Honor acts like karma in Calradia; virtuous deeds increase your honor whilst unethical deeds decrease it, resulting in correspondingly positive or negative consequences.
Your character's honor starts at 0, and can range from -99 to +99 (except in Warband where the range is greater).
Honor affects your interactions with other lords and causes certain events. A high honor can increase the likelihood of a mercenary accepting an offer, or of you being elected as marshall. In Warband some lords will like you for having positive or negative honor; every 3 points in honor will increase or reduce your relation score by 1 (although the latter has small effect due to negative relationship repairing over time). Low honor can result in a bounty being placed on your head or a war being declared on your faction.
Unlike Controversy, honor will not change due to the passing of time.
Gaining Honor[]
The following actions will increase your honor:
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Decline reward for defeating bandits after training peasants | +1 |
| Defeat bandits at village during infestation | +1 |
| Accept reward after dueling for a lady | +1 |
| Accepting blame during intrigue against a lord quest | +1 |
| Allow prisoner lord to go free after battle | +2 |
| Release an imprisoned lord from another's castle or town | +2 |
| Refuse reward after dueling for a lady | +2 |
| Rejecting quest to incriminate a lord | +2 |
| Allow defeated lord to go free after battle | +3 |
| Failing to incriminate a lord | +3 |
| Refusing to sacrifice to incriminate a lord | +3 |
| Refuse reward for killing a fugitive | +3 |
| Refuse reward after persuading lords to make peace | +3 |
| Select noble background during Character creation | +3 |
Losing Honor[]
The following actions will decrease your honor:
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Attacking a faction without provocation while faction leader | -1 |
| Reject ransom for imprisoned lord | -1 |
| Confirm ransom demand for captured lady | -2 |
| Deflecting blame during intrigue against a lord quest | -2 |
| Raid / Loot and Destroy a village whose faction you are not at war with | -2 |
| Attack a vassal while you or your faction is not at war with him | -2 |
| Attack peasants | -2 |
| Attacking caravans when you aren't at war with their faction | -4 |
| Cause provocation to start a war | -5 |
| Failing while dueling for a lady | -5 |
| Breaking a truce while faction leader | -5 |
| Failing to join a faction during join faction quest | -5 |
| Incriminate a lord | -10 |
| Abandon the cause of a claimant | -20 |