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Preliminary rules for Eressea 2009 (aka Eressea 1.1)

Miscellaneous

There is no HELP GIVE option
To reduce the amount of units required, there is no more perception or stealth, and likewise, no stealing.
All money-making commands (BUY/SELL/TAX/ENTERTAIN/WORK) have been removed.
The TEACH command has been removed.
The SABOTAGE command has been removed.
The SPY command has been removed.
The DELIVER command has been removed. Use @GIVE to achieve the same result.
You can no longer give items or people to other players with the GIVE command.
Captains receive a +1 bonus to their ship's range for every 7 levels of sailing skill (7 = 1, 14 = 2, 21 = 3)
Hunger does not stop long orders.

Every faction has a main race that can be recruited for $100/person, and a secondary race for $500
Valid race combinations are (with secondary race): human(elf), halfling(dwarf), goblin(demon), orc(troll)
There are no cats, insects, aquarians
Humans can not get migrants (see GIVE).
To recruit the secondary race, specify the race, e.g. RECRUIT 10 TROLL. Units can not be mixed-race.
Goblins cost only 6 silver maintenance
Humans get shipcraft +3, sailing +3
The familiar races get shuffled around a bit
Trolls cannot ride
All races start with 20 hitpoints except for goblins who start with 16.
All daemons begin their life with Stamina 6. Trolls begin with Stamina 2.
Hunger can no longer kill a fully rested unit.
Orcs no longer start life with weapon skills.

The faction with the biggest castle or watch (see below) in a region is the owner of that region.
A new building, the watch, exists in two sizes: 1-4: guard house, 5-10: guard tower. To build it, use MAKE WATCH (MACHE WACHE). Cost is 1 wood per size.
The owner of a region gets 1-2% of the region's silver in taxes every month.
The tax money is given to the owner of the biggest castle.
Taxation happens after working.
Region ownership is recalculated after taxation.
Only the secondary races (demon, dwarf, elf, troll) can learn magic.

You will no longer get the a skill bonus added to your damage.
halberds and greatswords no longer give a bonus when used on horseback.
Horses give no benefit in combat excpet 10% increase in the chance to flee.
We introduce a new type of horse: The charger (dt.: Streitross). Chargers can be produced in a stables, with a Training skill of 4, 1 iron, 200 silver and a horse for each. See also combat changes above.
Chargers (war horses) give a bonus of riding*3/2-3 to the combat skill and 20% increase in chance to flee.
Heroes have 3 attacks per turn, not 10.
Only monsters and the corpses of your own army provide loot (no loopholes for the removed GIVE)

Peasants in every region have an initial morale of 2.
When a region loses its' owner, morale falls to 0.
For every 10 turns under the same ownership, a region's morale rises by 1 point.
A region's taxes are a percentage of the peasants' wealth equal to the region's morale or the size of the biggest castle or watch, whichever is smaller.