Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

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Gladiators & Cataphracts (CA)-(My Little warband)
I'm trying to not made a total OP troop tree, this tree is thinked for a little use in your main army
This mod NOT replace the CA-Eagle Rising's troop tree. you can have both in game.

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Game version 1.7.1
Ca eagle rising for game version 1.7.1
my little warband for 1.7.1
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All credits for models belong to CA Eagle Rising authors and My Little Warband authors for made it possible
Thank you guys!

The mod isn't balance tested, so any suggest is welcome
How install: 
To load a troop tree into a different save or import someone else's troop tree, enable the module that got generated in the bannerlord launcher.
Then go to the tavern district and click the import troop tree button.
Then save the game and exit bannerlord.  Disable the module for the troop tree, reloaded the save and everything should still be there.

FAQ: 
Does this replace the CA-Eagle Rising's troop tree? 

My Little Warband is a side tree unit mod, you can use CA units and this new tree together you just need to switch the unit tree from any city or village when u want to change troop to recruit for you and your clan ( by default);and you can even edit the troops by yourself if you want, just open the unit in the encyclopedia and then shift+leftclick on the portrait.
if you leave the troop tree on all your clan party(and probably our kingdom but not tested yet) will take this units too, so remember to switch again to normal troop when u have take what u need or u risk to lose easily your clan partys (because gladiators are nerfed versus archers and sieges as i said in the description log)
How can i use gladiators in a separate group?
if you split your infantry toggle armored and shielded unit preference in the first group so the second group take all the gladiators and then increase or decrease the second troop number until you can see only gladiators.

Strategic unit use and tips: (gladiators)

All gladiators are thinked for a little use in your army there is no archers in the tree, and they have very hard survivability chance to reach the last grade because the lack of chest armor until the last grade, btw they have often good gear and good mobility so use them wisely, in more of that they perform well on field but very bad in sieges especially in the attacker side.

Strategic unit use and tips: (cataphracts)
they are very strong on the direct clash on open field but lose efficiency when aren't in formation or in dispersive charge, try to use them for destroy infantry from flanks or enemy's cavalry on a direct clash.
when the charge is finish regroup them and prepare yourself for the next one, leave them on charge mean leave many to die, because the lack of shields.



Current Updates : 
  • Version 1.3
    • Many equip fix and new armor appearance optimization
    • removed throwing daggers for retiarius tree
    • more armor variant added
    • every troop have a particular race now for balance and estetic



Cataphracts & Clibanarii: roman models inspired by the early western cataphracts for made them visually different from pretorian equites and auxilia equites from CA, because they were recruited from romanizated sarmatians placed in gallia i give them an half-oriental aspect.
Equites Cataphractarii: versatile heavy cavalry unit with shields
Equites Cataphractarii Seniores: heavy noble cataphracts units they have a change to spawn with a dragon banner (1\4) with shields
Clibanarii Parthi: cataphract from eastern empire they have better full plated horses respect to roman side but they haven't shields at all
Special 6 grade units (Horseman and Horses Elites of the Empire)
Comites Alani: Heavy full plated cataphracts with iconic amazon masks and no shield 
Clibanarii Sagittarii: as very special unit, i have add cataphracts archers, only the last grade can become those unit for simulate his rarity as in the Empire was.
Equites Clibanarii Parthi Seniores: heavy look masked cataphract from eastern empire they have the best sabres and horses 



Gladiators class: I have made a research for all historical unit i have add and i have try to be most accurate possible.
Provocator, Secutor, Murmillo, Retiarius, Trax and Hoplomachus are very well represented and i'm glad to say they are almost identical from mosaics and art concept.
Special 5 grade units (Champions Armored Gladiators)
Laquatius Seniores : partially made by my guess, it's become a sort of elite retiarius with menavillon without chest armor, head arms and legs have the max armor possible.
Germanicus: a class totally invented by me, inspired by the masked fighter in the Gladiator movie.
it's a middle-heavy polearm fighter with throwing axes and long war razor.
Crupellarii: this is a very rare class from gaul gladiator tradition and there is only one archeological artistic evidence (it is on pic archive) of his equipment so i based it mostly on it and modern day reenactment, and they are basically a mega armoured legionary almost impenetrable armed with a big plated shield and a gladius, though they were ill-adapted for inflicting wounds, they were impenetrable to them; as tacitus said.

Crupellarii were first mentioned by the 1st century AD historian Tacitus. Under the reign of the 2nd roman emperor tiberius, a faction of treveri led by julius florus, and the aedui, led by julius sacrovir, led a rebellion of Gaulish debtors against the Romans in 21 CE. The crupellarii, heavily armoured Gallic gladiators, fought against Roman legionaries.
From Cornelius Tacitus (117 CE), Annales III:40-46.
In addition were some slaves who were being trained for gladiators, clad after the national fashion in a complete covering of steel. They were called crupellarii, and though they were ill-adapted for inflicting wounds, they were impenetrable to them...
...the cavalry threw itself on the flanks, and the infantry charged the van. On the wings there was but a brief resistance. The men in mail were somewhat of an obstacle, as the iron plates did not yield to javelins or swords; but our men, snatching up hatchets and pickaxes, hacked at their bodies and their armour as if they were battering a wall. Some beat down the unwieldy mass with pikes and forked poles, and they were left lying on the ground, without an effort to rise, like dead men.
Historically gladiators have rarely participated in battles, but some cases have remained transcribed.
another case is witnessed in the first battle of Bedriaco where Otho tried to deploy them with sea boats in a inadapted river but they were sunk by Vitellius unarmored germanic swimming mercenaries.
This is my personal knowledge but there are probably other few cases that have remained transcribed; therefore it is not totally unacceptable to have some in the army.

Planned feature:
add a pure historically alternative version (spartacus inspired?) and make curpellarii pure and improve the germanicus
Adjust the clibanarii and cataphractarii armors ( way byzantine look for my taste, Clibanarii seniores seems ok )
add alternative version with 3 noble max rank units tree: sarmatian tradition, roman tradition and partian tradition
Add more 2h units ( for strategic use in battles )
special cavalry ( camels and elephants )
add my little warband submod for grade 6-7-8

All credits for models belong to CA Eagle Rising authors and My Little Warband authors for made it possible
Thank you guys!