Assigning fiefs

[retrobarbaari]

Now I have second castle, and I gave it to a companion. He said thank you and left the party.

1) Can I reassign the same fief to another companion, in case I want to? Then will the former lord join back to my party?
2) Can't find this new lord of mine in the lord's hall, nor does there seem to be another army near the castle. Where did he go?

[Tuidjy]

1) The companion will never be a party member again. He may even decide that he no longer likes you, and leave your kingdom, taking the castle with him. As a rule, ennobling companions is something I only do for companions who have no permanent place in my party.

2) He'll spawn with a (tiny) army soon enough. Then he'll spend some time recruiting more men. Then he will behave just like a normal lord.

[retrobarbaari]

Yeah, first he wasn't found anywhere, but next day he was with an army of his own.

Wanted to test giving him another fief too, but there was no option in the discussion any more to do it. However, I was able to ask whom I should fief another castle, and he suggested himself. So... it makes me think you could give two fiefs to one vassal, but how? Is there a cool down time, does this possibility to give him another fief appear back in the discussion options later?

[Tuidjy]

You can, indeed, give multiple fiefs to a vassal.

Every time you take a walled fief by assault, you get a chance to assign it. To assign and reassign fiefs at other times, you need a decent chancellor/prime minister/whatever (varies by mod).

What is a decent chancellor? Your wife or a companion. A local nobleman is not - he would be a stopgap measure, until you get someone better, as he lacks many dialogue option.

[retrobarbaari]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

You can, indeed, give multiple fiefs to a vassal.

Every time you take a walled fief by assault, you get a chance to assign it. To assign and reassign fiefs at other times, you need a decent chancellor/prime minister/whatever (varies by mod).

What is a decent chancellor? Your wife or a companion. A local nobleman is not - he would be a stopgap measure, until you get someone better, as he lacks many dialogue option.

Oh, noes! I have a local dude. And I play a female character, so no wife.

I just took the first city (or a town, what ever), one of them big settlements. I can't build anything there either, nor set taxes. Also couldn't build anything in the second castle I conquered. Only my first castle had "Manage fortress" option. I wonder are these also because of the stupid minister?

[Tuidjy]

I have not played Viking Conquest for years, so I do not remember exactly which features are controlled by the minister. As a rule, settlement improvements are not. Cities, castles and villages have different improvements, and all I remember is that in Viking Conquest they differ from most mods.

You need to get a new companion, and make him your minister. You do that by bringing the companion to your court, and speaking to the current minister.

I do not advise using a companion who has been with you for a while and in whom you have invested, as least not permanently. Assigning a A-team companion, and later bringing in a new, less useful one is A-OK, though.

[retrobarbaari]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

I have not played Viking Conquest for years, so I do not remember exactly which features are controlled by the minister. As a rule, settlement improvements are not. Cities, castles and villages have different improvements, and all I remember is that in Viking Conquest they differ from most mods.

You need to get a new companion, and make him your minister. You do that by bringing the companion to your court, and speaking to the current minister.

You can change the minister just by speaking to him and selecting an option you don't want him to be the minister any more. I don't know what do you mean bringing a companion into your court, I've never seen such an option in the game.

Yeah, I was really disappointed not being able to build anything in my second castle or in the town. If it's a feature of Viking Conquest, it's a bad feature. Haven't tried the other campaign yet (which obviously locates somewhere else than North-Western Europe)

[retrobarbaari]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

Every time you take a walled fief by assault, you get a chance to assign it.

Yeah, but how about afterwards? When I assigned the castle, I could not any more change it. And I couldn't give this lord any villages as a fief, although giving a village as a fief was possible first when I chose to give him the castle.

Currently I have two castles, two villages and one town. None of them are assigned to anyone at the moment. I just tested it by assigning the other castle. I do plan to give fiefs.

[Tuidjy]

If your minister is a local nobleman, you cannot assign fiefs except at conquest.

If your minister is your wife or a companion, you can assign unassigned fiefs.

The only way to take a fief from a lord, former companion or not, is to declare them a treasonous outlaw, and kick them out of your kingdom. Then the fiefs become available for assignment again.

When you accuse someone of treason, the lords who did not violently dislike him, which is practically all of them, will get upset with you.

[retrobarbaari]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

If your minister is a local nobleman, you cannot assign fiefs except at conquest.

If your minister is your wife or a companion, you can assign unassigned fiefs.

The only way to take a fief from a lord, former companion or not, is to declare them a treasonous outlaw, and kick them out of your kingdom. Then the fiefs become available for assignment again.

Yep! I changed my minister yesterday. Took a new companion that I previously didn't want, and made him the minister. Now I can assign fiefs any time.
Also, now I can build buildings in the town I conquered recently. With the random local person couldn't even do that.

There's still some issues though, that may be related to the minister.

For some reason, I cannot assign my capital fort to myself. I can assign it to others. Currently it is not owned by anybody. I was able to assign the town for myself.

Also now I have 3 forts. I still can't build anything into two of them: no manage fort option. Only into my capital fort and town has manage options to build something. Is it Normal?