Is it a good idea to try and have only family members as vassals? They all seem to have claims on my kingdoms
End Plot gives you a relationship bonus to all the backers, I seem to recall someone saying. I've yet to test it myself though.Second question: frankly, I've taken less to asking someone to end serious plots (e.g. murdering heirs, taking my titles) because it just gives them a chance to practice plotting. I arrest them. The plots which succeed I never hear about, so if I "end plot" all I do is expose my Spymaster's success, I don't actually stop anything (except in instances where there's a) a backer, and b) the plotter will end the plot, then I've set them back, a little).
Since I've never played an Orthodox ruler I have a question concerning the appointment of Bishops.
Who appoints them?
More specifically: Let's say I give a newly conquered duchy (CB Holy War, so every single holding in it) to one single Bishop. Will his holdings stay united upon succession or will every holding get its own bishop?
For Catholics it works like this: With Free Investiture it stays together, with Papal the pope tends to give each bishopric its own bishop and thus effectively shatters Archbishoprics.
I play as England and its around 1120... more and more of my counts & dukes turn to be English while I worked hard for the last centuries to turn them into Normans. Since English is not the same culturegroup I wanted to know if I am to expect that most of my people will start to turn soon (in that case I would make sure my heir gets educated as an English next time)?
Don't know, my gut feeling is that it will just work like Free Investiture.
Be sure to report back when you find out. Why don't you just save/reload till you assasinate him to check?
Ok here comes another few:
a) Would you recommend to form duchies although I have already 2 with my character thus having to give it out to another of my vassals? Pro: Easier to control just one vassal. Contra: Powerful vassal
b) Do you give your dukes always the control over their de jure duchy if you can choose or do you keep vassals out of his duchy to yourself?
c) Is there a opinion modifier that dukes etc. get if I have more than one kingdom? Or should I always create all kingdoms I can?
d) Are taxes & levies as a king dependent on my dukes only or on my dukes, counts and barons etc.? Meaning if I raise my country levies are those dependent on the opinion of the baron to his liege and the one of the count to me or of the baron/count/duke to me?
Ok here comes another few:
a) Would you recommend to form duchies although I have already 2 with my character thus having to give it out to another of my vassals? Pro: Easier to control just one vassal. Contra: Powerful vassal
b) Do you give your dukes always the control over their de jure duchy if you can choose or do you keep vassals out of his duchy to yourself?
c) Is there a opinion modifier that dukes etc. get if I have more than one kingdom? Or should I always create all kingdoms I can?
d) Are taxes & levies as a king dependent on my dukes only or on my dukes, counts and barons etc.? Meaning if I raise my country levies are those dependent on the opinion of the baron to his liege and the one of the count to me or of the baron/count/duke to me?
If I´m outside the HRE (for example, king of France) and inherit something in the HRE (for example duchy of Provence) - will the Emperor come after me?