A few questions.

[Davor]

Sorry if I got the names wrong. I am trying to get an ice troll for my Norsca army since I have a quest for it, and I have built the building for it, but I still can't recruit one. I see I have one in the barracks but how do I go on to recruit the troll?

Also I have control of a full province. How am I suppose to give special orders for controlling an entire province? I don't see anything anywhere for the tool tips on the lower left part of the screen that the Help sections says to do. So I am puzzled there as well.

Last question what is the "builders" faction? I started with Norsca but it seems they are best played as a "rushing" army from what I read. I want to play more as building an empire and not sure if Norsca is the one to do that with.

Like to stick with Norsca so if I should change my "building" part how should I play them if I don't like the actual "building" factions.

Davor

[Red Shift]

You also need the building called "Offering of Slaughter" somewhere in the same province to get your ice trolls. - The additional requirement is shown in the tool tip over the units picture.

The province bonus should be selectable from the small blue box near the bottom left of the screen (when you have your province selected).

Most of the factions are empire builders, the exceptions are Chaos and Beastmen, who are Horde factions, and then theres Woodelves and Norsca who have limited building options outside of their initial areas.
Vampire Pirates, and to a lesser extent Dark Elves, are interesting as they are builders but also have the mobile advantages of a Horde.

[Davor]

Thank you so much, will check it out now since I swore I went over all buildings and read the tool tip. Will look for the "Offering of Slaughter".

What do you mean Norsca have a limited building options outside of their initial areas? What happens when they go out of the areas? Just wondering I am going to start a new game and if I should change it to something else.

[Sir uP]

Ya norsca isnt the best building faction as you want to go raid lands rather than develop them.

As mentioned horde like chaos and beastmen are out. Wood elves and norsca are restricted. I like lizardmen as a building faction. Their buildings are simple and the faction benefits from having more buildings and more settlements.

[Red Shift]

Just had a thought, maybe someone else can confirm - but i'm not sure if Norsca actually have commandments which would explain why you cant see them as normally the box is greyed out even if a province isnt under your complete control.

Norsca have full building options in settlements in the Northern frozen part of the map, but if they conquer somewhere outside of that region you only get the option of building an outpost which only suplies a tiny bonus (though they do mount up if you can keep a lot of them).

What you are encouraged to do as Norsca is to settle the other major factions captials (like Altdorf or Lothern) as you CAN build properly here as well as unlocking your final level of techs for research.

[Davor]

I do have the building "Offering of Slaughter" but still can't recruit trolls. Either something is wrong, or I am doing something wrong. I click on a lord (not my main one) and then click on recruit, and I only have options for marauders.

Am I doing something wrong, or maybe a mod conflict? I am thinking of starting over again with no mods. Just want to make sure before restarting with no mods just in case I am doing something wrong and not understanding how the game works yet.

[Red Shift]

Were you able to recruit the basic troll before? have you ever been able to recruit anything more than just marauders?

[Davor]

I can only recruit marauders. Nothing else.

[Chaoslink]

You need both buildings in the same province as well as being somewhere in that province when you try to recruit.

Norsca is very much not an empire building faction. They simply don’t have the building to do it with. As stated, lizardmen are good for that, Dwarfs can be to a lesser extent. Basically any faction not listed in the couple posts above can do it quite well. Norsca are fun, but there hits a point where you’ll have a negative income and rely on raiding and sacking towns to sustain yourself, using the buffs the towns in the north offer.

[Red Shift]

Trying to narrow it down to find if its something simple or not -

How many types of marauder is it? just the one? or 3/6/8? what province are you in or near, what stance is your army in? What buildings have you build in that settlement?

[Davor]

Both buildings? What would be the other building Chaoslink?

Sorry I don't understand what 3/6/8 is Red Shift. I have the original province (forgot the name). I should say I HAD the province one town just got taken away from me. Going to start a new game and see what happens.

I can recruit the guys with shields, axes, javalins. I dont have stable yet so no chariots in my current game.

[The_ClutchDutch]

you may need the norsca smith building as well but I'm not sure

[Red Shift]

A new game without mods might be a good idea - most small mods are save game compatible so can be added later in your game when you have a stronger feel for things.

To get the ice trolls you would need both the Offering building AND the Ice Troll lair present in the same province, though they can be in separate settlements.

[Davor]

AH. What is this Ice Troll lair you talk about? I don't know nothing about this and haven't read anything about it in the tool tips.

Also I am rude. I have forgotten to thank everyone for trying to help me out. Greatly appreciate it.

[Red Shift]

Hmmm, if you have the option to build trolls from sparring field then it may well be a mod issue that i'm not familiar with.
Normally marauders come from sparring fields while trolls come troll lairs.

[Davor]

I did not build a troll liar. I see no option for that. Am I suppose to build a troll lair?