AI Values Life (NPC Surrender and Death)

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AI Values Life handles death for NPCs in simulated battles around the map. If you want to handle deaths in the player mission battles, that is my other mod, Heroes Must Die! You should use both together!!

The one thing that annoyed me in Warband was how jails had revolving doors on them... war was not dangerous for anyone... it was just a big silly game, I hated it in Warband and I hate it now. Nobody valued their own life. Now people can die, the way war should be. I have yet to see an AI die by the game natively so maybe they do but I have yet to see it happen even when I enable death, which I think is just for the battle the player is involved in. This is what made me write this and I have been using it for a few days now and it seems to work well. Use this in conjunction with my edit for EvilNobleman's Executioner mod. This mod and my executioner edit can be loaded together without any conflict and together offer the best experience. There are multiple executioner mods too and you can pick the one you think is best.

HOW IT WORKS:

Whenever a "map event" or battle goes on around the map, this script will check the defending lord's troop count against the attacker and it will consider his valor to decide if he should surrender or not. Then if the defender qualifies for surrender, there is still some random chance they might not surrender. This mechanic will reward nobles with larger armies that can trap a smaller army. They don't have to lose troops. I feel like this is balanced because smaller armies have speed on their side. If a defender chooses not to surrender then the battles proceeds and all nobles involved in the battle are evaluated to see if they die. This has rng involved but nobles with higher valor have a higher chance of dying since being brave in a battle can get you killed easier. So high valor will help the AI to not surrender but then it works against them in battle. The script also considers the number of troops for a noble's army in this death evaluation. Outnumbering the enemy helps keep the noble alive. Which is why surrendering is a valid choice to make now.