NPC control artifacts cost nothing when you are the one who finds the
artifact by questing. If the item is transfered it costs the receiving faction 1
NP. This has happened to other players. I don't know if the giving faction
receives or not a NP. If it does, you have a way of transfering NPs.
Alf Melin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in connection with the recent discussion on noble points that are not
> recycled when a noble first deserts and then dies, has anyone had a
> problem with NPCs costing noble points?
>
> I have two NPCs, one which came into my service when I found an artifact
> after a Quest and a second that came into service when another artifact
> was given to me. Interestingly, the first NPC cost nothing (as I believe
> it should be) but the second cost me a noble point! This is a fairly
> high price to pay for a unit with minimal combat value, no special
> abilities (except Fight to the Death) and who is unable to study,
> explore, recruit etc.
>
> Both NPCs are listed as having N0 loyalty. Has anybody else suffered
> from this and is it actually a bug? Does anybody know if the noble point
> will be recycled if I kill off the NPC?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mithrai Firetongue
> Speaker for the Guardian Federation
>
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