Patreon BTS #3 - Betavengers Societies and Thernos

I have been able to get a little more work done on the Betavengers mod - things have been very busy recently (I'll explain more until the end) but I think I have enough for a new behind the scenes preview.

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The focus has been entirely on the foundations of the societies for the mod - something in place to build on as much, or as little, as we think is necessary to getting the mod finished. Mechanically, everything you'd expect from the societies is in place; entrance event, ranking systems, and a strict hierarchy ensuring that Thernos and the Betavengers aren't outranked by Count Armpit of Bumfuck Nowhere, in their respective societies. There is only a small amount of extra mechanical work to do (designating and combating great threats) before it's basically playable.

So this time all I need help with is flavour. I want to flesh out the societies a bit more than their current function, which is currently just an excuse to have the characters interact with one another and build relationships and stories. The foundations are all in place to be expanded on as we see fit, I want it to be fun, but also story building. I also want it to help create these characters naturally from the randomly spawned AI, albeit rarely.

I've always said that the AI in CK2 has never been able to keep up with the complexity of the game. Where the player can breed a strong child, invite the best martial educator in the world to court to tutor it, give it artifacts, books, bloodlines, then eventually take that character through a warrior lodge until it's an unkillable Goliath, the AI simply doesn't focus like that. So through these societies I have offered the AI a chance to build themselves up fairly significantly with events. The player will also have access to some training events (as long as they're not too powerful already) but they'll have significantly diminished chances of success compared to the AI.

Anyway, throw me a message, leave a comment here, or discord, or wherever I'll see it and I can start working on flavouring.

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As for me, things have been a pretty tricky over the past month. I talked about it briefly but we have just over a couple of weeks to find a new house to live in. After 28 inquiries, I had 2 responses, neither of which are getting back to me despite many strong-worded emails. I have asked my parents to clear out a room for me, but given that it's 5 hours away then I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with a house full of things when the time comes.

Suffice to say, the content might end up being a little thin on the ground on account of me being borderline homeless, which as far as excuses go, I feel isn't a terrible one.

The government yesterday announced a slow return back to normal, so moving for non-essential reasons is now possible again (through we were an essential reason anyway) which means estate agents will hopefully open up again now there's some profit in it, and more importantly, they might return my damn calls and emails.

Either way, I'll give you all a heads up if or when I become homeless, then you can pause your pledges until I get the content back up on its feet again. I guess if nothing else I could livestream from my phone.

I can see it now - Raid: Shadow Legends Episode #248.

Anyway, enjoy the video, and I'll hopefully be back soon with more updates to the Betavengers!

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