Overview
⚙️ 3. Tech Level
The mastery of engineering, metallurgy, and the practical application of magical ores.
- 🦴 Primitive (0/5): Primordial. Tools of bone and stone. Fire is the only technology; the secrets of the forge are locked away in the future.
- ⚒️ Standard (1/5): Basic. Simple iron smelting and coarse masonry. Enough to build a village and arm a militia, but lacks any structural finesse.
- 🏰 Advanced (2/5): Established. Solid steel, heavy fortifications, and mechanical siege engines. The standard for the major kingdoms of the current era.
- ⚙️ Refined (3/5): Engineered. The absolute peak of the Dark Ages. Precision clockwork, complex hydraulics, and stable use of Heliot for industry.
- 💠 Exceptional (4/5): Vaelverian. Integration of Mazurite into mechanisms. Technology that borders on the impossible, now found only in crumbling ruins.
- 🌀 Zenith (5/5): Primordial Peak. The level of the Ancient Empires (Yuan-Se). Mastery of Adictite and deep-earth forging. Artifacts from this era are essentially divine.
💰 1. Economy
The financial health, trade volume, and resource management of the state.
- 💀 Destitute (0/5): Bankruptcy. Barter is the only way; the treasury is a hollow echo.
- 🏚️ Struggling (1/5): Hand-to-mouth. High taxes, low yield. The state barely feeds its own.
- 🌾 Sustaining (2/5): Self-sufficient. Enough to live, not enough to grow. Trade is strictly local.
- 📈 Thriving (3/5): Prosperous. Merchant guilds are active; the currency is respected beyond borders.
- 💎 Opulent (4/5): Wealthy. Gold flows like water. The state buys what it cannot build.
- 🟣 Bloated (5/5): Excess. Economic gravity so strong it pulls neighboring markets into its orbit.
⚔️ 2. Military
The lethality, discipline, and structural organization of the armed forces.
- 🏳️ Defenseless (0/5): Collapse. No organized defense exists. Any passing warband effectively dictates the rules.
- 🔱 Militia (1/5): Rabble. The bulk of the force consists of peasants called from the fields. No offensive capability or formal training.
- 🛡️ Organized (2/5): Structured. Presence of local watch, mercenaries, and some hierarchy. Basic gear is provided, but unified command is weak.
- 🦅 Regular (3/5): Reformed. A permanent, professional standing army. Drilled troops, standardized equipment, and absolute loyalty to the Crown.
- 🔥 Formidable (4/5): Tradition. Battle-hardened orders and regiments. Strong military schools and deep experience in both siegecraft and expansion.
- 👑 Supreme (5/5): Hegemony. An unstoppable war machine. Legendary commanders, flawless logistics, and a record of zero defeats.