Can somebody help me with this?

[LordBlades]

I'm about to start a Dale campaign, but something bothers me: the fact that the bodyguard is made of archers. It just doesn't sit right with me that the king would be walking with the archers while most of the noblemen are riding (earls).

So I'd like to change the bodyguard from Bardian Marksmen to Earls(while keeping the recruitable Bardian Marksmen), but I have no idea how.

Can somebody please tell me what needs to be changed and in what files?

[eugenioso]

archery was seen as a very noble activity in Dale thanks to the slaying of Smaug with a single arrow. it makes sense that dale nobles would fight as archers. however, i do get your point.

[LordBlades]

archery was seen as a very noble activity in Dale thanks to the slaying of Smaug with a single arrow. it makes sense that dale nobles would fight as archers. however, i do get your point.

Yeah, I'd have no problem with the Dale nobles being archers, what I have a problem with is most of Dale's nobles being heavy cavalry (or infantry) and only the generals being archers.

[KnightsTemplar]

It's easy.
Copy lines or even just take Earls as bodyguard.
Unmark Bardian Marksmen' 'generals unit' stat and put it at Earls' instead.
And also change the descr_strat to 'fix' the starting generals.

[LordBlades]

It's easy.
Copy lines or even just take Earls as bodyguard.
Unmark Bardian Marksmen' 'generals unit' stat and put it at Earls' instead.
And also change the descr_strat to 'fix' the starting generals.

This still allows the recruiting of regular earls, right?

Or would I have to create a separate 'bodyguard' unit entry (identical to earls) in order to have them both as bodyguards and normal units?

[Pyres Δt Varanasi]

True

[jinjo]

i like archer bodyguards, just use them wisely
also infantry bodyguards (dwarves)

[LordBlades]

Figured it out, thanks