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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 1438670" data-attributes="member: 15651">OK, I have not read your story hour (although I should check it out, sounds intriguing) so maybe none of this will work.You need a reason for the Baron to want to take the lands beyond the fact that it is more land.  If the count offers this land while it is overrun with creatures or the like, there is little incentive to take it on and it might be too obvious that the Count is trying to get him out of the way.My idea is to place something valuable within that land.  Perhaps a small iron mine that does not produce a high volume, but it does produce very high quality ore.  The Count uses this ore to produce high quality weapons and armor which he gives as gifts and payments for other political favors.  The mine has had a recent labor issue and the workers have gone on strike.  Conditions in the mine are not acceptable - maybe bacause of an infestation by some kind of fun and nasty creatures.  The Counts own negotiators are busy (probably working to set up the failure of the Baron's liege lord) and are not available to settle this dispute.  If the Baron is willing to work to end this strike, the Count will title him with the lands around the mine.  It becomes valuable to the Baron to gain his portion of the mine's revenue, in addition to the extra land.  The Count gets the mine back in operation if the Baron succeeds, and the Baron will be tied up fixing the labor problems there so will be unable to investigate the other things the Count wants left alone.  If the Baron fails, the Count has the chance to discredit the Baron, and the Baron will have still missed his chance to investigate.  If the Baron turns down the lands, the Count can start stories of the Baron's cowardess or unwillingness to take on a challenge - perhaps he is not worthy of the title he already holds.</blockquote>

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