APPOINTMENTS

Applying for Appointments

The opening of an appointment is posted in the newsletter two months before the appointment is to be filled. (See Calendar of Appointments below). Qualified characters may apply for the appointment in their orders for the month following the posting. All applicants will be listed in the newsletter following the posting. If the appointment is made by an NPC, influence may be used on the NPC in favor of particular applicants in orders for the second month following the posting. Two months after the initial posting, the new holder of the appointment will be announced. All appointments will be filled; an NPC will fill posts not filled by player characters.
 

Types of Appointments

Governors, Inspectors General and Quarter Master Generals do not go to the front. Characters must resign these positions in order to have time to go to the front.

Holders of Civil Appointments may not hold active field commands, nor go to the front, and must resign the Civil Appointment before accepting any military appointment. Characters applying for these positions must resign any active field command held. Note that Colonels and lower do not have to resign their commissions to apply for or accept Civil Appointments. However, these lower ranking characters must resign their commissions to keep a Civil Appointment if forced to go to the front. After the appointment expires, they must start at the bottom when re-entering the Military.

Military appointments are open to holders of the rank shown (which may be brevet) or of one rank higher. Military appointment holders lose the appointment if they rise more than one rank above that listed as the qualification for the appointment.

When a character gains an appointment, he will receive monthly the SP's, Influence and pay shown in the SP, Inf and Pay columns. Because NPC's will also be applying for appointments, it is not certain that a PC will get the appointment. A character must roll higher on 1d6 than the number in the Die column to receive the appointment. Some modifiers on this roll are noted below the tables. Characters may also influence the Who Appoints (if a NPC) to gain a bonus on the roll (or a penalty to hinder the appointment of someone else). There can be no more characters holding an appoinment than noted in the No. column. Only characters having at least the Minimum SL (noted in Min SL) and the required Rank as noted in Rank (or Rank + 1) may apply for the Appointment.

Miscellaneous Appointments

Playwright in Residence

• Min SL: 5
• Appointed by: Queen
• Die Roll to be appointed: 6 on 1d6
• Roll modified by : +1 for every two profitable plays in past year , -1 for each unprofitable play
• Status: 5 SP / month
• Influence: Influence Level 3
• Pay : None

King's Champion

• Min SL: 10
• Appointed by: King
• Die Roll to be appointed: 6 on 1d6
• Roll modified by : See below
• Status: 6 SP / month
• Influence: Level 9 Favor given when the King's honor is successfully defended.
• Pay: None

The application is modified by the following:

• +1 for every 3 levels above 18 EXP
• +1 for every 3 SL above the minimum
• +1 if a member of the KM or RFG
• +1 for each KC defeated in duels

If the King's Champion wins a duel over a matter of the King's honor, His Majesty will be particularly impressed and award his Champion a Level 9 Influence on a roll of 11 or 12 on 2d6. If the King's Champion loses, he is instantly dismissed, loses all unused favors, and suffers the loss of 6 SPs that month. He may not re-apply for the post for 12 months. The victor of a duel over a matter of the King's honor gains an extra 4 SPs. Anyone who refuses the KC's challenge is disgraced.

Court Minstrel

• SL: 7 through 14
• Appointed by: Crown Prince
• Die Roll to be appointed: 6 on 1d6
• Roll modified by: +1 if a poem is submitted with the application
• Status: (17 - SL) SP / month
• Influence: In form of Favors
• Pay: 20 crowns / month

Chief d'Art

• Min SL: 10
• Appointed by: King
• Die roll to be appointed: 5 or higher on 1d6
• Roll modified by: +1 for every 3 SL above minimum SL
• Status: 4 SP / month
• Influence: In form of Favors
• Pay: 25 crown / month

Royal Astronomer

The Royal Astronomer must draw a horoscope for the royal family each month (superstitious lot). The GM will make an omen roll on 2d6 to determine the actual horoscope drawn and the omen it shows. The Royal Astronomer must state in his orders which omens he will truthfully report to the Royal Family, about which he will lie, and the omen he will falsly report.
 

• Min SL: 9
• Appointed by: King
• Die roll to be appointed: 4 or higher on 1d6
• Roll modified by: +1 for every two additional treatises submitted
• Status: 5 SP / month
• Influence: In form of Favors
• Pay: 25cr / month

NOTES ON THE MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT TABLES

Trooper of the King's Escort

Trooper of the Cardinal's Escort

Ensign of the King's Escort

Ensign of the Cardinal's Escort

Adjutants and Brigade Majors

The number of Adjutant and Brigade Major positions is strictly limited to the number formations of the appropriate level within the Force Structure. Thus there can never be more than two Army Adjutants. The Brigade Major or Adjutant uses the same personal outcome modifiers as their commander. At the end of the Adjutant's or Brigade Major's term of service, he may receive a favor in the following way. If the Adjutant or Brigade Major has a MA which is two or more higher than the Commander of the Formation they serve, they come to the attention of the Commander of the Formation which is one echelon higher on the Force Structure, and receive a favor of the level necessary to influence the Commander of the Formation above theirs. ( eg, The 1st Army adjutant, has an MA 3 higher than the Commander of the 1st Army, and has come to the end of his term. The Field Marshal has noticed his skillful service, and gives him a favor I(7) to help him on his way. )

Captain of the King's Escort

Captain of the Cardinal's Escort

Aide to the Crown Prince

Advocate de Militair

Army Provost

Quartermaster General of an Army

City / Provincial (Military or Civilian) Governor

Inspector Generals

Inspector Generals are appointed by the Minister of War for the purpose of assuring that Regiments are properly equipped, trained and up to full strength. The Inspector General of Infantry is responsible for assuring the quality of Infantry Regiments, While the Inspector General of Cavalry is responsible for Cavalry Regiments. Each Inspector General has an Aide which he recruits from among Captains or Majors of Regiments of the appropriate type.

Player Inspector Generals must hold a surprise inspection of one of the Regiments of the proper type ( Cavalry or Infantry ) which is currently in Paris each season, but may hold an inspectin as often as once a month. NPC IGs will hold an inspection on the first month of every season, and every month where irregularities are noticed ( see Military Embezzlement ). NPC IGs will also hold an inspection if influenced to inspect a particular Regiment ( see 1 below ).  NPC IGs will determine which Regiment to inspect using the following criterion, the lowest number taking precedence.

1) If an IG has been Influenced to choose a particular Regiment ( roll of 7 on d6, highest modified die roll determines in cases of multiple attempts to influence this ) he will do so.

2) If the IG was informed of irregularties by the paymaster ( see Military Embezzlement section of  the Military rules ) the IG will inspect a randomly selected Regiment from among Regiments whose members were noticed the previous turn.

3) Otherwise, a random Regiment is selected.

Surprise Inspections consist of two elements:

A) Military Standards

The IG first decides whether the Regiment being inspected meets the standard for training, equipment etc. An NPC IG will find that a Regiment meets the standard on a die roll of 2 or better on a d6 ( subject to influence ). If a Regiment is found not to meet military standards, all personnel currently assigned to the Regiment must spend one extra week the following month remedying their deficiencies. This week is lost to the members of the Regiment for game purposes. Regiments which were to leave for the front the next month are replaced with another Regiment of the same type according to the Volunteers section of the Military rules if possible. If no other Regiment is available, then the Regiment leaves as scheduled, and the finding of deficiency has no further effect. Player IGs must find one Regiment deficient during the first season of their appointment, or they lose the appointment. (exception: if no Regiments of the proper type are in Paris during the first season of the appointment, the deadline is extended for another season.

B) Inspection of the Books

The IG then inspects the financial records of the Regiment. For every officer who embezzles during the month of inspection a seperate check is made to determine whether the IG finds evidence. The impropriety is discovered on a roll of 13 or better on 2d6, and is modified by the following factors.

+1 for each level of embezzlement commited by the officer ( see Military Embezzlement section of the Military rules )

The above modifier is divided by 2 rounded up if the Regiment was tipped off by the Aide to the Inspector General. NPC Aides will warn a particular Regiment on a roll of 7 on a d6 ( influence needed ). Obviously any attempt to influence the Aide must occur in anticipation of the Inspection. Player Aides to the IG must list the Regiments which they will warn in their orders each month. A player Aide who warns a Regiment will be noticed on a roll of 11+ on 2d6. NPC IGs will immediately dismiss an Aide who warns a Regiment of an inspection.

Consequences of Discovery:

If an NPC  IG discovers evidence of Embezzlement, he will announce his findings in the Newsletter, and the officer mentioned will lose the status he would normally receive for his Rank. A player IG may choose to delay all announcements, or make them immediately. He must state which in his orders. The default is announcement. If he delays the announcement, the GM will inform him (and his player Aide) of any evidence privately. He may choose to make the announcement the following month, or ignore the evidence. If he ignores the evidence he will be discovered by the JAG on a roll of 11+ on 2d6, and charged with gross incompetence. 

An officer found by the IG to have embezzled has the following options:

1) Admit guilt. He must also pay a fine = to 100 * the level of embezzlement. Half of the fine will revert to the Crown, and half will be pocketed by the IG. NPC IGs will always allow this option for players below the rank of Colonel, but never to Colonels or Brigadiers.

2) Deny the charge, and demand a Court Marshal to determine whether he is guilty. ( see the Court Marshal section of the Trials rules )

3) Resign his commission.
 

Field Marshal

Commissioner of Public Safety

The CPS can take up to five people in custody per year, during which the victim is incarcerated for one week. (These are not considered to be normal arrests, but simply preventive incarcerations.) He can make an unlimited number of arrests for the MoJ and of persons sought for trial. He may also trump up false charges against five players per year and thus bring them to trial. During the first two seasons of his appointment, he must arrest, put on trial, and convict one player character. If he is unable to do so, he loses the appointment. He gets 50% of all fines from the trials over which he was the Presiding Judge (the other 50% go to the King).

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Minister of Justice

Judge Advocate General

Minister of War

Minister of State

Religious Appointments