Should I accept cunning lords?

[blainedeyoung]

My current policy as Emperor is to take only upstanding, good-natured, or martial lords.  All other kinds seem to cause problems disproportional to their value.  What about cunning lords?

 

[user1324865215]

Give any lord that does not have the aforementioned personalities villages, so when he (inevitably) deserts, he will not take any land with him.

 

[blainedeyoung]

Does having a lot of enemies cause problems?  I wonder about surprise bandit ambushes that you have to fight alone.  Does having a lot of enemies cause more of those?  Don't lords with negative relations, before they rebel do bad things, attack people you're peace with and such?

 

[user1324865215]

I think when lords have very very low relations with you, they send assassins after you in taverns, but that might have been a mod.

 

[blainedeyoung]

That's a mod.  But I think I'm right about upset lords causing problems- getting into fights and sacking friendly caravans and villages and such like.

 

[JosieJ]

That's a mod.  But I think I'm right about upset lords causing problems- getting into fights and sacking friendly caravans and villages and such like.

I've never heard of that, especially in Native--or Diplomacy, for that matter.

 

[nirkoj]

Does having a lot of enemies cause problems?  I wonder about surprise bandit ambushes that you have to fight alone.  Does having a lot of enemies cause more of those?  Don't lords with negative relations, before they rebel do bad things, attack people you're peace with and such?

I think when lords have very very low relations with you, they send assassins after you in taverns, but that might have been a mod.

In Native, the only downside of having an enemy lord is that there's a small chance he'll send a 'Hired Assassin' if you enter the tavern when he's in town.

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[tzlop]

Cunning lords are like in-between of upstanding/good natured and bad-tempered.  They in a way value renown and relation with other lords just like martial and so far I rarely see the difference except the fact that if they are enemy you gain less relation with them upon letting them go and talking to them for another relationship boost.

If you keep them under your wing they will have conflict with other lords just like all others (upstanding and good-natured sometimes fight themselves too, only no relation loss if you have high honour)  and will not lose relation with you if you declare a war without provoktion which is a good factor to consider if you are playing aggressive.