Warlord’s Path (Train Smart, Upgrade Fast)
This mod is designed with one simple goal in mind: providing the fastest, Ironman-compatible way to unlock all Martial Lifestyle perks and traits, without breaking the in-game logic or balance. It doesn’t change core mechanics but streamlines the process by removing RNG and excessive clicks.
Let’s say you want to fully max out the Martial Lifestyle. Doing it the “natural” way would take around 1.5–2 in-game years per perk. With 27 perks in total, that means at least 40 years of your character’s life and countless hours of real time. And that’s assuming you stay completely focused. It’s long, tedious, and exhausting.
But with this mod, you can unlock the entire Martial Lifestyle branch in just 6–12 in-game months or roughly 2 hours of real time.
Training in castles! Without this mod the process relies heavily on RNG and requires tons of unnecessary clicks, which quickly becomes frustrating. This mod fixes those issues, making training as fast and click-efficient as possible.
TLDR: This mod saves you time, your nerves, thousands of unnecessary clicks and lets you
If that’s all you need to know, you’re good to go. Want more details? Keep reading!
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This is because only with the Roads to Power DLC can players roam the map as Landless Adventurers and access new mechanics such as "Visit Castle Holdings" (to train in local training grounds) and "Visit Temple Holdings" (to train your companions’ Learning skill).
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- Prowess +21: Gain +5 prowess in minutes, plus unlock the Legendary Blademaster trait (+12 prowess) in just another 5–10 minutes. With a bit more effort, hit a total of +21 prowess in no time.
- Fully unlocked Martial Lifestyle: Unlock all 27 perks and 3 main traits like Strategist, Overseer, or Gallant, each of which gives additional bonuses.
- Top-Tier Learning companions: Train your companions’ Learning up to 100 in about 20 minutes (letting them first get the Renowned Physician trait in a few minutes) and turn them into healing and faith-converting machines.
- Faith Conversion domination: Once you’re landed, your companions will be able to convert provinces in just 2–5 months, letting you reshape the map faster than ever.
With the Roads to Power DLC, players can now visit castles, temples, and cities as a Landless Adventurer. In castles, you can participate in training sessions to boost your prowess and progress in the Martial Lifestyle, while in temples, you can enhance your companions’ learning.
When you visit a castle with a companion who has Martial 14+, you can train with them at the training grounds. If you don’t have such a companion, you can recruit one at taverns or castle garrisons.
When visiting castles, choose the first option: ‘Let us have a look at … castle.’ Then select: ‘Let us visit the local training grounds.’ Finally, choose: ‘Have at you…(companion’s name).’"
Each successful training session grants:
- +1 prowess for each of the first 5 sessions (+5 Prowess).
- Progress toward Blademaster traits:
– Aspiring Blademaster (+3 prowess)
– Blademaster (+6 prowess)
– Legendary Blademaster (+12 prowess) - +100 Martial Lifestyle Experience for every session beyond the Blademaster traits.
What does this mean in practice?
- 10 successful sessions = 1 Martial Lifestyle perk.
- 9 perks (90 sessions) = 1 Lifestyle trait (Strategist, Overseer, or Gallant).
- 270 successful sessions = All perks and traits unlocked in the Martial Lifestyle.
- This means you can fully max out the Martial Lifestyle in just a few months and without ever stepping into combat, just through training.
There are two major pains with the DLC:
- Companion Selection Issues: You don’t control who accompanies you during castle or temple visits. If your camp has many companions, the wrong ones often show up, forcing you to deal with frustrating RNG and extra clicks.
- Excessive Clicking: Unlocking all Martial Lifestyle perks and traits requires 270+ successful training sessions. This can easily translate into thousands of clicks just to cycle through companions to unlock all the traits.
- Smarter Companion Selection: In castles, only those you cntrain with (Martial 14+) will accompany you. And in temples only those capable of learning (Learning 14+) will accompany you. This eliminates the need to sift through irrelevant companions, saving you thousands of clicks.
- Wounded and Pregnant Logic: Severely injured and pregnant companions won’t accompany you, ensuring no wasted clicks while keeping the babies safe. Lightly wounded companions will still show up, as they’re eligible for training.
- Healing Signals: If no one shows up, it’s a signal to visit a temple to heal your team and resume the process.
- Healing & Learning Upgrades: Temples are where your wounded companions heal and your Learning geniuses thrive.
- Healing Prioritized: Wounded, injured, and ill companions take priority for healing. Once they’re healed, only those eligible for Learning upgrades will accompany you. They’ll first unlock Physician Traits and gain Novice Physician, Physician, and Renowned Physician traits (in just 2–3 visits per trait).
- Learning Upgrades: After that, each temple visit grants +1 Learning to your companion. Unlike castle training, temple visits guarantee upgrades. This means that you can max out your companions’ Learning in just a few minutes, gaining a Learning 100 powerhouse.
- Such companions: can keep you and your team healthy, acting as healing machines and, once you become landed, convert provinces at maximum possible speed (2–5 months per province).
- Unlock all Martial Lifestyle Perks and Traits (and a lot more): in just 2 hours or so.
- Save Time & Clicks: No more endless clicking to find the right training companion.
- Accelerate Progression: Unlock perks, traits, and Learning upgrades faster than ever.
- Enjoy the Game: Discover the pleasure of saving yourself a thousand clicks!
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