Do npc use real gold (ingame) to improve their holdings?

[sorrowofwind]

Hi, I'm new to the game so have some questions. I've been playing as a count and found my vassals usually have so much gold to upgrade their holdings that once they pass away and have the land handed back to me, they are much superior than the land I control, yet I've set the taxation to large so they shouldn't have much money to spare.

Therefore, I'm just wondering do they use real ingame gold to improve their holdings, or just a timed event thing?

 

[Lordrac]

Of course they use money. Your vassals only give you a tiny portion of their intake, if you are a king then crank up the vassal tax laws if you aren't afraid of trouble.
I think you mean you are playing as a duke and not count, because barons only get a tiny income and only upgrade rarely, especially beyond 1st tier buildings.

 

[Mutineer]

you especially can see it for cities. put tax down and observe them building everything possible.

 

[Lordrac]

you especially can see it for cities. put tax down and observe them building everything possible.

I prefer to crank city tax to the maximum and just upgrade them at my own leisure. And i can use the spare money for more useful things.

 

[sorrowofwind]

Thanks for the quick replies. I'm asure that I play as a count. Have been playing as a count for several days now, never got to the duke (position) level though. After I rebel against my duke liege, I was able to become direct vassal of the king, then my character died and the son inherited his place, which made the previous liege becoming my boss again.

Just checked the baron vassals and see they do seem have gold. However when I revoke the land title away from them and leave them landless, I cannot seem to take away their owned gold? One baron even had 1000+ (I usually just try to survive from being destroyed by my liege who seem always wanting to take my count title away so most of the time I barely have any money)

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wow, didn't know banish vassals would get all their money. I'll try playing as a tyrant count next time. Now I hope instead of assassination plot, we can set plots that inculpate vassals and take all their gold away.

 

[DeaTh-ShiNoBi]

You cannot take a vassal's money when you strip their land. I believe you can take their money, though, if you imprison them and banish them. But that makes your vassals hate you a lot, so be careful.

 

[Portal]

Find a reason to imprison them, revoke their title and now they are landless I don't think it will incur tyranny to banish

 

[unmerged(545031)]

That works sometimes, but often it will just make them revert to some other ruler *while in jail* - thus making them unbanishable (all you can do is ransom them).

 

[Mauer]

Mayors get so much money it doesn't matter if you tax them to hell, they'll still have spare money lying around after building their cities to max, it's a good idea to help them with their first town market and palisade though. Bishops and Counts/Barons do ok if you keep their taxes normal or minimum and only raise them when you are in dire need for cash and can afford the opinion hit.