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I like the idea of being able to mumble something something in the area of 20 charaters or so once per turn/day.  Maybe the lenth of the message can vary depending on the severity of the wound, ranging from nothing for dying/serious to a sentence or two for a regular wound.  Also, the chances that you feel well enough or are conscience at all on any given turn can be random or based on age.

This would make my life a whole lot easier.

 :o touche

I think it would be useful for region lords and dukes to have a message group directed towards "all/some knights of (your region here)" under the Hieracrhy section.  It would save a lot of time when someone wants to write to their vassals. k

Hamilton Vita's lighting EC ablaze was pretty funny...

A battle summary as such would make my life so much easier.  Sometimes, I really want to get a feel of how each side did in a major battle I was in, but I don't have the time to carefully sift through the report.  Great idea!

Maybe the sponsor can be given the option whether or not to allow the marshal to see how much is in the war chest.

Final question: How much gold must your family have until this option appears?

From what I read on the wiki, "A rich family can bail you out."  Does this mean another family can bail you out?

What exactly are the criteria for a family to be able to bail someone out of jail?  Also, can one pay his own ransom from their family wealth?

It would add some responsibility to otherwise apathetic lords and knights and give plenty of RP potential.  Also, I think a lord or knight would only say something if there was something worth reporting.

Delayed messages/ scout reports are a horrible idea, but how about only letting relevant nobles see what is going on in a particular region.

Maybe if it was restricted so only nobles that are somehow related to a region (lord, knight, standing in the region, religious leaders with major influence in the area) could see a detailed report.  Having a home scout network makes sense, but lesser scouts would only report to their direct superiors anyway.  This could add a thick layer of RP and give some responsibility to otherwise apathetic region lords/knights.

Even still, it's incredibility cheap that you have perfectly accurate information on all nobles in every region of your realm, even in region you have nothing at all to do with.

Adding to the probability of a judge being able to successfully arrest a noble, maybe if the noble is in his own region, the chances would significantly drop that he would be arrested.  The noble would be able to board up in his estate, leading to some direct conflict.  The size of the estate, small, medium, large, or the lord's estate, could factor in as well.