For other uses of the term, see Magistrate.
The Magistrate is a type of propaganda chain building in Fall of the Samurai.
Description[]
When law governs, only the guilty go in fear.
A magistrate has wide powers of investigation and punishment, his authority being drawn from the provincial lord and, ultimately, from the Shogun. It is a foolish man indeed who crosses a magistrate, and a foolishly brave one who does so deliberately. He is, then, a tool of legal repression in human form. He also knows his province and can spot men of talent, making it easier to recruit agents.
After the lawlessness of the Sengoku Jidai, the strongest reasons for ordinary people to support the Tokugawa Shogunate were law and order. With peace came the chance to build settled lives, safe from pillage, rapine and murder. Shogunate officials were quick to capitalise on this history during the struggle of the Meiji Restoration, although direct criticism of the Emperor was, of course, completely beyond the pale. The motive of his servants, lawless as they were and without respect for tradition, could be called into question with impugnity.
General Information[]
Requires 3600 gold, 4 turns, Police Station. Can be upgraded to Police Office, Secret Society, or Shikoyoku Office.
- Increases the spread of Influence (+2 Influence)
- Enables recruitment of Rank 1 Ishin Shishi
- Enables recruitment of Rank 1 Shinsengumi
- +1 to Repression in this province
- +1 to Happiness in this province
Clan Effects
- +1 to the number of Ishin Shishi/Shinsengumi that may be fielded (Maximum: 5)
Magistrates are upgraded from police stations, and generate more public order in addition to spreading influence more quickly. They are best built in provinces with high unrest, freeing up garrison troops to either be sent to more restive areas or disbanded to save money.
Magistrates are the highest level of propaganda building that don't convert provinces to any one specific allegiance. Players looking to switch allegiances (either by betraying the Shogunate/Imperial side for the other, or declaring themselves independent) would be well-served building magistrates in provinces and waiting to upgrade only after they've switched allegiances. The alternative would be to demolish prematurely upgraded propaganda buildings after switching allegiances as all they do after that point is increase unrest.