Please add a "Revoked My Birthright" opinion malus to the heir of any title you revoke, as well as a "Revoked my Child's Title" opinion malus.
Please set this up in a way that makes sense - for example, if there is a 16-year-old, still childless duke, and his heir is his brother, the brother should not object, because he should not reasonably expect to be the final heir to the title. His children should object. So, the application of this opinion malus should consider succession law and fertility. Similarly, the only daughter of a 19-year-old duke should not object under agnatic-cognatic, as she should reasonably expect to lose the title to a future younger brother.
Generally speaking, "You conquered title of X, which was mine by birthright!" has been the cause of many wars. Simply becoming a title claimant is not enough opinion malus - "Revoked my title" and "title claimant" is enough opinion malus, and these should spawn the sorts of generational feuds that makes you want to kill all the legitimate heirs to the line you usurp, as was the best practice in the politics of the age.
A note: Excommunication is an overpowered mechanism for grabbing titles. Excommunicate target, imprison, if imprisoned, release and imprison, repeat until title holder rebels, defeat title holder with the army you have conveniently stationed at his border, revoke two titles, repeat from "imprison" until he holds no titles, wait for the game to reclassify him from "ransom to himself" to "banish", banish him seizing all of his gold. Easier than using the intrigue focus to discover a plot, as excommunication is an ongoing justification to repeatedly bully him and seize everything.
Please set this up in a way that makes sense - for example, if there is a 16-year-old, still childless duke, and his heir is his brother, the brother should not object, because he should not reasonably expect to be the final heir to the title. His children should object. So, the application of this opinion malus should consider succession law and fertility. Similarly, the only daughter of a 19-year-old duke should not object under agnatic-cognatic, as she should reasonably expect to lose the title to a future younger brother.
Generally speaking, "You conquered title of X, which was mine by birthright!" has been the cause of many wars. Simply becoming a title claimant is not enough opinion malus - "Revoked my title" and "title claimant" is enough opinion malus, and these should spawn the sorts of generational feuds that makes you want to kill all the legitimate heirs to the line you usurp, as was the best practice in the politics of the age.
A note: Excommunication is an overpowered mechanism for grabbing titles. Excommunicate target, imprison, if imprisoned, release and imprison, repeat until title holder rebels, defeat title holder with the army you have conveniently stationed at his border, revoke two titles, repeat from "imprison" until he holds no titles, wait for the game to reclassify him from "ransom to himself" to "banish", banish him seizing all of his gold. Easier than using the intrigue focus to discover a plot, as excommunication is an ongoing justification to repeatedly bully him and seize everything.
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