Crusader Kings II ~ Quick Answers

[th3freakie]

Can I get my AI liege to change non-council laws at all? How'd you go about doing it?

I'm worried because the liege recently passed laws that allow free revocation from wrong religion and forbid internal wars, and I'm of wrong religion and need to expand internally a bit before I can go independent.

They are not something you can get by demanding more council power and councils cannot trigger a vote on the matter, so I guess maybe a favor will do the trick. Will it? Is there any other way I'm forgetting about?

 

[Bearded Geek]

Unless there is a sale on Steaml, always shop around. Here in Sweden, for some reason, other online stores tends to always be between 2 and 5 euros cheaper than Steam (when there's not a sale going).

 

[th3freakie]

not sure if this go here, i noticed there are easter sale in paradox shop, but my base game and other dlc is from steam, will there be any problem if i buy dlc from paradox shop? how do i install them?

You get a steam key which you input on steam and it just adds the game/DLC to your account just as if it had been bought in steam.

Paradox used to have it's own shop in GamersGate (not to be mistaken with the movement GamerGate) but that connection seems to have ended now.

 

[Ruisuki]

I am playing with friends online. I am a female ruler and one of them is a male with quick trait. I want to seduce their character and have the baby be my heir the problem is I dont know whether he will acknowledge/legitimize the kid as his or not. what I want to know is

1. Does the father get to take the kid from me if he acknowledges or legitimizes it? I can accept it not being of my dynasty if I can keep it in my court to press his claim and marry him for alliances

2. Is the only surefire war to stop another player from legitimizing the offspring by having a kind/trusting husband so he thinks its his, thus bypassing the problem with another player claiming the kid, along with the adulter modifier? Or are there more ways?

 

[Ruisuki]

1. can barons rebel? Im trying to take castle holdings in my capital

2. also...do lovers get jealous of each other or mad at you? Im looking to make my spymaster my lover. If i get more lovers besides him, will he get mad and reveal it? IIRC only the husband did that?

 

[Ixal]

1. can barons rebel? Im trying to take castle holdings in my capital

2. also...do lovers get jealous of each other or mad at you? Im looking to make my spymaster my lover. If i get more lovers besides him, will he get mad and reveal it? IIRC only the husband did that?

1. I think not. Only as part of a larger revolt, but when the title is revoked they always agree (you see if they will say yes when you select the title to revoke)
2. I think there are events where exactly this happens. Not sure though.

 

[orielense]

How do I locate a de jure capital?

 

[Admiral_Obvious]

How do I locate a de jure capital?

Generally clicking on the Duchy/Kingdom/Empire title will center on the De Jure capital, so long as nobody owns the title.

 

[Aardvark Bellay]

How do I locate a de jure capital?

..and additonaly to above by Admiral_O, the tooltip for the county will mention if its a capital, assuming you have one of
the respective map modes (duchy, kingdom, empire) on.

 

[Ruisuki]

1.How long does 'ask for indulgence for my sons' cooldown last? 5 years? If so, I can just kill the pope to get the 50 piety decision again yes? Also what happened to donate to charity decision?

2. Bumping this last question to see if anyone knows. Its a risky trial

I am playing with friends online. I am a female ruler and one of them is a male with quick trait. I want to seduce their character and have the baby be my heir the problem is I dont know whether he will acknowledge/legitimize the kid as his or not. what I want to know is

1. Does the father get to take the kid from me if he acknowledges or legitimizes it? I can accept it not being of my dynasty if I can keep it in my court to press his claim and marry him for alliances

2. Is the only surefire war to stop another player from legitimizing the offspring by having a kind/trusting husband so he thinks its his, thus bypassing the problem with another player claiming the kid, along with the adulter modifier? Or are there more ways?

Also Ixal barons dont rebel even in cases where you try to imprison? So im guessing if you do and fail and they have no heir you get the barony regardless?

 

[Ixal]

Also Ixal barons dont rebel even in cases where you try to imprison? So im guessing if you do and fail and they have no heir you get the barony regardless?

Not sure about imprisoning. I have never seen them declining when you revoke their title. But I guess with imprison they might rebel.

 

[Admiral_Obvious]

Not sure about imprisoning. I have never seen them declining when you revoke their title. But I guess with imprison they might rebel.

They do sometimes decline. I've never actually seem them raise a levy or use mercenaries though, which might be a bug, or maybe intentional, I don't know. Barons tend to be extremely rich.

 

[faiuwle]

Barons will rebel if you fail to imprison them, but you take 40 tyranny opinion every time you try without a reason. I think theoretically they can also refuse a revocation if you are very weak, to, but those are the only times they can rebel.

If you have a bastard as a woman and your husband doesn't accept it as his, the father (even AI fathers who are not lowborn) can acknowledge or legitimize him and he'll be of their dynasty, but remain in your court. If the child is legitimized, it can also inherit your titles, causing you game over. Also, if one player somehow inherits another player's stuff I think you both lose, so you want to try to avoid that. Only seduce lowborn men or men of your dynasty.

 

[Susanna]

Just got Monks and Mystics. Is there a point to the books I see floating around? The stats, when checked, don't seem to be granting anything. So what purpose do they serve?

Also, how much room is there in the treasury?

 

[Admiral_Obvious]

Just got Monks and Mystics. Is there a point to the books I see floating around? The stats, when checked, don't seem to be granting anything. So what purpose do they serve?

Also, how much room is there in the treasury?

It depends on the religion of ypur character most of the time.

There's a decision to compose a book too. Sometimes they turn out to be garbage, but still count as an artifact to trade around.

 

[Dragatus]

The decision to compose a book was added with Jade Dragon. Perhaps if you don't have that you can still get a book sometimes, but it will lack the benefits?

 

[Admiral_Obvious]

I forgot to also say that the treasury seems to have a cap of 30 things. The more you have, the more likely you lose something on succession, or as a result of a lost siege.

 

[Susanna]

The decision to compose a book was added with Jade Dragon. Perhaps if you don't have that you can still get a book sometimes, but it will lack the benefits?

I'm not sure what's going on here. The books are things like "Beowulf," and It says it adds "+0" to a stat. (I don't have Jade Dragon yet.)

 

[Admiral_Obvious]

I'm not sure what's going on here. The books are things like "Beowulf," and It says it adds "+0" to a stat. (I don't have Jade Dragon yet.)

Beowulf is a book of historical significance for the Norse, though. I thought it gave a stewardship and martial bonus.

 

[rinehime]

I'm not sure what's going on here. The books are things like "Beowulf," and It says it adds "+0" to a stat. (I don't have Jade Dragon yet.)

Are you playing with a mod? Beowulf isn't listed in the books on the wiki, but I haven't played vanilla post M&M enough to know if it's there. It's not the Germanic version of the Iliad or Odyssey, is it?

Beowulf is a book of historical significance for the Norse, though. I thought it gave a stewardship and martial bonus.

To be nitpicky, while the story is about Germanic Pagan Norsemen (specifically Geats et al), I'd say it's historical significance is almost solely for Anglo-Saxons and Old English language/history. The written source is Post-Christianization and from England. Whether it was directly from a Pagan oral tradition originating in Scandinavia or created by a Chrisitan Anglo-Saxon in Great Britain is unknown/unproven. Although, I'm sure Scandinavians today identify with the story (any Dev thoughts? ), I'd be interested to know if it was actually important to Scandinavians of the time. For all we know, it could've been created by the Uwe Boll of the time and the only reason we care about it today is because it's THE major/oldest work of Old English literature.