CK2 NOOB: battle against people im not at war with

[rossenori]

long time EU4 player but playing CK2 for the first time.

my troops had to pass a province that had troops of a third nation that i was not at war with. i thought they would just pass them by but they actually went to battle.

 

[Chairman Noob]

Maybe the third "nation" was actually a vassal of your enemy? Or it could be peasant, religious or liberation rebels, they're hostile to everyone.

 

[rossenori]

Maybe the third "nation" was actually a vassal of your enemy? Or it could be peasant, religious or liberation rebels, they're hostile to everyone.

but shouldn't his vassals be shown under the warscore page. i only saw him in it and thought i was only at war with him

another noobie question. I'm playing with Galicia and I'm trying to see how many troops aftasid can levy in the ledger page. 10 independent states. but theyre not in it.

 

[Chairman Noob]

Unfortunately you don't get any warscore for destroying vassal's armies as long as they've been raised by the vassals themselves rather than the liege.

They're listed under the name of their main title (Badajoz?) rather than the dynasty name. But you could just find out by looking at their current ruler, the number of troops is listed to the right of his portrait.

 

[rossenori]

wowwww that's retarded. and how am i supposed to find their main title? a bunch of these muslim dynasties aren't listed according to their dynasty names.

these levies are so confusing. if i click on the emir's portrait, it says he has 3k levy. but if each of his vassal has, lets say, 3k levy each. then if i want to go to war with them, should i add up all those levies. his own + anyone under him.
if that's the case then isn't there an easier way then to click on every portrait and then adding up their levies to decide how many troops I'm going up against?

 

[Chairman Noob]

You only have to add stuff up manually when fighting against tribals and nomads. For a feudal/iqta realm such as Aftasid, just take the number from his character window. If you point the mouse at it it'll show how many troops he has from his demesne, how many he can call up from his vassals and how many mercenaries/holy order troops he's hired at the moment, if any.

 

[rossenori]

You only have to add stuff up manually when fighting against tribals and nomads. For a feudal/iqta realm such as Aftasid, just take the number from his character window. If you point the mouse at it it'll show how many troops he has from his demesne, how many he can call up from his vassals and how many mercenaries/holy order troops he's hired at the moment, if any.

Thanks!! but how do i determine their main title?

 

[HandicapdHippo]

Thanks!! but how do i determine their main title?

Its the one furthest to the left in the list of titles on their character screen.

 

[abauer2]

Thanks!! but how do i determine their main title?

You can also hover over the coat of arms that appears next to their picture, and when the tooltip pops up it will say "[dynastyname] [sultanate or whatever]", and then it should have in parentheses the base title name. Works the same with the Indian realms too.