"7th Son of a 7th Son" Event?

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As you know, there is an old wives' tale that the seventh son of a seventh son is destined to become a vampire. This is not true, but there's no reason we can't mod CK with an event that does something to the unfortunate kid.

Is it possible, first of all, for the game engine to recognize when someone is the seventh son of a seventh son?

If it is possible, then what should be the effects? What would a "vampire" do in game terms?

-Die immediately?
-Take a bunch of random characters to the grave with him?
-Live, but with a lot of diabolical character traits?
-Be a heretic?
-Lose all prestige/piety?

 

[richvh]

No. There's no way to test birth order in events.

 

[Guinnessmonkey]

I thought the tale was just that 7th sons of 7th sons were somehow supernatural? (i.e. could get visions and stuff) Didn't know it was an evil thing...

 

[unmerged(34273)]

I thought the tale was just that 7th sons of 7th sons were somehow supernatural? (i.e. could get visions and stuff) Didn't know it was an evil thing...

Heard the same thing. They were often psycic

 

[schedim]

mmm...

I was thinking about this yesterday, I haven't done any modding yet, so I'm not certain it works but ...

Couldn't you check if a newely birthed son has six male siblings and give him a 7th son trait? Then check if his father got one, if he does it could trigger an special mega-bost-whatever event?

Or are I'm totaly lost?

/Schedim

 

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Totally lost.

 

[Lurken]

I was thinking about this yesterday, I haven't done any modding yet, so I'm not certain it works but ...

Couldn't you check if a newely birthed son has six male siblings and give him a 7th son trait? Then check if his father got one, if he does it could trigger an special mega-bost-whatever event?

Or are I'm totaly lost?

/Schedim

It sounds doable. It would be sweet i guess.

 

[kurtbrian]

I read somewhere that if you get an 8th son of an 8th son you get a wizzard, if that one manages to get 8 sons the last one will become a sourcerer...

 

[yourworstnightm]

I read somewhere that if you get an 8th son of an 8th son you get a wizzard, if that one manages to get 8 sons the last one will become a sourcerer...

Terry Pratchett

 

[richvh]

I was thinking about this yesterday, I haven't done any modding yet, so I'm not certain it works but ...

Couldn't you check if a newely birthed son has six male siblings and give him a 7th son trait? Then check if his father got one, if he does it could trigger an special mega-bost-whatever event?

Or are I'm totaly lost?

/Schedim

No, at least not without giving Johan more work. You can only check for best son/worst son/random son in an event, and you can't define your own traits, just use the traits already in the game (and seventh son isn't one of them.)

 

[Kaiser Ludwig]

AFAIK the 7th son of a 7th son was supposed to be one very lucky SOB... Where did the vamp thing kick in?

 

[schedim]

No, at least not without giving Johan more work. You can only check for best son/worst son/random son in an event, and you can't define your own traits, just use the traits already in the game (and seventh son isn't one of them.)

Ah .. I thougth that new traits was possible to define ... my wrong.

But I learned something!

/schedim