RimWorld - Royalty

Bullet shield creates a small temporary safe zone for attack or retreat. Quest givers may even provide special helpers during the quest - for example, a quest may ask you to fight a huge mechanoid cluster, but also include help from elite Imperial cataphracts to make the battle winnable. Burden and stun slow and halt your foes. Ascetic colonists meditate to blank walls. Beckon mind-controls foes into approaching you. Instead, the system procedurally generates unique quests with every new game. Each title allows you to choose or upgrade an Imperial permit: Imperial troopers, janissaries, and cataphracts drop in to fight for you in times of need. The guests may be injured or healthy, useful allies or helpless burdens, single or numerous. Extract wounded allies, cross no man's land, pull enemies into melee brawls, shift cover where you want it. Imperial hospitality quests ask the player to host a group of Imperials. Flashstorm calls down a storm of lightning. Honor brings Imperial titles like acolyte, knight, and baron. Psychic powers require psychic meditation. This expansion adds a large variety of quest content. Painblock and focus modify the mind for combat. It's more effective when the grave has a related person in it. Word of inspiration confers creative energy. Since RimWorld is a story-generation game, quests aren't fixed like in other games. Shuttles take you where you want to go. Colonists can complete quests to earn honor with the Empire. Their refugee fleet settles the rimworld, and seeks allies. Since they have no faction, you can treat them with kindness or brutality. Morbid colonists with psychopath, cannibal, or bloodlust traits meditate to graves. Their honor-bound culture wields hyper-advanced technology, while bowing to the ancient traditions of kings and queens. There are multiple ways to develop psychic powers. Word of trust helps recruitment. Tribal colonists can commune with the mysterious anima tree to build their psychic link. They may reward you later for your help, or betray you in the middle of the night. They may be hunted by mercenaries, pirates, mechanoids, or more. Refugee hospitality quests present a group of impoverished travelers asking for help. Neural heat dump moves neural heat to an ally so you can keep casting. There are a wide variety of psychic powers. Word of joy makes people happy. Smokepop blocks line of sight. Neuroquake overloads every conscious being on the map in a huge wave of psychic energy. Those who gain Imperial titles recive powers from the ceremonial Imperial bestower. They'll make speeches from the throne, inspiring your people, and play piano, harp, and harpsichord. Shuttle crash quests begin with a shuttle crashlanded near your colony, under attack by enemies. Prisoner hospitality quests ask you to keep prisoners under guard. Everyone can also meditate to sculptures. Or, you can fight the Empire using stolen psychic technology acquired through quests. Some are made for combat: Skip, chaos skip, mass chaos skip, chunk skip, and wallraise move people and objects across distances to gain tactical advantage. There are many outcomes. You might need to get the guests to an escape shuttle under fire. Labor teams help when you are shorthanded. Farskip moves a group of your people across the world. Others powers are useful for community management: Solar pinhole creates a long-lasting source of light and heat. Animal hospitality quests see you caring for a group of animals struck with sickness or hunted by enemies. The Empire has arrived. Invisibility prevents your colonist from being seen during stealth approaches or escapes. Tribal colonists meditate directly in nature, to the anima tree itself or to constructed shrines or ancient stones. Pyromaniac colonists meditate to flame shrines made of braziers, torches, and campfires. Word of love induces romantic attraction. Waterskip showers fires with extinguishing water. Berserk, berserk pulse, and manhunter pulse drive people and animals momentarily insane. Quests will reward you with Imperial titles, new allies, unique implants, archotechnological artifacts, gear, faction goodwill, and more. Different goals, foes, guests, rewards, helpers, special threats, and world conditions combine to create endless varied stories and challenges. Build grand throne rooms for your noble as they rise through the royal ranks. Dress them in finery fit for a monarch, or the prestige armor of a great warrior. Word of serenity ends mental breaks. Quick Each colonist meditates differently, depending on their title, backstory, and traits: Titled colonists meditate on their thrones according to Imperial tradition. Blinding pulse and vertigo pulse blind your enemies or force them to vomit uncontrollably. Orbital strikes and orbital salvoes blast your foes from above. If you treat them well, they may spontaneously offer to join you. A third party may make you an offer to betray them.

RimWorld - Royalty