Buying Promotion in a regiment

[neilnicholls]

in the rulebook 20.17 it mentions
" the necessity for someone to spend three months in a higher rank before buying the next rank up."

Does this apply to all ranks?
So I have to serve as a subaltern for 3 months before purchasing Captain?

[huillaume]

I guess so...

When this was discussed, it was from Major up, as otehrwise one could join a Regiment and immediatly volunteer his Batalion, and we decided some trust from the regiment must be gained before being able to volunteer anything. As now Captains can volunteer their companies, I guess it's the same case.

Nonetheless, the GM will tell you for sure.

[Louis XIV]

Rule 20.20 states "When a character has served in a rank for three months they may buy the next rank up, assuming there is a vacancy."

You will need to serve 3 months as a subaltern (February was the 1st month) before purchasing promotion to Lieutenant (Dragoon Guards equivalent of an infantry Captain).

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[neilnicholls]

thanks - the time i spent fiddling around with "Find" in the word document one would have thought i would have found it