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h.arle Feb 14, 2016 @ 9:53am
How to create Mercenary Band?
I've got the Conclave DLC and have absolutely no idea of how or where to create a mercenary band.
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Neshamah Feb 14, 2016 @ 9:54am 
http://www.ckiiwiki.com/Mercenaries
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h.arle Feb 14, 2016 @ 9:55am 
Originally posted by Neshamah:
http://www.ckiiwiki.com/Mercenaries
That's useless. I already looked there, it only says you can create, not how. I already have a courtier with a military education but I see no prompt to actually make a mercenary band with him.
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Neshamah Feb 14, 2016 @ 10:00am 
He has to be a Brilliant Strategist, I believe. I used one of my own dynasty. You right-click on the character you want to create a band with. It should have the option in the list.

I should mention that creating one is very costly in terms of manpower. They will take the men for the company from YOUR holdings. This puts a constant drain of men on each of your baronies. Further, they will come back every few years and ask for more men -- they get a negative modifier if you refuse.
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h.arle Feb 14, 2016 @ 10:04am 
Originally posted by Neshamah:
He has to be a Brilliant Strategist, I believe. I used one of my own dynasty. You right-click on the character you want to create a band with. It should have the option in the list.

I should mention that creating one is very costly in terms of manpower. They will take the men for the company from YOUR holdings. This puts a constant drain of men on each of your baronies. Further, they will come back every few years and ask for more men -- they get a negative modifier if you refuse.

Thanks! The wiki should definitely be fixed if it's a Brilliant Strategist you need, because I had a Skilled Tactician and nothing was showing up (the wiki just says 'Military Background'). I'll try now.
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Das Boot Feb 14, 2016 @ 10:14am 
Do these mercenaries at least get the Adventurer Trait?
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Neshamah Feb 14, 2016 @ 10:19am 
Not in my experience. In fact, sometimes the leader of the band won't have the skills you'd think a merc leader should have. And, my dynastic hold over the mercs ended with the death of the guy I founded it with.

Now, disbanding the mercs might generate an Adventurer (the current leader of the band). I haven't tried this out yet, but I may soon because of the increasing drain on my own levies.

Edit: Also, the leader of the band has a pretty good chunk of cash. Perhaps I'll net that when I disband them. I'll let you know. :happy_creep:
Last edited by Neshamah; Feb 14, 2016 @ 10:22am
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jp_360 Feb 14, 2016 @ 6:54pm 
Please let us know were the cash goes i would like to know thanks
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Hurodrik Feb 14, 2016 @ 6:57pm 
Originally posted by jp_360:
Please let us know were the cash goes i would like to know thanks

You mean where you can see how much the band is earning you? You can check that in the same screen that shows you your income and expenditure. But the earning will only appear when they are hired, and it might take a little while for the game to update the page.
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h.arle Feb 14, 2016 @ 7:00pm 
Wasn't able to create band regardless, there isn't such an option.. even if the courtier is a Brilliant Strategist. I'm playing as the Fylkir and Emperor of Scandinavia, Norse. Maybe that has something to do with it?
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Hurodrik Feb 14, 2016 @ 7:28pm 
Originally posted by Harlequin:
Wasn't able to create band regardless, there isn't such an option.. even if the courtier is a Brilliant Strategist. I'm playing as the Fylkir and Emperor of Scandinavia, Norse. Maybe that has something to do with it?

It's possible. I didn't play the game with conclave for too long, but when I created my mercenary band I was a catholic feudal lord (a duke).
Last edited by Hurodrik; Feb 14, 2016 @ 7:28pm
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The Burger King Feb 14, 2016 @ 9:07pm 
I think you would have to be feudal, but I don't have the DLC so I don't know.
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Neshamah Feb 15, 2016 @ 2:39am 
Originally posted by Comrade Iosif Stalin:
I think you would have to be feudal, but I don't have the DLC so I don't know.

I believe this to be the case, as well.
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h.arle Feb 15, 2016 @ 6:33am 
I'm Feudal and an Elective Aristocratic Empire. The only thing I feel could be preventing me from creating a mercenary band is being Norse (reformed). My personal levies sit around 7k and I have an income of over 30 ducats or whatever currency a Norse ruler uses per month. I'm literally clueless as to what conditions I need to have for the 'Create Mercenary Band' prompt to show up - maybe I'm too big?
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Neshamah Feb 15, 2016 @ 6:48am 
No, your size doesn't have anything to do with it. You can create a band as a count if you wish, but the drain on your levies would make this untenable.

I honestly don't know why you can't create a mercenary band. With all the information you have provided, it doesn't seem to make any sense at all. Sorry.

Edit: This is a really, really, stupid question, but are you sure you have the DLC enabled ?
Last edited by Neshamah; Feb 15, 2016 @ 7:00am
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h.arle Feb 15, 2016 @ 7:04am 
Originally posted by Neshamah:
No, your size doesn't have anything to do with it. You can create a band as a count if you wish, but the drain on your levies would make this untenable.

I honestly don't know why you can't create a mercenary band. With all the information you have provided, it doesn't seem to make any sense at all. Sorry.

Edit: This is a really, really, stupid question, but are you sure you have the DLC enabled ?

Yes, I have it enabled :-/. I've been using all of the other Conclave mechanics extensively, and while I don't even care that much to have a mercenary band, I did want to try the feature regardless.
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