The Barracks - Soldier Hire

[Adamat]

SOLDIER HIRE and RECRUITMENT

Post the soldiers you hired / recruited here! Include numbers and calculations for total cost and total upkeep p.a.
For more information about soldiers, unit classes and special things like mercenary advantages, check the Rules Thread.

These men are professional soldiers who can be used to bolster your levy or offer an advantage in battle. These men can be invaluable, if you have the coin to pay for them. Make sure you update your home thread with the size of your troops and your income thread for the expenses. All troops/ships listed below take THREE DAYS to recruit.

Unit Point Values

1 point: Light Infantry, Archers, Crossbowmen 1.5 point: Polearms, Light Cavalry 2 point: Heavy Infantry 3 point: Heavy Cavalry, Elite Infantry 3.5 point: Elite Cavalry

Standard Soldiers

Mercenary Light Infantry Hire Cost: 5000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1000 Dragons Mercenary Heavy Infantry Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1700 Dragons Mercenary Polearm Infantry Hire Cost: 6000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Mercenary Archers Hire Cost: 5000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Mercenary Light Cavalry Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1800 Dragons

Specialist Troops

Raider Infantry (light infantry) Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Skill: More bandit than soldier, these men of the night are adept at raiding towns and villages as they sleep. A force of raiders will gain -2 on their detection rolls and +3% loot gained. These bonuses only apply if the entire attacking force is Raider units. Raider Archers (archers) Hire Cost: 8000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons Skill: More bandit than soldier, these men of the night are adept at raiding towns and villages as they sleep. A force of raiders will gain -2 on their detection rolls and +3% loot gained. These bonuses only apply if the entire attacking force is Raider units. Raider Cavalry (light cavalry) Hire Cost: 10,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1800 Dragons Skill: More bandit than soldier, these men of the night are adept at raiding towns and villages as they sleep. A force of raiders will gain -2 on their detection rolls and +3% loot gained. These bonuses only apply if the entire attacking force is Raider units. Outriders (light cavalry) Hire Cost: 10,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 1800 Dragons Skill: The fastest riders available: young, fit horses and no armour or baggage. These horsemen get +2 scout rolls. This bonus only applies to the destination the Outriders are specifically scouting. Household Knights (elite cavalry) Hire Cost: 20,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 6000 Dragons Skill: These troops form the personal bodyguard of the Lord in a battlefield situation. Formed of minor nobility, wards, trusted retainers and second sons of wealthy lords, these men represent the best equipped fighting force Westeros can field, composed of men with the financial means to buy the best and spend most of their time in training. If these men are present as the Lord's bodyguard the Lord gains +2 to the post-battle condition roll (eg dead, captured, wounded, free) and, if the Lord to which they are attached leads a cavalry charge, these men form the highly-armoured spear tip granting the charge an additional +1 modifier. Dismounted Knights (elite infantry) Hire Cost: 12,000 Dragons Upkeep Cost: 2500 Dragons Skill: The heaviest of heavy infantry, these men are armed and armoured to the teeth. These troops gain +3 to battle rolls. This will be divided by their ratio in the fighting forces and decimal points rounded as normal. Therefore, this unit type must compose at least 1/6th of the clashing infantry to gain a +1, 1/2 of the clashing forces to gain +2, and 5/6ths of the clashing forces to gain a full +3. Night Watchmen (light infantry) Cost: 5000 Dragons Upkeep: 1000 Dragons Skill: Skilled watchmen, these troops interdict raiders. If they are in a province that is raided and a peasant militia forms to oppose the raiders, these troops will also oppose the raiders. In addition, for every 300 watchmen (1 unit), 2.5% of the province levy can be mobilised to aid the defence.

Non-AOR Warships

Levy Ships (+2 in battle against other ships) Size: 5 ships Cost: 20,000 Upkeep: 5000 Dromond (+3 to battle rolls against other ships) Size: 5 ships Cost: 30,000 Upkeep: 10,000 Heavy Galley (+5 to battle rolls against other ships) Size: 5 ships Cost: 40,000 Upkeep: 20,000 Grand Warship (+10 to battle rolls against other ships)) Size: 2 ships Cost: 60,000 Upkeep: 30,000

- All units are 300 men in size unless stated otherwise. Recruitment time is 3 RL days unless stated otherwise.

- RP naming is allowed, so long as the unit type is provided in brackets. For example, "Storm's End Guardians (merc heavy inf)" or "Eyrie Crossbowmen (merc crossbowmen)".

- Hired troops will train at, and become available at, your home. For Lords, this is their seat of power. For other characters, this is where ever their guild houses (or equivalent) are located.

[Zethira]

Jehaine Flowers:

- 1x Reachman Lancers (elite cavalry, 200): 7,000
- 1x Hightower Axemen (elite infantry, 300): 6,000

Total: 13,000 gold

[jacb547]

House Stark:
3x Northern Swordsmen (900 men)
Cost: 36.000 dragons.

[Jokern]

Lord Stannis buys 1x Narrow Sea Galleon for the Royal Fleet.

Total rec. cost (-45%): 22,000
Total up. cost: 25,000

[Jokern]

Lord Harlaw buys 2x Ironborn Warships to be used at Harlaw

total rec. cost (-45%): 44,000
total up. cost: 50,000

[Oznerol]

Lord Westerling hires:
-Westernlander Knights: 14,000 GD

[Xion]

Ulfric buys the following :
Chosen Warriors - Knights of the Bloody Gate (300)
Clansmen - Mercenary Polearms (300)
Clansmen Archers - Mercenary Archers (300)
-11,500

[Axis Sunsoar]

Lord Baratheon hires:

Bronzegate axemen x1

Stormland knights x1

Heavy cavalry x1

40,000

[Jokern]

Lord Stannis hires for the protection of Harlaw:

3x Ironborn Hearth Warriors
2x Ironborn Raider Infantry
1x Ironborn Raider Archers

Total rec. cost: 60,000
Total up. cost: 12,000

[Oznerol]

Ser Barristan Tully hires for the protection of the rivers' fords the following troops:

4*Dismounted Knights (elite infantry)
Hire Cost: 12,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 2500 Dragons

4*Mercenary Archers
Hire Cost: 5000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 1500 Dragons

TOTAL= 68,000 GD

[Zethira]

The Order of Dawn enhances its troop roster with a regiment of mercenary archers (2,500) and a regiment of Outriders (5,000) for a total of 7,500 dragons.

[Victorius]

Lord Lucyus I Reyne (Castamere)

1x
Household Knights (elite cavalry)
Hire Cost: 20,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 6000 Dragons
Skill: These troops form the personal bodyguard of the Lord in a battlefield situation. Formed of minor nobility, wards, trusted retainers and second sons of wealthy lords, these men represent the best equipped fighting force Westeros can field, composed of men with the financial means to buy the best and spend most of their time in training. If these men are present as the Lord's bodyguard the Lord gains +2 to the post-battle condition roll (eg dead, captured, wounded, free) and, if the Lord to which they are attached leads a cavalry charge, these men form the highly-armoured spear tip granting the charge an additional +1 modifier.


5x
Guardians of Casterly Rock (elite infantry)
Cost: 12,000 Dragons
Upkeep: 2500 Dragons
Skill: These troops gain +3 to battle rolls if fighting in the Westerlands. This will be divided by their ratio in the fighting forces and decimal points rounded as normal. Therefore, this unit type must compose at least 1/6th of the clashing infantry to gain a +1, 1/2 of the clashing forces to gain +2, and 5/6ths of the clashing forces to gain a full +3.


2x
Westerlander Knights (elite cavalry)
Size: 200 men
Hire Cost: 14,000 Dragons
Upkeep Cost: 2500 Dragons
Skill: If fighting in the Westerlands, they gain +2 to rolls, subject to ratio calculations.

Total: 108,000 GD (102,600 GD - Town Watch)
Upkeep: 23,500

Ready 11.02

[jacb547]

House Stark:
3x Northern Swordsmen
3x Northern Herders