It wasn't that hard to make any captured unit fully convertible now that the framework for converted renascents is in place, so this was a natural step to take.
The only thing holding these conversions back was the how, but I've settled on a cost in Merits to represent both the influence required to convert enemies and the uncertainty they'll cause within your ranks. Thus, if you choose to capture any unit, you'd be given the chance to either get rid of it for half it's Size value in Merits, keep it as forced labour, or fully convert it at the cost of the same half-size price. This makes small units almost trivial to convert, but large units significantly more expensive, up to 10 Merits in case you want to convert a Terror From the Deep or something like that.
So far, an August release is unrealistic, a September one is not impossible, and an October one is an almost-worst case scenario.
...but what will I do at work all August without new Anamnesis?
ReplyDeleteSuggestion: could you make it so that trying to convert monsters and/or technological thingies like battleships would have a chance of failure and fun results? Somehow I can't imagine a Stalwart aristocrat just convincing a Terror from the Deep over tea and crumpets about the value of representational democracy. In the case of big machines, I imagine the conversion would include getting new crews to use them - giving the Sword of I-V to a bunch of beastmen sounds like a great idea.
Good idea, I'll start working on some negative outcomes that won't delay this release and consider further fun stuff for future releases.
DeleteWould it make the release faster if I sacrificed my firstborn* to you on an altar made of ASCII?
ReplyDelete*No firstborn exists as yet, but I'll keep practicing on the process to create one. Unfortunately "I've won Anamnesis - thrice" isn't as good of a pick up line as I thought.
I've never tried sacrificing a firstborn, but I guess no harm could come from it, let me know how it turns out.
DeleteAs for making one, the pick up line looks fine to me, you're probably just wooing people interested in other kinds of characters. Visit some other territories and try wooing again once their perception about you changes.