My Lord, welcome. I understand that you wish to
create a castle to protect your county. I have
assembled a list to help you make your decision. The
bonus of building a castle is it's added defense
and a small addition of free soldiers to your ranks.
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Wooden Palisade
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First is the Wooden
Palisade. This castle is in-expensive, simple
to construct and boosts taxes by 50%. However, it will only barrack 150
soldiers, and comes with just 1 pot of boiling oil.
A medium sized army would probably fair better on the battle field.
Build these only away from threatening borders, or if you
do not have allot of supplies. They cost 400 wood and 40 stone.
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Mott and Bailey
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These are okay.
Against a large or well equipped army though, probably
not. They boost tax revenues by 75%, can hold 200 men,
and cost 800 wood and 80 stone. I suggest one of these in all
your unthreatened counties. 2 pots of oil, and a couple of secrets.
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Norman Keep
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This castle has its ups and downs. It is not really a full upgrade
of the bailey, but more of an enhancement. It
still only barracks 200 men, and you don't receive new troops after the construction,
but it is made of stone so it is harder to get into.
Taxes are boosted 100%, and you get 3 pots of oil.
It costs just 200 wood, but 1000 stone to build. They are good
once you get the stone, but upgrade after a while.
Defenses though, can quickly turn against their creators.
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Stone Castle
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This castle is great! It
barracks 400 men, and boosts taxes by 125%. It
is really easy to keep guys on the outside, but if they get in
its over fast because there is no keep inside. 4 Pots
of oil will really wear down guys trying to bypass the moat,
and there is even room for grunts just in case.
All you need is 400 wood, and 2000 stone. It is worth
the stone though, believe me. Put this in unsafe areas.
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Royal Castle
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Only the richest
and most powerful lords could erect such monumental
structures. It is safe to say that bringing this
castle down is nearly impossible, especially with
a full garrison of 600 troops. You have 6 pots of boiling oil at your disposal,
and your taxes will be up 150%! A real plus here is battering rams
cant get through the narrow passage to the
keep door, so footmen will have to hack it to pieces causing massive casualties.
800 wood
and 3000 stone for this one. Put
it in your capital and any strategic county. This is the
best castle in the game.
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