want ((Note only the three Rulers will start out with 20 as to make them worthy of being a ruler. After all it would be sad if the ruler was weaker then his weakest soldier.)):
War:
Politics:
Strategy:
Leadership:
Charisma:
Horse Riding:

The max for any stat is ten and it goes point by point. In the profile will be a spot where you type in how many points you have. You may place the points wherever you want. What the points do is this. If someone has a two in War compared to someone with an eight...the eight has distinct advantages. I do not want auto-hits but I don't want duels that go on forever because both RPers refuse to get hit. If anyone has questions on this ask it here.

To gain points there are a few ways to do so.
1. Fight a battle and win - 2 points for a win. ((Note both sides must know of battle for this to count.))
2. Win a duel in a battle - 2 points for a win.
3. Complete a diplomacy mission - 1 point for raising kingdom bonds and 2 for an alliance.
4. Killing an officer - 1 point...((I really don't want people constantly trying to kill each other for points.))
5. Training at an academy - 1 point per each 5,000 gold spent.

Also I am implementing Unit size and unit types.
For instance your rank determines your unit size with a max of 20,000 soldiers. If you are a Ruler or First Rank then you have 20,000. 2nd Ranks get 17,000 troops in a unit max. 3rd Rank will get 14,000. 4th rank 10,000 and 5th Rank 5,000. All free officers start with a unit size of 5,000.

For unit type there are these categories:
Regular: Swords and Bows
Special: Spears, Pikes, Horses, Elephants, and Beast Masters
Weapons: Catapults, Towers, Rams, Juggernauts, Arbalests, War Chariots

An officer can only have three total...so as an example one officer may have: Catapults, Spears and Bows as their three.

Swords and Bows are strong against none and are not actually weak to any...but they have no advantages.
Spears beat Horses, Horses beat Pikes, and Pikes beat Spears. Elephants and Beast Masters cancel each other out.

Arabalests go with a bow unit and allow for a three times fire rate and a much higher reload rate.
Juggernauts are large weapons that spew fire out and are like an old version of a tank.

No officer can start out with having armaments at all.

If there are any questions feel free to ask them here.

Thank you for bringing that up and that has been written down as well.

Well it is unfortunately down currently until we get the gold system set up which is soon to be on the way. Once that is up then you will pay gold to get a point in the certain skill you wanted. For example let us say you want a point of war. In your post you would pay the gold cost, say what stat and then somewhere in the post type up that you gained a point like saying, "Hm, I feel stronger now..." Or something like that. From there you would go to your profile and add a point onto your total...subtract the gold used and then add a point onto the stat you leveled. The mods will also be checking to make sure that there is nothing but honesty involved.

We are thinking about ways around that as well, since we have a stat system. Part of me is thinking that is starting to become like an MMORPG. Which it technically is but that is besides the point. Yes it can be really hard which is what the stats are for and we are going to be taking your suggestion in consideration since it is a very valuable one!

I have a question. My character is, for the most part, a pacifist, attempting to avoid violent conflict unless forced into action by personal threat or extreme injustice to another. If trying to talk his way out of a fight is it my charisma versus their charisma or my charisma versus another stat?

Hmmm...I'm going to leave a final decision up to SND, but here are my two cents.

In trying to talk one's way out of a fight, it's a matter of charisma. However, there would certainly be other factors involved as well, such as first impressions and personality conflicts. Two characters who are extremely incompatible may never find common ground, even if one of those characters maxed out on the charisma stat.

If trying a little slight of word, however, that might be a different scenario.

Take the drunk character, for example. Is that character reasoning at full capacity? Maybe. Maybe not. That might make him quicker to anger, but may well boost charismatic effects as well. Gullibility. Like beer goggles. (Sorry. biggrin )

Now, about your 'stone age' character -- somehow, I doubt he's lived for millenia without picking up a thing or two along the way, if for no other reason than it'd be necessary for survival somewhere along the way. I think you know that. Look it up in your cultural anth book if you think otherwise.... biggrin

That said, I'd say that a scenario with a political official or requiring some level of state exchange would require both charisma and politics. Both stats would factor in separately, and again together. The exact outcome would depend on the scenario. However, I certainly believe both stats to be vital to such an exchange. Heck...without charisma, it's certainly difficult to be in any form of politics, is it not?

So, is this any help? confused

::flicks his forehead, simply because she can::

I simply find it hard to believe that he'd never learned and turned a single political tactic against an official ever in his long life. Still seems a major stretch to me. ^.^<

I personally see the politics stat including an array of networking and interpersonal communication/public speaking skills as well. It's kinda building off a conversation I had with SND when I was creating an assassin. But we'll leave that alone, since it's moot now. I didn't go the way of Delta.

I think Sirius'll pick things up here and there. It'll be interesting to see what you do. I see lurking in my future. ^.~