Special combat moves are either effective or grant additional bonuses but have additional requirements.
Characters without high or low Boldness, Vengefulness or Rationality will choose at random. 
Characters with high Rationality will choose the middle ground. Characters with low Boldness and Vengefulness will choose the option that offers the least Risk of Injury. Characters with high Boldness and Vengefulness will choose the option that offers the best Likelihood of Success. AI characters will choose among the available moves based on their personality: Duel Edge will add or substract Prowess to a character for the duration of the duel.ĭuring each round both characters will choose one of three random combat moves that are given based on their Prowess. During a duel either character can gain or lose Duel Edge. If after the final round there is no victor then the character with higher Prowess will win. If at the end of a round the difference in Likelihood of Success is not high enough for a character to win each character has a chance to lose based on their Risk of Injury.Īll duels last between 2 and 4 rounds. Risk of Injury is a measure of how overextended a character is. All moves add Likelihood of Success, and the first character to get it a certain threshold above the opponent's wins. Likelihood of Success is a measure of who is currently dominating the duel. Trial-by-Combat requires the Northern Lords DLC.Įach duel has two values to keep track of: The challenger may choose to duel for either Gold, Stress, Weak Hook or Death. Trial-by-Combat is a duel issued by a character of North Germanic culture group or Norman culture against someone of a similar culture who is guilty of a Crime and is neither their Liege nor Vassal. If the challenged character wins the challenger will gain 100 Stress. If the challenger wins the challenged character will be imprisoned. Punishment Combat is a duel issued by a character who has the Wrathful trait against some guilty of a crime. The victor will lose Stress while the loser will gain Stress. Single Combat is a duel issued by either a character who has the Stalwart Leader perk against a Rival or by a character with the Irritable trait. AI Rulers will never challenge someone with 15 Prowess more than them unless their Rationality is very low. Acceptance for a duel is determined by the difference in Prowess as well as the recipient's Opinion and personality. If the recipient refuses the challenge it loses 150 Prestige while the challenger gains 150 Prestige. 
To start a duel a character must first issue a challenge.
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