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Post by crickett on Feb 15, 2019 17:07:57 GMT
- Background
I have been playing my first Ironman game (had CK2 since the release many years ago, but always play the same type of game all over again; trying to create the perfect backstory with a long line of lesser lords and always ending my game when I reach the levels of Emperor/King) - so this time i tried something different.
Well, straight to business. I started out in the Free City of Myr, with just a feudal lordship (longlake) - after a few years I captured a city holding and took place amongst the patrician families in the Merchant Republic. I got my first character elected Magister, but he soon died of some shitty wound - so I lost the opportunity to launch into the Stormlands during A Feast of Crows (wich was my original game-plan). A failed war got me debt-ridden early on and after the first character to my third (the one I am currently playing) there was just barely enough money to keep the dynasty alive with bribes to assassins and avoid council take-overs. But the winds turned, and the grandson of my first character, is now an old warrior-conqueror, called Tregar "The Black" of House Cavallys (Myrish/Pentosi noble family wich I made as a cadet dynasty of House Saldorys - NPC ancestor; Narbo Saldorys 8299). I first liberated Pentos (who had kind of blobbed into Norvos, but was currently fighting a bloody war in Volantis) and became magister of Pentos and Norvos without meeting hardly any resistance (surely it helps to have a wife that is dragon rider;). Just an hour ago or so, I liberated Myr also (a state that I owned almost half the territory of as former duke-tier, so warring was easy) and now I stand before the opportunity to create a custom Empire.
QUESTIONS1. Will my custom Empire, if created as merchant republic, always be a republic or does the succession to a feudal heir turn the whole shannanigans into a beutiful Feudal empire? (and if so, what is the most important thing to do before my current character dies - his heir; Prince Aenar Silverhair of Pentos is currently 8 years old and Tregar the Black is 57) 2. What happens to my kingdom tier titles when I create a custom empire? Should I give them to my son Immediately so he transforms Myr into a feudal state and Norvos also? 3. How would you do this? (To be clear; my heir is feudal, but I am his liege lord, and I am Merchant. Must I change the "Monarchy" Law or can I change government through inheritance? 4. Are there any good ways to gain diplomacy through decisions/events? [Edit] 5. Any tips how to make Tregar a dragon rider in late-game (meet the dragon = old, fat > valyrian sword, martial 22) Thank you for your time and future answers. GG.
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Post by crickett on Feb 15, 2019 20:44:54 GMT
*bump* Anyone read this yet?
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Post by soulbourne on Feb 15, 2019 23:46:04 GMT
You cannot switch government via inheritence, in fact feudal landholders should generally be disqualified from inheriting merchant republics in general if memory serves. You will need to switch to feudal via the law tab if you wish to do so. Generally I think the game of thrones mod is rather picky about an emporer holding multiple king titles and pressuring you to hand them out as loyal kings or lord paramounts.
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Post by crickett on Feb 16, 2019 13:29:13 GMT
You cannot switch government via inheritence, in fact feudal landholders should generally be disqualified from inheriting merchant republics in general if memory serves. You will need to switch to feudal via the law tab if you wish to do so. Generally I think the game of thrones mod is rather picky about an emporer holding multiple king titles and pressuring you to hand them out as loyal kings or lord paramounts. Okay, I read otherwise, but most of the FAQs on Steam and Paradox about this topic was outdated. I thank you for your reply. English is not my first language, so I need to ask you to clarify your latter statement; you recommend not creating an Empire tier title - as that will force me to give away all the kingdoms? I remember vassals getting angry if a King holds too many duchies, but I did not know that also applied for Emperors… My current character is an old man now, and he is myrman culture, trained fighter (22 martial) - so facing a dragon won´t be easy. But increasing my diplomacy stats from 13 to 18 seems even more impossible at this late-stage in life. His heir, Prince Silverhair, is 15, and officially myrman culture ( but appaerance is Esterosi Valyrian - so I guess the dragonquest will work in his favour right?) I remember earlier games, when using the console, that some characters wich were french had culture (greek) in console, if they had the greek appearence. Is that also applying for Agot you think? |
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Post by soulbourne on Feb 16, 2019 14:35:33 GMT
It's just there are extra events where vassals "Suggest" giving out lord paramount status to emporer tiers, you can refuse but it tends to create upset as they keep requesting the title. However, creating the empire title will help a fair bit as vassal limits in agot can be low, so being able to hand out king tier titles is useful for vassal management.
As for the portrait, there are two seperate things, ethnicity(Genetic) and culture(basically how you were raised/decide to act). Ethnicity is like someone who's parents were both, lets say ukrainian, whole culture would be they grew up in say france and act like every other french person from the town they grew up with. This is rarely touched on in ck2, one of a few rather deep mechanics often overlooked. I know high valyrian ethnicity has the same dragon bonuses as having the culture, but unsure if essosi valyrian does too. Generally brave, honorable, rhollor or valyrian religion, and other positive traits are all beneficial for dragon taming.
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Post by crickett on Feb 17, 2019 9:40:09 GMT
It's just there are extra events where vassals "Suggest" giving out lord paramount status to emporer tiers, you can refuse but it tends to create upset as they keep requesting the title. However, creating the empire title will help a fair bit as vassal limits in agot can be low, so being able to hand out king tier titles is useful for vassal management. As for the portrait, there are two seperate things, ethnicity(Genetic) and culture(basically how you were raised/decide to act). Ethnicity is like someone who's parents were both, lets say ukrainian, whole culture would be they grew up in say france and act like every other french person from the town they grew up with. This is rarely touched on in ck2, one of a few rather deep mechanics often overlooked. I know high valyrian ethnicity has the same dragon bonuses as having the culture, but unsure if essosi valyrian does too. Generally brave, honorable, rhollor or valyrian religion, and other positive traits are all beneficial for dragon taming. Then I was right! I can honestly say that I don´t know if Essosi Valyrian ethnicitity helps as much as High Valyrian - but it certainly looks so in this particular game. Besides one westerosi character, all dragon riders (totally 6 NPC:s) are Essosi Valyrian (the Daeny Targaryen-Cadet Dynasty somehow morfed into Essosi Valyrian through a series of strange marriages and capital changes). I knew that the Valyrian Religion gives a major buff to dragon taming, but did not know Rhollor also helped! I will report back to you with the results. Currently my big challenge is to keep my old guy alive for a few years more - (I recently captured the Isle of Tarth, so the plans for westerosi subjugation has begun) - but realistically his heir will be the one who rides the dragon, probably. So, therefore I have descided to create the Freehold of the Three Cities (custom empire) and hand out enough titles to my son so he will be elected High Magister after me. When my former wife (the mother of my heir) dies, her dragon will be free for taming... |
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Post by LancelotLoire on Feb 17, 2019 22:31:46 GMT
modifier = {
factor = 5
OR = {
culture_group = valyrian
has_silver_hair_ethnicity_trigger = yes
}
}
High Valyrians get added modifiers over this, but a lot of the dragon related events have modifiers boosting any member of a valyrian culture or someone with a silver hair trigger. Which means a graphical culture of valyrian/westvalyrian/lysene.
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Post by crickett on Feb 18, 2019 18:36:23 GMT
modifier = { factor = 5 OR = { culture_group = valyrian has_silver_hair_ethnicity_trigger = yes } } High Valyrians get added modifiers over this, but a lot of the dragon related events have modifiers boosting any member of a valyrian culture or someone with a silver hair trigger. Which means a graphical culture of valyrian/westvalyrian/lysene. Thanks dude! Then this stuff applies to my heir. Does the valyrian swords modify your chances of success in dragontaming, also? Or - does it help to have more then ONE valyrian sword when "Facing the Dragon" activates? (Im sorry for keep asking questions but since it is Ironman game I don´t want to make an effortless attempt when the time comes. |
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