Factions and politics
Influence and renown
Every faction has an influence in every town, and every character has a renown. Both grow with what you do and fade with time: the realm remembers the present.
Influence: who carries weight in a town
| What your faction's members do in a town | Influence |
|---|---|
| A task of a trade (a load gathered, a parcel carried, a round walked, a fare driven) | +1 to +4 |
| Goods sold at its market | +1 for every 25 groschen, up to +10 |
| A work order done | +4 |
| Upkeep paid there | +1 for every 25 groschen |
| A commission filled for the town | +2 |
| A convoy delivered to its market | +3 a crate (+1.5 a crate for each escort) |
| A contract fulfilled there | +4 |
| Brigands put down near it | +4 to +19 for each hunter, by the band and its difficulty |
| A town raid fought off | +12 for each defender (+5 if the town is plundered) |
| A wanted person handed over / a verdict given (the law) | +8 / +6 |
| A masterpiece made there | +10 |
| A tournament won there | +15 |
| An assault or a killing seen by the townsfolk, a robbery | -4 |
| Convicted by the court | -5 |
| A convoy robbed and sold there | -6 |
Influence fades by about a twentieth every day, so you hold a town by being active in it. The live map colours each town more deeply where more influence is at stake, and a bar beneath it shows each faction's share. F2 > The realm (or /realm) shows every town's standings.
What influence does
| Challenging a town | A challenger needs at least as much influence in the town as its holder (sieges aside). |
| Losing a town | A holder with less than 15 influence in its town, while a rival has more than 40, loses the town: it becomes free to claim. |
| The larger toll | A holder that also leads the town's influence takes 8% of its sales instead of 5%. |
| The house of the week | Every Monday, the faction with the most influence across the land is proclaimed; the live map and the account site keep the record. |
Renown: what the land says of you
Your renown grows with your deeds - work, trade, contracts, convoys, brigands, raids, tournaments, masterpieces, treasure - and fades by about a hundredth a day. It earns you a reputation, which others read when they look you over (/examine):
| Renown | People speak of you as |
|---|---|
| 0 | an unknown face |
| 40 | known in the parish |
| 120 | a respected name |
| 300 | a person of note |
| 600 | renowned in the land |
| 1100 | famed across Bohemia |