Kidnap [Legendary]

[PhoenixKnight]

Target Nation
1% of target population are caught, smuggled and sold by slave traders.
Nation Influence in port is reduced by 1%
You gain 1gc per person sold.
Cap: 5 Million gc
Turns:10
Alternative

Specify fleet and a port, then for 24 hours, it will kidnap and sell from the population at 100 gc per person

[DezNutz]

+1 but have a question.

Is that 1% reduction in influence across the board? So all players who hold influence in port will have a reduction of influence by 1%

[Shadowood]

1% of target population are caught, smuggled and sold by slave traders.
Influence in port is reduced by 1%
You gain 10gc per person sold.
Turns:10

Tzogos has 400 million population. Using this as an example.

1% = 4,000,000
4,000,000 x 10gc = $40,000,000gc

This would need to be a Legendary Card at least. Unless my math is off.

[Shadowood]

Or you can put a cap on it like Pouch of Gold.

"Hard Limit $2,000,000 gold coins"

[Haron]

1% is usually at least 2M people. It could be as high as 20M. Giving a profit of 20M - 200M gc pr card. This is way too much for such a card, in my opinion.

[DezNutz]

1% of target population are caught, smuggled and sold by slave traders.
Influence in port is reduced by 1%
You gain 10gc per person sold.
Turns:10

Tzogos has 400 million population. Using this as an example.

1% = 4,000,000
4,000,000 x 10gc = $40,000,000gc

This would need to be a Legendary Card at least. Unless my math is off.

He could adjust so of the 1% caught, only x percent (random between a set range) were sellable or survived until the auction.

[PhoenixKnight]

He could adjust so of the 1% caught, only x percent (random between a set range) were sellable or survived until the auction.

Adjusted.
How about now?

[Haron]

So now it's like "black death" plus you gain 5M.

I DO like the concept of slave trade. I just feel it needs... something else. Preferrably something that requires you to transport those slaves as "goods". I don't have a clear cut concept to suggest myself, though.

[DezNutz]

Still a +1 for me. The main idea is great. I disagree with it being Legendary. I think Rare fits better, especially since you placed a cap. It's also an excellent twist on Black Death, except that it doesn't kill off the population and the castor makes money.

So now it's like "black death" plus you gain 5M.

Damn it, beat me to it.

I DO like the concept of slave trade. I just feel it needs... something else. Preferrably something that requires you to transport those slaves as "goods". I don't have a clear cut concept to suggest myself, though.

I'm just spitballing here, so don't take this is a change that needs to be made to the card. I like the card as it is. Just running with Haron's thoughts:

Remove the cap. Population is reduced by 1%. The 1% are now slaves and are stored in the player's warehouse (based on available capacity). The remaining slaves of the 1% are "lost". Player must ship them to another port to sell. Sold at 10gc per slave.

[Most Lee Harmless]

I like the concept but would arrange it thus :

The card is legendary : it acts upon a nominated fleet at a nominated port : for the next 24 hours that fleet will travel back and forth to the port : it will have 'Treasure Fleet' status so no danger will be gained on port entry : it will sell cargo ( as normal) on arrival but will load with 'slaves' for its return leg : the fleet shall carry one slave per cargo space available : that slave will be sold for 10gc at the fleets next port of call : for each slave taken, the target port will lose one in population : for each slave sold, the receiving port will gain one in population.