I will add, it also helps to have a well stocked armory. X amount of shields on hand at any given point, X amount of chain mail suits, helmets, etc. You essentially want to be able to fully equip any new hires without having to come out of pocket to do so. In deadly, where resources are scarce, it’s even more important that early game cash goes to stocking up on relatively cheap items from the castle. Of course, gold too is scarce, so building up will take a long time and even longer if you find yourself on the business end of an orc cleaver. Essentially I suggest both cash insurance and equipment insurance. It may well be one of those things that you were already doing, but it would be lazy of me to omit the idea, so I’ll post it just in case.
