Peasent Women/Sword Sisters

[Cassial]

Is there any way to hire them aside from rescuing them from bandits etc?

 

[Dyden]

I havn't tried this myself, but could theoretically work.

Attack the little farmer groups from a hostile nation, knock them out instead of killing them, take them prisoner and then hire them?

 

[Cassial]

I suppose you could, but you lose honour and your companions will all hate you.

 

[Immoral]

I suppose you could, but you lose honour and your companions will all hate you.

You could always just save a Peasent Women from some bandits. I didn't know Peasents could become Sword Sisters.

 

[mrdang]

Peasant Women become Sword Sisters and Farmers follow the Mercenary Cavalry/Swordsmen/Hired Blade route.

You only get like 1-4 to from each bandit party, but it's a great exercise to do during peacetimes

 

[borge12]

You rescue these woman from the farm and all they want to do is fight. 

 

[Torvaldis]

is there a way to make these units recruitable from taverns? if you could add peasent women and/or manhunters to taverns that would be very nice

 

[Cassial]

They're damn good at it, too. Decked out in full plate armor on a fast horse.

 

[mrdang]

They're damn good at it, too. Decked out in full plate armor on a fast horse.

they have the best equipment out there, but sometimes spawn with no helmet. trouble is that theyre pretty weak with only one point to power strike everyone should have a garrison of these ready on hand.

 

[Puerkl8r]

they are better than men at arms but worse than knights. They are really good at chasing down running enemies but make sure they dont charge out way ahead of the rest of the cav, or they will get surrounded pretty fast and their horses die easily.

 

[Ada]

Peasant Women become Sword Sisters and Farmers follow the Mercenary Cavalry/Swordsmen/Hired Blade route.

You only get like 1-4 to from each bandit party, but it's a great exercise to do during peacetimes

Hi,

Farmers can be trained to be Watchmen before advancing into the mercenary career. Watchmen have crossbow, shield and blade, and work for low wages, much cheaper than mercenaries. Personally I always hire all Watchmen in taverns (they are available!, just not the gals), and let them stick with this training for garrison purposes (see all the threads about too expensives garrisons).

For the Peasant Women I usually am reluctant to do the last promotion to sword sister, the no helmet, no barding, no xbow is just... anoying. This makes the sisters too unreliable. And the efford to get these troops, just to get them head shot in their first battle is.. sad. I rather have Khergit Lancers to ride down routed enemies.

Regards,
Ada

 

[Fattyfat]

is there a way to make these units recruitable from taverns? if you could add peasent women and/or manhunters to taverns that would be very nice

In the old M&B Native Expansion, you could get sword sisters in taverns and such, as well as the rest of the female merc line they added.  Might be something to ask for in mod development section

 

[Ringwraith #5]

They're damn good at it, too. Decked out in full plate armor on a fast horse.

Having a fast horse just means they get to the enemy first, at which point the fast horse is cut from under them and they're swarmed and torn to pieces.
Completely useless.

 

[CounterPoint391]

I like them not wearing helmets.....I mean, they just chill out and form an elite guard for my castle walls....

 

[woofty]

They're damn good at it, too. Decked out in full plate armor on a fast horse.

Having a fast horse just means they get to the enemy first, at which point the fast horse is cut from under them and they're swarmed and torn to pieces.
Completely useless.

That and they're daft idiots when charging.  I spend more time rescuing DiD's, Sword Sisters, from charging into the middle of a battle line than I care to think about.  For some reason they think their Courser is a Charger.  That blasted horse is lucky if it can trample 1 person let alone a handful.  Not to mention the fact that they don't strike and fade or flank attack.  They're only redeeming qualities is that they can catch Khergits and chop them out of saddles and they are dog cheap.

 

[Puerkl8r]

Their main advantage is that their fast.

Their main drawback...is that their fast.

Best way to use them would be put them in a separate group and have them charge after the heavy cav is already charging, because they are definitely not heavy cav so you cant treat them like heavy cav and just say charge and than go afk and come back and expect to not have lost 1 unit.

Once the initial enemy formation is broken up a bit they do make short work of the rest though. Having about 14 in my army, I notice the clean up part of the battles is significantly shorter.

 

[Finch]

I did not know Peasants can be upgraded to be decent fighters. I always rescue peasants and let them go. They are well just peasants

 

[Fattyfat]

Yep, they can be upgraded into expensive cavalry even, I believe.  The same upgrade path as mercs.

 

[Finch]

Are we required to pay the peasants the same high wages as we do to the regular mercs?

 

[Count DeMonet]

I like to keep them at the huntress level, as they are super cheap and have x-bows.  They make good cheap garrison additions, and I like to think that having a few huntresses would help feed the garrison too.  (adds a little roll playing feel)