u/Inward_Perfection

So, after 46 hours of spinning the wheel randomly I got to this point:

S: 2 (3 with an implant), P: 7, E:2, C:5, I: 7, A:8, L: 9. The wheel also told me to be a woman.

Strength and Endurance are pretty faithful I'd say. INT and CHA are a bit low. Self-assessed Intelligence and Charisma of an average Reddit user should be at 10.

Traits: Built to Destroy (really wants to, but a bit too weak physically), and Early Bird (has extra debuffs 12 hours/day)

Perks - that's been a hot, hilarious mess. So far I've got: Cherchez Le Femme, Educated, Scrounger, Retention, Cannibal, Grunt, Gunslinger, Commando, Nerd Rage, Friend of the Night (nice synergy with Early Bird), Miss Fortune, Mysterious Stranger, Mister Sandman, Purifier (melee=46 at level 30), The Professional (sneak 100).

Basically - a lesbian cannibal angry nerd with two useless imaginary friends and sneaky serial killer tendencies. Too bad the wheel told to go for House, not for the NCR for a full bingo card.

I traveled with Veronica until level 16, then she was killed by paladins straight after the end of her quest. I may have contributed to that by tossing grenades in their general direction because my character was too useless to assist in any other way. Well, at least I already had Cannibal and ate Veronica.

10 more awesome perks to finish the build. Waiting for something like Computer Whiz, Here and Now, and other strong, lore-friendly perks.

Very useful drop, for exactly two final battles

Another year - another New Vegas run. This time - with Wheel of Names. I really love what it gave me.

Gender: woman (OK, I guess, that was 50/50)
Hair color (courtesy of chatbot) - random RGB abomination

S: 2 (she was delivering mail only and never carried anything heavier than Nuka-Cola bottle)
P: 7 (can smell trouble)
E: 2 (a city pansy, probably another NCR/Vegas weakling)
C: 5 (not hideous, not beautiful, bland a bit)
I: 7 (Follower of the Apocalypse)
A: 8 (got a quick hand)
L: 9 (that's canon)

Tag skills: Sneak, Barter, Medicine (because screw you, this game is not about violence)

Built to Destroy (like the OWB toaster - hates the world, but has STR 2 and END 2)

Early Bird (almost normal human being until noon, a wet noodle after lunch till 6 pm, and a corpse after working hours. Just like me)

Perks: I bet there won't be any cohesive build (unless I get lucky with skill points and perk rolls). It will be a mess and lots of wasted perks.

Gonna be fun

Eastern infantry - when you outnumber the enemy by 1k troops, lose more men than they did, and it still counts as heroic victory.

I think I've lost over 30-35k troops over the course of campaign. The Romans were a particularly bad matchup for pajamas. The highest tier Eastern infantry was weaker in combat than basic principes, and heavier units wiped the floor with us. My guys couldn't kill the enemy fast enough with their spears and normally ate most of their pila at point blank range.

But our bravery was unmatched. Brave warriors of Parthia stepped over the countless slain pajamas and walked the road to victory.

Overall, a unit with 13/14 attack was weaker than a unit with 9/10 attack. 0 XP and silver weapons/armor was better than triple silver XP. Even extra morale from XP wouldn't help most of the time.

A unit with much higher stats on unit card barely won 2/7 battles. And close defeats weren't that close - experienced Iberian infantry was already losing by 15-20 men when it broke. It looks like every upgrade gives like +3 to attack/defense, not 1. But armor works from all sides, unlike defense skill, that's why it's so good.

So, just a little proof - don't trust the unit card. Upgrades make units much stonger than it shows. Of course it's rare when you just send troops to fight head on, without any tactics. But anyway - upgrades are really strong.

The king died in battle against the Greeks. And the Brutii bribed Larissa with two generals and 15 units of silver experience pajamas inside. In response, I sent new waves of pajama men to Greece, including elite troops from Egypt.

A large but pretty green army encountered green Romans near Byzantium. Well, Roman infantry was a much worse opponent for pajamas than phalanxes. Despite having a decent 5-star general, some units were routed by pila volleys. Some got scared by goofy ass dogs, and those who fought bravely took massive casualties from veteran principes and hastati. Despite these minor setbacks, a clear victory was achieved. Only 62% of the army was killed.

Next turn the Romans showed their disrespect and attacked us with less than 1000 troops. Won a heroic victory with 34% casualties. And after that one of the traitors personally attacked remaining 1000 troops with just three units of Roman infantry.

We showed that fucker superiority of pajama ways and lost only about 30% of remaining troops. Over one year, a fresh army of pajamas lost 3211 out of 3961 men, or 81% of the starting numbers. A fine performance.

Still, our best men managed to conquer Greece. I wonder how will they fare against the Roman savages.

I can say excommunication doesn't affect campaign in the slightest, it's barely noticeable. More fearmongering than a meaningful game mechanic. HRE is in a very good starting position. But I think it's doable with any Catholic faction if you roleplay Genghis Khan, Attila, or a true warrior of Khorne.

That's just normal gameplay, no exploits, just fighting honestly. Not honorably, honor is a fool's errand - just honestly destroying everything in sight. Sometimes they attacked first, but it doesn't matter much who they are if you got the ball rolling.

Had a marriage alliance with Hungary for 25 turns, it worked. Hungary was the last. I had some militia in Vienna and Krakow, so they did not betray me. That was the only act of diplomacy in this campaign.