Message #74257

[Indirik]

The gold a knight is the knight's gold to do with as they will. That should be blatantly obvious. If it was intended that the realm would determine what the gold is spent on, then the gold would be given to the realm.

Having said that, the knight does need to meet his obligations to his lord. If that includes fielding troops, then he better field some troops. If he's spending lots of gold at the academy, or buying items, and not fielding troops, then he has some explaining to do. But if he is fielding the required troops, and meeting all his obligations, then I don't see why he can't use his extra gold to buy some other stuff, too.