Actually I think its right as a rule as RJC has it - as the correct characteristics that they should force more use of the common and compulsory types.
We can word it better to make now it works mush clearer though.

S

Quote from: lionheartrjc on November 09, 2019, 08:00:37 AM
I intend in the introduction to the list sets to include

"Example: An army has 4-12 cavalry (UG size 4,6) and 18-32 spearmen (UG size 6,8,9) as compulsory troops with 2 internal allies.  The core army must take 4 cavalry and at least 18 spearmen. The first ally must take 4 cavalry and at least 9 spearmen.  The second ally must take 4 cavalry but cannot take the 9 spearmen as this would exceed the 32 spearmen limit for the army. "

Richard

I understand chat is written do not worry but to make it crystal clear for some people : had the first general taken 30 bases of spearmen , no internal ally would have had to take any spearmen ...

It increases the minima not the maxima though.  Hence the point.

More fully this from the stream on lists...

The intent of what an internal ally represents is important.  To me it is a nation where sub-armies tend to come together as separate factions under a leader, but with a fair degree of independence and potential unreliability.  So it's not sharing out the same troops.  As each tends to have a core of the common troops in their force, the overall army will have less flexibility on its choices and more compulsories that one without.  So Maxima stay the same but it makes you field more of a Minima of core troops. 

I can more easily speak to a period I know well - feudal Japan.  You could have a single large clan army at times with a relatively modest number of samurai and a lot of followers, or you might have one with the full amount - either are possible.  But if it was more a feudal army gathering 4 independent war lords, then they would all bring their key retainers as part of their force - so the minimum number of samurai in that army would be higher than in the single clan list.  Hope that helps it make sense.

Hope that makes sense as the intent.

Si