Taxes of the Nine Holds SSE

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ORIGINAL MOD

Taxes of the Nine Holds adds a fully customisable tax system to the game which allows you to be taxed by each independent Hold. If you are unable to pay, or choose to refuse payment - the amount you did not pay will be applied to a (non violent) bounty on your head for the specific Hold you could not pay.

This mod requires the following two mods:

SKSE - This adds a number of scripts needed for this mod to function.

SKYUI -  This is required for the MCM functionality, without it my mod breaks.

Easy Set-up:

Once this Mod is installed and SKYUI has detected it, you can access the MCM. The menu looks complicated but it is really simple. You have three options for each Hold.

Tax Amount: You set this to be the amount of gold you will pay each time this Hold taxes you.

Tax Interval: You set this to be the number of days between each taxation for this Hold. If you set this to 0 - taxing is disabled for this Hold.

Current Bounty: This is actually not a setting. It just tells you how much bounty you have in each Hold (because it doesn't appear to be in the actual game menu).

You can change any of these settings on the go, so if you need to tweak it for difficulty, or to reflect some big event in your play through, you can.

Once you have your personal preferences set - play as you normally would. Soon a Courier will arrive and give you a note to inform you that you are due to pay taxes for one or more Holds. Pay up (if you can afford it) or refuse, one will result in you being able to go on your ways, a constructive citizen of Skyrim, the other will see a bounty on your head in the offending Holds. Continue to play until the next tax is due.

Say Hooray for Roleplay:

Here are some suggestions when playing with Taxes of the Nine Holds please share your own personal roleplay suggestions in the comments section.

During the civil war, set Holds of the opposing faction to tax you extortionate amounts while your own faction gives you discounts.

As a thief, set the Rift to not tax you at all- giving you a haven where you do not have to worry about tax payment and an incentive to be really sneaky in the other Holds.

As a trader or merchant set taxes high to force you to find every opportunity to make money possible.

Or set taxes and ignore them to get a real bandit/ poacher charact