User Guide

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your spy to proceed. If you go ahead with the
operation, the cost will be deducted from your
treasury and the spy will depart on his mission.
It will take a little time before you will know
whether the attempt was successful.
Incite Troop Desertions
If this operation is a success, the province will
experience a temporary increase in its attri-
tion and maximum attrition rates, resulting
in greater potential losses to a large army that
is located in the province. This effect will last
for the next five years and can be very useful
as a means of hampering an enemy’s ability to
field a large army. You should avoid sending
your own armies to this location, though, as
they will experience the same increased attri-
tion rates as well.
Inciting troop desertions is an inexpensive
venture and is fairly easy to achieve. The base
cost of the mission is 25 ducats and if your in-
volvement is discovered, you will lose only a
small amount of prestige.
Assassinate Advisor
You may attempt to assassinate an advisor that
is currently serving in the court of another
country. This mission will only be available
when you have selected the capital province of
the country, and will also be greyed out if the
realm is not currently employing any advisors.
When there is more than one advisor serving in
court, the choice of target is made randomly.
Assassination is a moderately difficult ven-
ture that will require 100 ducats to attempt.
Because murder is a nefarious act, you will suf-
fer a loss of both prestige and reputation if your
involvement is detected.
Sabotage Reputation
If you are wealthy and willing to take your
chances, you may instruct a spy to go to anoth-
er country’s court and attempt to tarnish the
nation’s reputation. Since this mission takes
place in court, it will only be available when
you select the capital province of a country.
The base cost to sabotage another country’s
reputation is 200 ducats and the chance of suc-
cess will usually be very slim indeed. If your
smear campaign is discovered, you will lose a
substantial amount of prestige and will end up
tarnishing your own reputation as well.
Incite Against the Merchants
This mission instructs your spy to visit the lo-
cal businesses within a province and attempt to
incite anger against the wealthy merchants who
are making all of the profit from the sale of the