What do I do with prisoners?

[devilham]

I did a forum search for prisoners and came up with a bunch of stuff that happens in mods, but nothing about what I should do with my prisoners.

By the way, picked this game up friday and cannot stop thinking about it!!!!  It's so much fun!!!

 

[blowcrapup]

You can sell them to ransom brokers/slave traders for about 50 cash a person. You can also attempt to recruit them via the camp menu.

 

[Avatarhands]

How do we find ransom brokers?  I've seen reference to them here and in the instructions, but don't find them in towns, so far.  Any guide?  I've got prisoners to unload!    Thanks!

 

[flavius brutus]

they appear randomly in town taverns you just have to got a town and hope there is one there

 

[Lukaz]

There is one old geezer ... A slave trader named Ramun is always In Thir of kingdom of Nords , check the tavern.

 

[Dragon13]

There is one old geezer ... A slave trader named Ramun is always In Thir of kingdom of Nords , check the tavern.

Occasinaly, he will not appear if a lot of companions appear in Tihr, but it is not very often.

Note: Kingdom of Nords is the yellow faction.

 

[This_is__CALRADIA!!!]

If you happen to have Huscarls, Marksmen or Swadian Knights in your prisoners, you'd better recruit them.
Camp menu --> Take an action --> Recruit some of your prisoners to your party
Then the game randomly selects a stack of prisoners and randomly decides if they join you or not.
If yes, then you lose 3 morale points per prisoner (the whole stack is recruited).
If no, then you cannot try to recruit any prisoner before the next 24 hours.

Edit : Actually if the recruiting succeeds or not, you can't try again before the next 24 hours.

 

[Fudgynumnums]

I don't know why everyone is trying to recruit prisoners. Theres always an abundance of sea raiders, and 50 denars per person sounds like a good deal...

 

[Where da Rolf at?]

If you happen to have Huscarls, Marksmen or Swadian Knights in your prisoners, you'd better recruit them.
Camp menu --> Take an action --> Recruit some of your prisoners to your party
Then the game randomly selects a stack of prisoners and randomly decides if they join you or not.
If yes, then you lose 3 morale points per prisoner (the whole stack is recruited).
If no, then you cannot try to recruit any prisoner before the next 24 hours.

Edit : Actually if the recruiting succeeds or not, you can't try again before the next 24 hours.

Does persuasion affect the success or failure rate to recruit prisoners?

(I'm running Native Expansion)

 

[This_is__CALRADIA!!!]

I don't know why everyone is trying to recruit prisoners. Theres always an abundance of sea raiders, and 50 denars per person sounds like a good deal...

I don't see what you mean with the sea raiders.
My point is, 50 denars for a top tier troop, is a rip-off. On the other hand, recruiting a top tier troop for 0 denars and 3 morale points, is a bargain.