Actions

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The action menu

Lords can undertake various actions. If a lord is unhappen they will refuse to do any tasks unless they have the "Strong will" personality trait. Actions between parents and their children will satisfy the Care need.

Bishop

Bishop actions can only be performed while the bishop is in the city.

  • Sins.png Confess: Costs 3 Holy Rings and removes all sins.
  • File:Beseech for Forgiveness.png Beseech for Forgiveness: Costs 15 Holy Rings and stops the bishop from considering the lord an enemy.
  • File:Console.png Console: Only available if the bishop requires comforting.
  • File:Seduce Divorce.png Divorce: Only available to married characters and ends their marriage.
  • Appoint as Heir.png Canonization: Only available to kings with at least 50 relationship with the bishop.

King

King actions can only be performed by the king on other lords.

  • Appoint as Heir.png Appoint as Heir: Makes the targeted lord the heir. The old heir will feel suppressed and develop resentment towards both the king and the new heir.
  • Reward.png Reward: Costs 5 Holy Rings and gives the targeted lord +25 Loyalty, +8 Relations with the king and the "Rewarded" thought, whose Mood bonus scales with the king's Persuasion skill, for 3 days.
  • Loss of Hand.png Threaten: Gives the targeted lord "Threatened" thought (-18 Mood) for 2 days and Loyalty that scales with the king's Persuasion skill.
  • Gift to the King.png Gift to the King: Takes up to 5 Holy Rings from the targeted lord and gives it -25 Loyalty and the "Rewarded" thought, whose Mood penalty scales with the king's Persuasion skill, for 4 days.

Punish

Punish actions are unlocked by constructing a Scaffold. They will remove the thought of impunity from any of their victims. Punishing an innocent character will 3-5 acquaintances of the victim the Terror Victim status.

  • Dead.png Execution: The punished character is killed. Some criminals who witness the execution might become cutthroats.
  • Mask of shame.png Mask of shame: The punished character wears the Mask of Shame for a day and any character in a bad mood can freely beat them. If they are a simple criminal they will become a peasant after the punishment expires.
  • Homeless.png Exile: The punished character leaves the city. If they are a simple criminal they will join the forest bandits.
  • Blindness.png Blindness: The punished character gains the Vision Loss status.

Learn

Learn actions increase a lord's skill. After choosing the action you must choose another lord as teacher. The effectiveness depends on the teacher's Teaching skill and each skill can only be increased up to the teacher's own skill level. The action will be performed daily as long as it is possible and decreases Rest for both lords. Each lesson provides experience points that scale with the teacher's Teaching skill.

  • Rhetoric.png Rhetoric increases Manners.png Manners and Persuasion.png Persuasion
  • Economy.png Economy increases Trade.png Trade and Management.png Management
  • Philosophy.png Philosophy increases Intellect.png Intellect and Teaching.png Teaching
  • Warfare.png Warfare increases Combat.png Combat and Command.png Command

Social

Social actions are only available with other lords.

  • Communication
    • Spend Time.png Spend Time: The lords spend time together. There will be 2 deep conversations, one started by each lord. The probability of conversations being good or bad depends on each lord's Mood.
    • Wolf Hunting.png Wolf Hunting: Only available to adult lords if there are wolves available for hunting in the forest.
    • File:Challenge to a Duel.png Challenge to a Duel: Only available to adult lords if both participants have armor and weapons and are enemies. Removes the desire for the death of the enemy if any exists between the duelists. The duel continues until one of the participants dies or loses consciousness. The more pain the duelist inflicts upon their opponent, the easier the rest of the duel becomes.
    • Play Dice.png Play Dice: Only available to adult lords. Bets 5 Holy Rings. The outcome is random but partially influenced by both lords' Intellect skill.
  • Intrigue
    • File:Seduce Divorce.png Seduce
    • Poison.png Poison: Only available to lords that have the Intellect skill as their talent and skill level is at least 15. If successful nobody will know and if not successful the victim may engage in a fight to the death. The chance of success depends on the difference in Intellect skill between the lord and the victim.
    • Bribe.png Bribe: Only available towards lords in another city except the king. It costs 7 Holy Rings and decreases the targeted lord's loyalty towards their king. The amount of loyalty decreased depends on the performer's Persuasion skill. If loyalty falls below 25 and the targeted lord is the heir they may raise a rebellion.

Hire a Lord

This action is only available with a freelance lord. The freelance lord will be hired and the cost will scale with the buying lord's Persuasion skill.

Capture

This action is only available with a guest and only lords with at least 75 Loyalty can attempt it. When the guest is sleeping the lord will attempt to take it prisoner. There is a 40% chance to succeed, otherwise the guest will have to be defeated before it can escape. Whether successful or not, relations between the king and the victim and neighboring kings will greatly decrease.

Exile

This action is only available with a guest. The guest will leave but relations between the king and their king will decrease.

Sex for payment

This action is only available with a peasant of opposite gender and costs 1 Holy Rings. The lord will fulfill 15% of their Sex need. The lord will gain the "Shame for sins" thought (-22 Mood) and the peasant will gain the "Was used" thought (-20 Mood) for 2 days. This can result in a pregnancy where the child who will be a bastard. This action is considered a sin.

Free

This action is only available with a slave and will turn it into a peasant. If the slave was yearning for freedom the action will also give it the "Joy of freedom" thought (+48 Mood) for 10 days.