New investment rules

[huillaume]

As Administration skill means the capacity of managing economy, I’d suggest to modify the investments also with Admin roll. The modifiers could be:

"Regular" investments (arms/finances/trade). Two possibilities:

1. As a merchant Admin roll (-20% to +20%). (e.g. 1: benefit id 60%. On an admin result of 1, it becomes 80%, on a result of 6, it becomes a 40%. E.g. 2: on a result of -20%, with an admin result of 1 it becomes a 0, on an admin result of 6 it becomes -40%)
2. On a result 1-2, move it one line (2 more or less brigades, or 1 BR) on the investor’s favor. On a 5-6, do it on investors disadvantage (e.g. investment is in finances, a result of 1-2 means conting it as if 2 brigades less were sent, a result of 5-6 as 2 brigades more. Investment is in trade, a result of 1-2 means as if ABR was 1 better, a result of 5-6 as if ABR was 1 worse)

See that option 1 gives the possibility of higher benefits (or losses) than the maximum possible according tables, while the second one keeps them within the specified limits…

On seasonal investments, the admin BR could give DMs to the results.

I'd don't use it for expeditions, as they depend more on other factors...

Disclaimer: this is thought more on a "realistic" POV than game balance one. It might make Admin skill overposwered (but then again, I guess most players with enough money to so invest, being either nobles or merchants, will have decent Admin skills)

[Ymbert Montgomery]

In terms of balance, I think the worry there is specifically if it would be o/p in conjunction with the bonuses investment merchants already get.

[huillaume]

39.21 The Controller-General of Finance gives a medium investment + or -2, or a risky investment + or -1. An intendant of Finance gives + or -1 to either (with a maximum of + or -2 regardless of the number of intendants. A Governor may give + or -1 to a medium investment, assuming the investment opportunity is within his province.

Is there any limit to this use (a maximum of investments where each officer can use it) or they can freely use them to as many investments as they wish?

[Ymbert Montgomery]

They can freely use it on as many as they wish. (What I would say which isn't in there is that a natural one and twenty stay unmodified so there's still some risk).