Bjuret said:You can't, really. Sometimes events fire about one village or another seeking protection, but those are random afaik. I was just making a "joke" about starting the Iraq war. We're not making war, we are making peace!
If you talk to caravans belonging to your target, you have the option to demand their goods, and then to accept their payment, attack them or do nothing. Take their money, this will result in a relationship drop of a couple of points. Do this until you are below 0, and you are now at war! You might have to look around for more caravans, since once they pay you they are "safe" for quite a while.
If you are a vassal this will not work as smoothly. Your relations are not the same as your kingdoms, so it only means that their entire kingdom is hostile to you, and your friends won't even help in battle since they're not hostile. What you need to do is go start a siege, and the war will quickly be declared.
oh thanks
Auditor said:I started a kingdom by revolting against the kingdom of Ravenstern and I have since imprisoned about half theit lords. I'very read that if you have good relations with the Lord's you'very imprisoned, you can recruit them by talking to them. For some reason, when talking to said lords I've imprisoned, my only options are the usual two. Do I need to be more popular than King Gregory? My relationship with most of these guys is above 15 after imprisonment.
As far as I know, you need at least 35 relation with a lord "after capture" to make them join your kingdom. Also make sure those lord you've captured aren't dishonorable characters, when dishonored lords get captured they say something like "I yield, call off your dogs". These lords are not trustworthy and may betray you. So I simply let go those dishonorable lords who I have positive relations with and when I meet them again I get -15 relation with them. As my relation with them drop below zero, I can distinguish them from other lords who come to my holding to swear oath. Having high honor rating will attract more loyal and honorable lords. It would be helpful to also state that the lords that join your faction have ~80% chance to fail to bring any centers "their owned castles or towns".
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Also, I know I have stated before but my game has 20-30% chance to crash when talking to my companions, or interacting with characters on campaign map. This only happens on dx7, in dx9 this never happens. Maybe someone can help if they had this problem too. Thanks in advance.