San Goku Shi 7 - Strategy Guide (Page 08)

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How do I go hunting?
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Your Officer needs to be of the WAR type or combat oriented. When an Officer 
who has high WAR visits or is visited you may be given the opportunity to go 
hunting. Hunting with another Officer increases their Bond by a large amount. 
Tigers may also be encountered in cities with low safety. 

I keep getting beaten in battle!
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Try raising your WAR and INT. If you have a low INT you are going to be very 
vulnerable to the enemy's Tactics. Also be sure to raise your Drill to 
maximum and forge the best Arms available for your unit. Increasing your 
Class increases the maximum Troop size for your unit. Increasing your Rank 
increases your TP.

I got demoted/reduced in Rank!
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If you are a Prefect and refuse to follow the city policy set by the Liege, 
the Liege may decide to demote you back to an Officer. A Warlord is usually 
not demoted unless there is another Officer with a higher INT available. 
Getting back to Prefect will usually require increasing your POL ability. 
When a new city becomes available there is a good chance you will be 
appointed as Prefect to that city. Getting back a Warlord position usually 
requires that you increase your INT above that of the current Warlord.

As for Rank, most Lieges will assign Rank to their Officers based on their 
WAR and INT ability. Sometimes they will reassign Rank when they gain a 
higher Title and have more Ranks available to them. In this case you may gain 
or lose a Rank due to this restructuring. The best way to ensure that you 
gain Rank steadily is to work on training your WAR and INT abilities.

My Prefect/Warlord/Liege keeps giving me stupid orders!
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Just like in real life, sometimes your superiors will give orders that are 
rather counterproductive. Your superior may ask you to look for new talent in 
a city that has repeatedly been searched, or ask you to lead a force to 
invade a city that has vastly superior units to yours. If such actions go 
against your better judgment, you can refuse, but your Bond with that Officer 
will decrease. In war situations, if you're an Officer you don't really have 
a choice if your Prefect goes to war. The same thing goes when a Prefect is 
asked by a Warlord to invade. A Warlord can always refuse an order, but again 
their Bond with that Officer will decrease. If things are becoming 
unacceptable, the final solution is to resign from your position and become a 
Ronin.

How do I choose my unit type in battle?
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The type of unit you will be using for the battle is determined by the 
Commanding Officer based on the Arms you currently have and the battlefield 
conditions. If you are the Commanding Officer, you will personally decide the 
unit types of all the Officers for the battle. If someone else chooses you to 
be the Commanding Officer they will select the unit you will use for you. To 
ensure you have the best unit possible you should forge all the Arms 
available for your unit so that the Commanding Officer has a wide selection 
to choose from.

My abilities went down!
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If your Officer receives damage as the result of a Tactic such as Fire, or a 
Ploy such as Assassin, their abilities will go down. Such penalties are 
temporary until the Officer's Health returns to normal. If an Officer has the 
Doctor skill their Health will return to normal the next month. Such 
characters can also heal Officers that come to visit them. If you are visited 
or visit an Officer with the Doctor skill they will also return you back to 
full health. Plague will reduce the Health of all Officers in the city.

How do I get more money?
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The money an Officer receives is based on their Wages. Officers receive Gold 
equal to their wages every January, April, July, and October. Officers can 
also receive money for winning contests or tournaments, from donations 
received while patrolling, or as a reward for loyal service from the Liege. 
Wages can be increased by increasing an Officer's Class or as a reward from 
the Liege for increasing Deeds.

I keep visiting people, but they never take me to visit sites!
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First of all, if an Officer's city does not have a site to visit, you won't 
be seeing any no matter how many times you visit. Second, your Bond with that 
Officer needs to be at a very high level. And last, if an Officer insists on 
doing other things every time you visit (say hunting), you may have to find 
another Officer to build relations with in order to visit a site. It may take 
quite some time to find someone to take you to visit a site, so don't get 
discouraged and keep trying.

Do you get anything when you get 100% Items/Sites?
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Michael Xiao writes in to explain the benefits of getting 100% of the Items 
and Sites:

"After you get all the items, all of your created officers get extra skills 
at creation. The WAR, INT, POL, CHA, BALANCED, GENERAL, and WARLORD types 
also can now get the ORACLE, DOCTOR, CRITIC, and WEALTH skills at creation 
(whereas only the AVERAGE type could before).

After you get all the sites, the maximum ability levels are improved for each 
character type. For the WAR, INT, POL, and CHA types, the respective 
abilities are automatically maxed out at 100. The maximum for the other 
ability levels are also raised by 5-20 points depending on the character type 
(for example, for BALANCED, it's now 90/90/90/90 and for AVERAGE it's
80/80/80/80). The bonus points max is also raised to 100."

How can I get Officers to join me?
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Ronin will often enlist under the Liege that they have the highest Bond with. 
Undiscovered Ronin will often enlist with Lieges whose Officers discover 
them. You can find the locations of hidden Ronin sometimes when you visit 
other people. Officers are more likely to join with another Liege if their 
LOY with their current Liege is low and their Bond is high with both the 
recruiting Officer and recruiting Liege. Officers captured by a Liege are 
more likely to join if they have previously served together. Prefects and 
Warlords will usually never join you when captured unless they have also 
previously served under that Liege. Note that some Officers will never serve 
under a certain Liege no matter what. This is especially true if they were 
historically enemies during the Romance saga.

How do I become a Prefect?
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Usually new Prefects are selected when an old Prefect dies, a new city 
becomes available, or a current Prefect is mismanaging a city (which almost 
never happens to computer controlled Prefects). Lieges will select Officers 
with high POL values since they will be responsible for the management of the 
city. If POL values are similar between candidates, then LOY will be taken 
into consideration.

How do I become a Warlord?
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Warlords are selected solely on the basis of INT ability. If an Officer has a 
higher INT than the current Warlord, the Liege is most likely to choose him 
as a replacement. If INT values are similar, then total Deeds will be taken 
into consideration.

How do I succeed a Liege?
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If a Liege dies and there are no other relatives available as a successor, 
the Officer with the most Deeds is likely to be selected as a candidate. Note 
that the top four Officers under the Liege along with the Warlord determine 
the next successor for a Liege. If you are the Warlord and have at least two 
votes you can automatically name yourself successor.

What is IP?
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IP stands for Influence Points and is a measure of the amount of influence 
that a Warlord has over his Liege and his Officers. Every time a Warlord 
performs a Personnel, Military, Domestic, or Plot command without being asked 
to do so by a Prefect or a Liege, he uses up IP. When the Warlord runs out of 
IP he is unable to do any of those commands (unless asked to) until he 
regains more IP.

How do I get more IP?
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A Warlord regains IP by obtaining Deeds. Deeds increase IP on a point-to-
point basis. The easiest way to get more Deeds is to perform duties that are 
requested of you (you can request to do tasks, but this uses up most of the 
IP you would normally gain). The following is a list of ways for Warlords to 
regain IP from fastest to slowest:

Donate money to the city (1 IP for every 10 Gold donated)
Rank in the top three Officers after a battle (IP regained depends on Glory)
Perform tasks (requested of you)
Perform tasks (that you requested)
Patrol city

For some strange reason Deeds accumulated via poetry contests or tournaments 
don't seem to increase your IP.

People are refusing to see me when I visit!
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Raise your Bond with them via letters. A faster way to increase Bond is to 
use the Social-Gift command but it's usually not necessary in most cases. 
Keep sending letters until you get a favorable response (varies depending on 
your class). If you are still refused admission and your Bond is high, just 
wait for a few months and come back again.

Ronin: Ronin have no problems visiting other Ronin, but usually have more 
difficulty visiting Officers unless their Bond is at least 20 or higher. Keep 
sending letters until the Officer says that they will share information if 
you visit or if they reply that they want to meet with you.

Officers: Officers usually can visit fellow Officers under their Liege 
without any problems, but visiting Prefects may require a bit more bonding. 
Visiting enemy Officers requires a much higher Bond level than usual.

Prefects: Prefects can easily visit Officers in their city and other Officers 
under their Liege. Visiting other Prefects may require some further bonding. 
As usual, visiting enemy Officers should wait until a favorable reply comes 
back.

Warlord/Liege: Warlords can usually visit any Officer under their Liege, even 
if their Bond with that person is 0. Prefects may occasionally be busy, but 
it is a rare occurrence. The same applies to Lieges. Visiting enemy Officers 
is the same for Warlords and Lieges as it is for Officers and Prefects. Keep 
sending letters until you get a favorable reply.

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XXIII. Strangeness in the Three Kingdoms
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This section is for the bizarre occurrences I've found while journeying 
throughout the Three Kingdoms.

What you say?

During duels you'll notice some rather interesting remarks such as "Ha ha ha! 
I'll cut into pieces!" and "I will not take you lightly. Let us begi!"

A whole lot of IP

If you're a Warlord and are advising your Liege to accept a high rank 
(Archduke or higher), you will notice that your current IP is stated at over 
six million (6,264,240 to be exact).

Let's be friends...Not!

You will notice in the game that envoys will frequently visit your Liege 
bearing gifts of friendship, and then immediately launch an attack against 
you afterwards. Maybe they're trying to lull you into a false sense of 
security? In addition Lieges are notorious for attacking countries that have 
just offered gifts to them in the same turn.

What are you aiming at?

While computer controlled units love to frequently use surround tactics, the 
AI is a bit screwy when it comes to arrow attacks. The computer will often 
neglect to attack even when a target is in range (and without the Counter 
skill). The computer also tends to hit its allies (yourself included) with 
volley attacks that could have all hit the enemy instead if it had been aimed 
correctly. Sometimes the AI will even fire volleys at one target, hitting you 
in the process (big surprise).

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse

Whenever a Liege asks a Warlord for advice on whether or not to accept a 
joint attack proposal, the first two options are Accept Proposal and the 
third is No Advice. Selecting the second option does work the same as Refuse 
Proposal however.

We're attacking where?

When a Prefect gets ready for invading another city, they will mention that 
they are preparing a campaign against their own city.

Where was it flying?

When a flood occurs, you get the message that "The river has overflown!" It 
should be "The river has overflowed!" =)

Where is everyone?

In the last scenario, after a decade or so there will be a serious lack of 
Officers everywhere. Many cities will have only a Prefect guarding them. Some 
cities won't have any Officers at all. I'm not sure what is up with that, but 
I'm guessing that there was a serious lack of historical Officers to populate 
that scenario. In any case, eventually there will be so little Officers left 
that the game will end in a draw because no one will attack anyone anymore 
(the computer won't attack a city if it ends up leaving no Officers left in 
the base city). The fact that Officers will be dying of old age right and 
left will not help matters any. Very strange indeed.

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XXIV. Special Events
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As you might have noticed, there are many special events can occur in the 
game if certain requirements are met. Unfortunately, these requirements are 
very specific and usually involve having certain Officers in certain cities, 
and/or certain Lieges being allied with one another during a certain period 
of time. Not to mention that some events require that certain events have 
take place before that. While these events are interesting to watch, in the 
course of a regular game you're probably not going to meet the requirements 
normally unless you try very hard to do so. I've found some events that occur 
relatively easily with a minimum of fuss. Here are some of them.

Bronze Pheasant Tower (Construction)
Requirements: Discovery of the Bronze Pheasant event must have occurred. A 
Liege controls Ye and has Emperor Xian within his territory. The Liege and 
his Warlord are in the same city that has more than 50,000 Gold.
Result: Construction for a tower for the Bronze Pheasant will begin.

Bronze Pheasant Tower (Completion)
Requirements: Bronze Pheasant Tower (Construction) event must have occurred. 
A Liege controls Ye and has Emperor Xian within his territory.
Result: Ye's Commerce will increase. The Liege's Fame will increase.

Chen Qun's Nine Class System
Requirements: Chen Qun must serve a Liege that controls the Emperor and has 
at least 12 cities, one of which must be Ye.
Result: Chen Qun outlines a Nine class system for that Liege. The safety of 
all the Liege's cities increases, as does the loyalty of all the Liege's 
Officers.

Cheng Yu Recommends Guo Jia
Requirements: Cheng Yu must serve a Liege. Guo Jia is not discovered yet.
Result: Cheng Yu will recommend his Liege hire Guo Jia. Guo Jia will enlist 
with that Liege.

Discovery of the Bronze Pheasant
Requirements: A Liege controls Ye and has Emperor Xian within his territory.
Result: The Liege will obtain the Bronze Pheasant Treasure.

Envoy from Japan
Requirements: A Liege controls at least 28 cities, two of which must be Luo 
Yang and Xiang Ping. The Liege and his Warlord must be in the same city.
Result: An envoy from Japan arrives to pay tribute to the Liege. That Liege's 
Fame increases.

Five Tiger Generals
Requirements: Liu Bei is a Liege and holds the title of King. Guan Yu, Huang 
Zhong, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun serve Liu Bei.
Result: Liu Bei declares these five Officers his Tiger Generals.

Guo Jia Recommends Liu Ye
Requirements: Guo Jia must serve a Liege. Liu Ye is not discovered yet.
Result: Guo Jia will recommend that his Liege hire Liu Ye. Liu Ye will enlist 
with that Liege.

Han Hao's Commerce Plan
Requirements: Han Hao must serve a Liege that controls Xu Chang.
Result: Han Hao will suggest to your Liege that Troops be drafted to work the 
fields in order to increase commerce. As a result the population of Xu Chang 
will increase drastically.

Hex Mark
Requirements: Liu Bei is a Liege and owns Hex Mark.
Result: Yi Ji will visit Liu Bei and tell him that Hex Mark is cursed. Liu 
Bei and Yi Ji's Bond increases.

Liu Ye Recommends Lu Qian and Man Chong
Requirements: Liu Ye must serve a Liege. Lu Qian and Man Chong are not 
discovered yet.
Result: Liu Ye will recommend that his Liege hire Lu Qian and Man Chong. Lu 
Qian and Man Chong will enlist with that Liege.

Lu Qian and Man Chong Recommends Mao Jie
Requirements: Lu Qian and Man Chong must serve the same Liege. Mao Jie is not 
discovered yet.
Result: Lu Qian and Man Chong will recommend that their Liege hire Mao Jie. 
Mao Jie will enlist with that Liege.

Lu Su Recommends Zhuge Jin
Requirements: Lu Su must serve a Liege. Zhuge Jin is not discovered yet.
Result: Lu Su will recommend that his Liege hire Zhuge Jin. Zhuge Jin will 
enlist with that Liege.

Xiahou Dun Recommends Dian Wei
Requirements: Xiahou Dun must serve a Liege. Dian Wei is not discovered yet.
Result: Xiahou will recommend that his Liege hire Dian Wei. Dian Wei will 
enlist with that Liege.

Xun You and Xun Yu Recommends Cheng Yu
Requirements: Xun You and Xun Yu serve the same Liege. Cheng Yu is not 
discovered yet.
Result: The two Xuns will recommend that their Liege hire Cheng Yu. Cheng Yu 
will enlist with that Liege.

Yi Ji Recommends the Ma Brothers
Requirements: Yi Ji must serve a Liege. Ma Liang and Ma Su are not discovered 
yet.
Result: Yi Ji will recommend that his Liege hire Ma Liang and Ma Su. Ma Liang 
and Ma Su will enlist with that Liege.

Zhang Hong Recommends Gu Yong
Requirements: Zhang Hong must serve a Liege. Gu Yong is not discovered yet.
Result: Zhang Hong will recommend that his Liege hire Gu Yong. Gu Yong will 
enlist with that Liege.

Zhou Yu Recommends Lu Su
Requirements: Zhou Yu is a Warlord. Lu Su is not discovered yet.
Result: Zhou Yu will recommend that his Liege hire Lu Su. Lu Su will enlist 
with that Liege.

Zhuge Liang Becomes Liu Bei's Warlord
Requirements: Liu Bei is a Liege and controls Xin Ye.
Result: Zhuge Liang becomes Liu Bei's Warlord.

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Meeting of the Southern and Northern Mystics
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Every two years the Southern Mystic of Life and the Northern Mystic of Death 
will meet to discuss the most famous heroes in the land. The top ten Officers 
with the most Fame will be displayed, as will their previous ranking from 
before. If an Officer has at least four types of units and ten skills, the 
Mystics will give that Officer the Bless skill. If you place in the top ten, 
the Mystics will give you a gift of 3000 gold. If you increase your ranking 
in the top ten, the Mystics will give you 3000 gold every time you do so.

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XXV. Acknowledgements
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"Were I destroyed and ground into the earth, I should be unable to repay the 
kindness I have experienced."
                                       - Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei

Special thanks to:

Koei (www.koeigames.com) - The people that made such a great game and brought 
it over to the U.S. We're looking forward to Dynasty Tactics and Mystic 
Heroes. =)

GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) - The best site for all your game FAQ needs.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Online (www.threekingdoms.com) - This is online 
version of the novel on which this game is based on. Invaluable if you want 
to read the history behind the characters and events in the game. The quotes 
used in this FAQ were taken from the novel.

Kayne0000, megamisama, Wage Slave - For posting all the hidden characters in 
the game at the GameFAQs ROTTK7 message boards.

The American Heritage Dictionary - For information on historical characters.

Quatoria - For informing me that Normal Jean is Marilyn Monroe's original 
name. 

Ahjenta - For information on assassination visitation as well as the site 
locations.

gr1mm - For information on the various city types.

Kevin Wong - For information on the George Patton secret character.

Michael Xiao - For information on the effects of completing 100% of the 
Items/Sites.

You can find this FAQ posted at the following places:

GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) - (most current version)
Cheat Code Central (www.cheatcc.com)
Kongming's Archives (kongming.net)

This document is Copyright 2002 Brian Nii. Feel free to distribute or post as 
long as you don't change my name or try and make any money off of it, okay? 
Letting me know about it would be good too. =)