Yeah I've made sure not to get into debt. I've only failed to pay the troops in full a few times. Whenever I'm low on cash, I just enter myself into a few arena bouts. Which are actually quite fun. One annoying thing though, if you spawn as an archer you can't melee. Even though the A.I archers can melee? I've read that in tournaments, archers carry daggers. Am I missing something?
I didn't answer your earlier question, my character is definitely a lord. In fact, I just swore fealty to King Graveth of Rhodok and I've been given the hamlet of Jamiche as my fief. I see there's an interesting 'village management' screen to build up the infrastructure of the village. However, there's no option to collect taxes. Do I need to build up the town before being able to collect taxes?
Going back to the monetary side of things. I'm still not making a great deal of money. As a lord character, what's the most efficient way of making money quickly? Are there static trade routes? (I.e. Y town will sell X good the cheapest and Z town will pay the most).
Thanks.
P.S. I won my first tournament last night. I didn't bet any money on myself and so I only made 200 denars - a bit of a fail.