I was wondering how about adding a feud option.
BM has a way to settle things with a duel but I think it is unfair for characters with bad swordsmanship.
Allowing a private war between regions should give more things to do for lords and knights also this might encourage knights to be more active during peaceful times. Also, this might provide more factors of surprise. If a big realm is struggling with too many lords fighting over each other, even a smaller realm can start a war on the bigger realm.
When a lord loses a feud, the winner should be able to demand gold directly from the loser's regional tax for a certain period. Like 3% of the tax gold of the loser region for 3 weeks or something like that.
Of course the feud between two lords should be only restricted between two lords and their knights.
(maybe this is too insane?
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