Appointments are processed highest appointment down. You may attempt to apply for as many as you like in one month, but you only get one attempt at each. Once you have an appointment, you are automatically withdrawn from competition for all further ones. You may only hold one appointment at a time. Fencing instructors are treated slightly differently from other appointments (see section 10.?)

Most appointments are now held for a period of twelve months from when they are appointed (rather than being cleared in September). The exception are Army and Division Commanders and Adjutants, and Army QMGs, which become are cleared in March when the new army structure comes in.

If a post becomes vacant unexpectedly (either by death, resignation or the incumbent being offered a better post) then unless a PC has applied for it that month (usually by asking the incumbent to resign), it will remain vacant for one month to allow PCs time to apply for it.

If you want an appointment then you must apply for it (unless there are no NPCs at all who can get it, which is fairly rare). If the post is appointed by the person holding another post (for example a Brigade Major being appointed by a Brigadier) and this post is vacant, then no appointment will be made: the application does not count as a failed application.

If you are successfully appointed to a post, you may not apply for the same post again during the original tenure of the post (you can't resign and then reapply). If you apply for a post unsuccessfully then applications for the same post will be ignored by an NPC for three months (or twelve for ministerial jobs).

Once a post has appeared in the Vacant Appointments listing it must be filled the following month if possible. The precedence list for appointments is:

• PCs who have made the die roll successfully (the one who made it by the most, then by Greasy Pole order).
• NPCs (which NPC is chosen by making the same die roll as the PCs and the highest one gets the post, regardless of whether or not they succeed)
• PCs who want the post
• PCs who do not want the post.

PCs are not obliged to accept an appointment if they already hold a better one (earlier in the appointments table). NPCs will not do so.

If you fail to satisfy the minimum requirements for the appointment (drop below the minimum SL, leave the regiment in the case of regimental adjutants, let your rank drop to below the minimum) then the character will lose it. Note, however, that if you are an Aide, and the person your are an Aide to is promoted, then your appointment will be upgraded to the new level and you will not lose it if your SL or army rank is too low.

8.1 Extra benefits

All appointments give the bearer extra SPs and/or increased influence (See tables). Some appointments bring extra benefits and duties (the full details are in the rulebook):

• TK(C)E : 2d6 once per month:

  roll 12: gain level 9(8) favor (noticed by King(Cardinal))

  roll 2: expelled permanently from escort

• EKE : 2d6 once per month:

  roll 12: gain level 9 favor (noticed by King)

  roll 11: gain level 8 favor (noticed by Crown Prince)

  + can toady to CP (SL19) for 1 week

  + get -1 on Aide to CP

  roll 2: expelled permanently from escort

• ECE : 2d6 once per month:

  roll 11: gain level 8 favor (noticed by Cardinal)

  roll 2: expelled permanently from escort

• CKE : 2d6 once per month

  roll 11 or 12: gain level 9 favor (noticed by King)

  roll 2: gain level 8 favor, gets FC, expelled permanently (noticed by Queen)

• CCE : 2d6 once per month:

  roll 11 or 12: gain level 8 favor (noticed by Cardinal)

  roll 2: expelled permanently; further roll 1d6:

  1-3, annual gift of 500Cr

  4-6 executed.

• Aide to CP: can toady to CP once/month with 1 friend at Fleur
• QMG : can embezzle army funds once per campaign.
• PMG : can tax province extortionately once per season.
• CPS : can appoint ferrets, can (falsely) arrest up to 5 people per year, must convict in 1st six months.
• MoFM: can embezzle State funds: see below.
• DoL : can embezzle Lottery funds: see below.
• MoJ : judges embezzlement cases.
• MoS : judges treason cases (from CPS).

Note that cases of treason (arrested by the CPS) are judged by the MoS. When the MoS is a PC, he can decide to fine, banish or execute the accused.

Cases of embezzlement are judged by the MoJ (only).

Cases of breaches of Military Law are judged by a Court Martial...

8.2 Change to embezzling rules

The Min. of Finance chooses a die roll, D, from 2 to 12, and two dice are rolled against it. If you roll D or more, you've got away with it and get the amount listed below. If you roll from D-1 to D-4, then you get 100%, 75%, 50% or 25% respectively, but the Minister of Justice gets to hear about it, and may either take it further or shut up about it. An NPC MoJ will shut up on a 7 on 1d6 (may be influenced). If you roll D-5 or worse, you get nothing, and it gets out anyway. You lose your job and are put on trial at the start of the following month, and executed on a 7 or more on 2d6 (you may influence the King on this).

Amounts are:

2	100	8	10000
3	1000	9	15000
4	2000	10	20000
5	3000	11	30000
6	5000	12	40000
7	8000

The PMG rules may be changed soon in a similar way.

The QMG rules will remain unchanged.