Faction relations

[Warcraftgod17]

Could someone explain what the relations with factions do? Like ik if it's in the negative there's more chance you'll go to war with them, but if it's in the positive, does it increase the chance of say..you getting given a fief when you join aa a vassal or anything?

 

[Count Delinard]

http://mountandblade.wikia.com/wiki/Relationship

"Your Relationship towards a vassal, faction, town, or village exhibits how much they trust or like you. Supporting them usually improves your relationship with them, while fighting or disappointing them harms it.

While your character's relationship to factions and towns/villages always starts at 0, vassals can start with a better or worse impression on you, based on their personalities. Relation can range from -100 to +100. Note that once your Relationship with a vassal reaches +100, it sometimes doesn't deteriorate as it usually would. For example, a vassal with a relationship of +100 toward you may not mind if you give other vassals fiefs.

Relationship affects your interactions with other vassals, and becomes very important if you start your own Kingdom. A very positive relationship with a vassal, for example, will allow you to talk in private with any vassal, giving you a chance to convert them to your kingdom. A very negative one, on the other hand, could cause them to hire assassins.

Having a positive relationship with a married lady will allow you to ask them to improve your relationship with a vassal of the faction who currently has a negative relation with you by sending them gifts of 1000-3000 denars, boosting your relationship with them by +1 per 1000 denars.

If you have any negative relationship with factions, you will be at war with them, and they may attack you at any time.

A negative relationship with a village will prevent you from recruiting there, while a very positive one increases the possible number of recruits gained, as well as their tier.

Negative relationship with a town or its lord prevents you from buying land for a Productive Enterprise, while positive relationship improves prices.

There are several other parties you can increase your relationship with, including Tavern Keepers and Manhunters, but this has no noticeable impact on the game."

Relationship with Factions:
- Protect villagers on the overland map +4
- Rushing to the aid of a vassal in danger +4
- Release a faction's imprisoned lord from a castle or town +2
- Attacking a vassal -1
- Capturing a vassal -3
- Reject peace offer as king -5

 

[Innocent Lies]

Help me out with something:

I'm a vassal of Sarranids & I wish for our kingdom to have a better relation with Nords. Is there any way to achieve this? Anything I do to help Nords only helps me relationship with them and not Sarranids'.

 

[michaelvillena]

As far as I have observed, the player can't really affect the relationship mechanics between factions (except your own faction if you are king).  Some things like Causus Belli seem to be random while some things are triggered by inequity between factions with regards to overall strength, prosperity, etc.  Factions that start adjacent to each other appear to be natural enemies and are always trying to capture each other's fiefs.  Rhodoks are perpetually at war with the Swadians and the Sarranids, Swadia is constantly at war with everyone, etc.