Quote Originally Posted by Heidrek
Morale penalties are quite bad really and I'm wondering if I should take that general out of circulation soon. He is Merciless already which gives -2 Morale, but being Not So bold as well makes that -4. Almost too much to live with.
Did exactly that for a while but I found out by accident that was probably not a necessity. I only had one decent general (5 stars) with the Cracked-Brained v&v (moral -2) but, to my amazement, I had no problem keeping my army fighting. Could due to the fact that his commande rating gave a +2 valour and thus a +2 morale nullifying the v&v penalty ? Not sure though that command rating increase morale and not just attack and defense. If stars do have an impact on morale then they must be taken into account to see if a general needs to be pu aside. Would say that an aggregate malus of -2 is the most you can accept.

For V&v& like merciless and no mercy the best solution is to kill a few more prisoner so that you get secret blood lover (+ 3 dread IIRC and no morale penalty)