With the Holy Fury DLC, rulers with bloodlines described with "Children can prove themselves as Mercenaries".With the Horse Lords DLC, nomads and their descendants who maintain the "Mercenary Traditions" character modifier.Some rulers can send their children or siblings to prove themselves as mercenaries: Main article: Vassalizing mercenaries and holy orders Creating mercenary bands The composition ratio of the company is fixed, but the actual number of troops increases with time, based on size and current year.Ī mercenary company is considered a titular duchy and uses open elective succession law. Even if the company is landed, mercenary troops are not affected by building bonuses to troop offense or defense. Mercenary troop technology bonuses depend on the technology level of the mercenary company's capital province. You could even hire them before the war starts (only raised levies prevent you from declaring war). If your war strategy depends on the hiring of mercenaries, ensure that you check mercenary availability before declaring war. Mercenary troops can only be hired by one ruler at a time - therefore it is possible that, at any given time, all the mercenaries which are within your hiring range may be unavailable because they have been hired by other realms. A thrifty and unscrupulous ruler may deliberately waste half of a company in a futile assault in order to save money. The monthly upkeep of a company depends on that unit's current size. For this reason, and because mercenaries can replenish casualties while on the field more quickly than standard levies (and are able to reinforce while in hostile territory), it is beneficial to put mercenaries wherever casualties are expected to be highest. The cost of hiring a troop does not vary based on how many units they currently possess, but the cost of maintenance does decrease as the mercenaries take casualties. Check their manpower on the mercenary screen to ensure you'll get what you pay for. They will gradually replenish their manpower over time. When hiring mercenaries, the full force of their unit will not be available if they are still recovering from losses sustained under a previous employer. Mercenary companies cannot be set to raid. Mercenaries who do not get paid will at best stand down, and will at worst defect to the enemy or declare war on you (which can even happen in the middle of a battle). Be sure that you have plenty of money to pay them. In addition to the initial hiring fee, they have upkeep fees which are much higher than any of your own troops'.
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