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Mettle Blades and Skill
BETA VERSION 004


Uses: Vanilla, Sengoku Jidai DLC, Saints & Heroes DLC, Ikko-Ikki DLC
*NO HATTORI DLC, NO ROTS or FOTS

Features At a Glance

• Organizational Systems (OS): Pick an OS at the start of a campaign. Each with its own strengths and weaknesses.

Provincial OS- Huge units and quick recruitment but poor stats
Clan OS- Large balanced units with high morale but slow recruitment
Vassal OS- Mediocre size units with defensive bonuses
Military OS- Standard size units with high attack stats

• Region Specialization (Rspec): Change a region's specialty at any time during the game! *Some Rspecs cannot change due to their nature.

Common Resources (changeable)- Prime Forest, Craftwork, Philosophical Tradition, Smithing, and Stone
Uncommon Resources (non-changeable)- Gold, Hallowed Ground, Horses, Iron, Naval Tradition, and Ninja

• Region Specific Rosters: Each region has 7 castes (for each OS) with approx 12 weapon types for each caste! The most units of any mod!

Peasant Caste- Before they were soldiers, they were just cannon fodder. Pulled from the fields and handed a weapon.
Ashigaru Caste (Early/Late)- First step in changing the peasant to a soldier (early), their skills increase with higher level buidlings (late).
Samurai Caste (Early/Late)- Early versions want to hurry and close with the enemy. Later versions don't mind hanging back to attack at range.
Cavalry- Standard rules apply. They were few and far between.

Hatamoto- Elite warriors pulled from the various castes with the sole duty to protect the daimyo and his kin.
Kashindan- The mobile government of the clan. Keep your family members safe!

Naval- Standard units.

• Global Unit Rosters: There are 4 pools of units available in all regions. They have their limits so don't expect to abuse them!

Mercenaries (Ronin/Nanban)- Peasants, Ashigaru, Samurai, and Cavalry all available to the highest bidder. Small units and VERY expensive upkeep but good for a quick strike.
Religious Units (Buddhists)- Fanatics willing to die for their beliefs. Available to get you some extra manpower when needed. Small units but quick to recruit plus morale bonuses for your army!
Religious Units (Ikko Ikki)- All factions can recruit Ikko troops with the proper buildings constructed (not Christians) but beware of the Ikko religion spreading!
Religious Units (Christians)- Same as Ikko but beware of the religion effects!

• Improved Vassal System: Defeat an enemy, use his troops in your army! This is of course as long as you have the buildings to recruit the units. *Peasants excluded.

*KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A BETA VERSION. ODDITIES WILL EXIST IN THE GAME UNTIL A FINAL AND STABLE RELEASE IS MADE. REPORT BUGS TO THE MAIN MBS THREAD HERE.