Diplomacy 4.3 for Warband 1.153

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CONTENTS:
1. Features
2. Installation guide
3. Guide to use diplomacy in your own mods
4. Credits
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1. Features

As vassal

• Persuasion attempts to convince your king to start a war
• Appoint a chamberlain, who will decrease tax inefficiency by 10% and give you the ability to set tax rates. This gives you a possiblity to influence center relation and prosperity. In addition he will take care of paying wages and collecting income as well as giving you the ability to secure your money
• Let your companions pick items from the chamberlain item pool (autoloot)
• Appoint a constable who recruits and trains troops and provides information about garrisons and troops of lords.
• Send patrols to important locations
• Appoint a chancellor who sends gifts to lords, settlements or ladies and messengers to lords
• Village and town riots may occure if the people hate you and have to pay high tax rates. Counter them or negotiate with the leader.
• Let your spouse buy some food (I know, it has nothing to do with diplomacy but it's fun )
• Pay staff salary (you knew that a woman will cost money before you married her )
• Troops will start running away if you go into debts
• Return fiefs to your king, he won't like this, though
• Move your residence (via spouse)
• Negotiate Mid-siege surrender/walk-out terms if defending your own keeps and towns
• Affiliate to families
• Send scouts to settlements
• Pay to avoid defeat

As king

• Threaten other kingdoms with war and try to squeeze money out of them
• If a faction sues for peace you will have the option to set terms
• Possiblity to send a gift to another faction (fief or money)
• Send a spy to another kingdom
• Form an alliance, conclude a defensive pact, sign a trade agreement or conclude a non-aggression treaty with another faction.
• Change the domnestic policy of your kingdom. Choose between Centralization/Decentralization, Aristocracy/Plutocracy, Serfdom/Free subjects, Quality/Quantity which affects trade income, vassals armies size, AI army strength, relation between king and vassals as well as tax inefficiency
• When asking for a truce you will get the option to pay and/or give fiefs to conclude a truce.
• If another faction recognizes you as king you will have the option to ask for help against your enemy and in certain circumstances support the decision by paying money.
• Choose your faction culture so all your lords will recruit the same type of troops
• Exchange or relase your (own) prisoners
• Distribute spoils of war after you conquered a town or castle
• Send emissaries to persuade lords to join your kingdom

Misc/Technical

• Mod works with native save games.
• Battle continuation and free death cam
• Amount of recruits available in villages will depend on honour, renown, being owner, being king, domnestic policies (since 3.0)
• Horses will become slower if they are wounded
• new visual presentation of faction relations

Version history, screenshots, known bugs and more info: https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,176.0.html

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2. Installation guide

1. If an update to a new Mount&Blade version is included delete the Diplomacy folder under 'Mount & Blade Warband/modules'
2. Download the installer (Diplomacy_v4.x.exe)
3. Run the installer
4. After starting Mount&BladeWarband select the module "Diplomacy" and enjoy.

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3. Guide to use Diplomacy in your own mods

Please visit Guild of craftsmen

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4. Credits

* Waihti - scripting
* zParsifal - scripting
* hessuu - recruiter kit
* fisheye - autoloot
* rubik - autoloot improvements
* Mjöllnir - german translation
* Akmar Nibelung - french translation
* Malakay - spanish translation
* ultracemre - turkish translation
* Dravic - polish translation
* Mixailos - russian translation