⚔️ Roles & Classes

One king, thirty subjects, and a rigid medieval pecking order that decides what you can do each turn.

Every game has 1 king + 30 subjects. Subjects are split into four common roles with different abilities, incomes, and tax brackets. Roles are assigned randomly at game start and never change.

Role	Count	Min tax	Work income	Signature action
👑 King	1	—	—	Sets tax rate, bribes dragon, collects taxes
🌾 Peasant	16	1g	6–14g	Upgrade farm, search forest, recruit children
🏠 Citizen	8	2g	12–28g	Invest (safe / risky), order ACME parts
⚔️ Knight	4	4g	16–42g	Tournaments, invest, recruit squires
🎩 Prince	2	8g	0 (seduces)	Seduce for gold, research spells

The King 👑

The king is elected by random draw from the first player to start a game — but the title can be lost. Three things only the king can do:

Set tax rate — 1x, 2x, 3x, or 4x. Higher means more gold, more revolts.
Decide to collect taxes — skipping collection keeps everyone happy but stalls the treasury.
Bribe the dragon — spends treasury gold to keep the dragon calm.

The king cannot buy from the pawn shop, cannot slay the dragon directly (in most balances), and can be overthrown by revolt if the tax rate is cranked too high. A bad king is everyone's problem — but so is a timid one.

Peasant 🌾

Sixteen of every thirty subjects. The backbone of the economy and the easiest target for the dragon.

Work — 6–14g per turn baseline.
Upgrade farm — spend 10g (once, before turn 10) to double your work income for the rest of the game.
Search Forest — click areas on the forest map hunting for SuperElf Bow parts. Safe to search as of v0.10.2. The only dangers are the dragon eating you or a stronger rival wrestling your find away.
Recruit Children — 5g each, max 5. Each child adds +1 click per turn on the forest map and can die shielding you from the dragon.

Citizen 🏠

Eight subjects. The investor class.

Work — 12–28g, double a peasant's baseline.
Invest (safe) — 25% of gold, 1.5x payout, 30% risk of loss.
Invest (risky) — 50% of gold, 2x payout, 50% risk of loss.
Order ACME parts — 60g each, 3 parts to assemble the ACME Dragon Kill Kit.
Recruit Bodyguards — 15g each, max 2. Strong forest survival bonus.

Knight ⚔️

Four subjects. The martial class with the best raw income.

Work — 16–42g.
Tournament — 40% win chance, 3x payout. On a win, 12% chance to also find a Dragon Slayer Set part.
Invest — same terms as citizens.
Recruit Squires — 10g each, max 2. +8% forest survival and +10% tournament win chance per squire.

Prince 🎩

Two subjects. The scholar-nobles.

Work — 0g. Princes don't work.
Seduce — 50% chance to steal 30% of another player's gold.
Research Spell — 20g per attempt, 20% chance of discovering an Anti-Dragon Spell component (2 parts total).
Invest — same terms as citizens.
Recruit Guards — 20g each, max 3. Cosmetic forest entourage; princes rarely have time or reason to search personally.

Princes start the richest (24–56g) but can't refill the usual way. Their gold comes from seduction, risky investment, and spell research — and spell research is also their ticket to slaying the dragon themselves.

Followers at a glance

Every role has a themed follower type. Followers cost gold up front, stack up to a max, and provide turn-by-turn benefits. They can also die instead of you if the dragon attacks.

Role	Follower	Cost	Max	Main benefit
Peasant	👶 Children	5g	5	+5% forest survival each, +1 forest click/turn
Citizen	🛡 Bodyguards	15g	2	+10% forest survival each
Knight	⚔ Squires	10g	2	+8% forest survival, +10% tournament win each
Prince	💂 Guards	20g	3	+15% forest survival each

Secret special functions

Layered on top of the base role, every game deals out four hidden special functions: Thief, Assassin, Vampire, Werewolf. Only you know if you have one. See Special Functions for details.