Dilios said:
Focus on Money skills if you find a lack of money crippling. Looting, Trade etc. buy stuff at town A, sell at town B for profit. Use the money to then buy some damn good Mercs from Taverns, aim for Melitine or Barclay mercenaries, they have strong as ****. Then use them to protect you as you slowly build combat skills.
What would be a manageable merc party size in pendor? I mean affordable while complementing my ordinary troops that I would be training. I am a bit reluctant to loot in pendor since I haven't gotten a good feel for the map and its lore.
I feel like its impossible for me to get a decent army from recruits. I remembered having about 30 ordinary troops(village recruits/militias/etc) and getting attacked by 2 knights and most of my troops were decimated by the knights. I got lucky and slay one while I captured the other for ransom. As for trade, I don't know which product to sell where yet but I think Iron was cheaper on one of the northern cities.