Crusader Kings II ~ Quick Answers

[Empress Matilda]

contd from my Norway inherits Sweden game:

1. How do I deal with succession? My king just died, and my brother (now me) became in power. Pretty much everyone hates me, multiple threats (one of which reached 86%!), everyone wants this and that..How do I deal with this? Is there a guide out somewhere? I somehow came out unscathed but I think I just got lucky.

2. What benefits does "duchy" of something give you? Maybe I'm misunderstanding it, but it seems just a title and doesn't give tax/levys? A bunch of vassals want this title and if its not doing anything for me, should I give it to them? Right now I hold the following titles: King of Sweden, King of Norway, 2x Duchy and 6 holdings. What happens if I give out these duchy titles?

3. All the Swedish Vasslas have "+foreigner" modifier which lowers opinion. How do I get rid of this? Do I just breed into Swedes?

4. Also, what's the point of bishops and temples? I have 3 bishops and 2 of those are from the 2 temples I built. However all my tax is going to the Pope even though they all have +100 opinion of me. Where's the advantage in building temples then if all the tax is depleted. Is there a way to stain their relationship with the pope?

1. Give gifts, hand out honourary titles. Check to see if you hold titles they want. Create new duchies if neccessary. The new duke will love you and the counts who become his vassals are his problem, not yours.
2. Duchies give you prestiege and help increase tech levels. If you hand out your duchies the new dukes will expect to get the counties that belong to them. Its usually best to hold no more than 2 duchies and hold all (or as many as your demesne limit allows) of the counties belonging to them yourself as vassal counts will want the duchies.
3. Educate their heirs with Norwegian tutors. If they rebel replace them with loyal Norwegians.
4. Use your court chaplain to improve your relations with them and/or worsen their relations with the Pope. Generally you are better off building castles or towns rather than temples.

A question I have. When I give a landless council member a title they now seem to be fired from my council. I've only noticed this happening since RoI came out. Is it a known bug?

 

[brifbates]

A question I have. When I give a landless council member a title they now seem to be fired from my council. I've only noticed this happening since RoI came out. Is it a known bug?

It's been reported. Probably not high on the list to address since the work around is pretty simple, just advance time one day and re-assign them (or someone better if available). It doesn't give you the fired from council modifier when they get removed that way.

 

[Chuwawa]

A baron in a 4 province Duchy (of which i am the duke) is actually a liege of a duke of another duchy. How is this possible? And can I change the baron to be my own duke? I also own the county capital where the baron resides...

 

[Empress Matilda]

It's been reported. Probably not high on the list to address since the work around is pretty simple, just advance time one day and re-assign them (or someone better if available). It doesn't give you the fired from council modifier when they get removed that way.

Thanks. Good to know.

 

[frolix42]

1. How do I deal with succession? My king just died, and my brother (now me) became in power. Pretty much everyone hates me, multiple threats (one of which reached 86%!), everyone wants this and that..How do I deal with this? Is there a guide out somewhere? I somehow came out unscathed but I think I just got lucky.

It is not like you did something "wrong", the game is designed so that succession is not always smooth and/or easy. You will likely fight many civil wars, if you win you will find that you now have more power and your vassals (the ones not in jail after you've revoked a title from them, but who cares about them?) like you significantly more.

 

[Raeheart_]

Historically speaking, why do Jewish councillors benefit technology?

 

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Historically speaking, why do Jewish councillors benefit technology?

The same reason why the 0.2 percent of world's population won 22 percent of historical nobel prizes. Some people claim the emphasis on education derives from the Jewish educational systems, revolving around intellectualism and critical thinking.

 

[Raeheart_]

The same reason why the 0.2 percent of world's population won 22 percent of historical nobel prizes. Some people claim the emphasis on education derives from the Jewish educational systems, revolving around intellectualism and critical thinking.

Fair enough. Today I learned something interesting, thanks.

 

[brifbates]

A baron in a 4 province Duchy (of which i am the duke) is actually a liege of a duke of another duchy. How is this possible? And can I change the baron to be my own duke? I also own the county capital where the baron resides...

The title got inherited by a landed courtier in the other duke's court.

You can declare war on the other duke with a "county claim for x" CB to take it back.

 

[Yxklyx]

I have a low born courtier who I don't think ever held a title. If I give him a duchy will he have wrong holding type penalties?

What if he had been a mayor in the past - would he get the penalty then?

 

[tamius23]

I have a low born courtier who I don't think ever held a title. If I give him a duchy will he have wrong holding type penalties?

What if he had been a mayor in the past - would he get the penalty then?

No and no.

If the AI gets a "wrong holding type" from holding, e.g. a city and a barony when the capital is a barony, it will give the city away.

He will only get a "wrong government type" relationship penalty with you if his capital is a city (i.e. he becomes a Doge/Lord Mayor/Grand Mayor)

Past holdings are not taken into account.

 

[TartarGuy]

Is there any way to influence a change in the culture of a province? For example, if I conquer some land from the Byzantines as a Turkish ruler, is there a way to get the populace in that new land to change from Greek to Turkish?

 

[tamius23]

Is there any way to influence a change in the culture of a province? For example, if I conquer some land from the Byzantines as a Turkish ruler, is there a way to get the populace in that new land to change from Greek to Turkish?

Make sure the holder of the county has high stewardship.

 

[TartarGuy]

Make sure the holder of the county has high stewardship.

Is that all? So if I get someone to run the county with high stewardship, it will gradually convert to my culture on its own?

 

[tamius23]

Is that all? So if I get someone to run the county with high stewardship, it will gradually convert to my culture on its own?

Well, yes. That will just make it happen more quickly on average, but there is a good deal of luck involved.

 

[TartarGuy]

Well, yes. That will just make it happen more quickly on average, but there is a good deal of luck involved.

Alright. Just wanted to check if there was any more active way for me to influence the change. Thanks!

 

[truth is life]

Is that all? So if I get someone to run the county with high stewardship, it will gradually convert to my culture on its own?

Yes, there are a series of events that will do this. It will happen in your own demesne, too, again provided you have a decent stewardship (technically it can happen for a poor stewardship, but the mean time to happen is really high, so it's unlikely). For instance, see this map from a Persian game I recently was forced to end due to save game corruption:

As you can see, due to appointing Persians with decent stewardship, I was able to virtually eliminate other Iranian cultures and spread Persian culture into most regions of the Empire with non-Persian culture (particularly among long-ruled areas like India). You can also see that the Umayyads (well, Alis at this point, but the same idea) have largely replaced Spanish with Arab cultures, the Bohemians have eliminated Polish culture, and the French have spread Frankish over most of France and some of Frisia, again because of decent stewardship among their vassals.

 

[TartarGuy]

-snip-

Alright, thanks for the information. Looks like I'll get to work training up some decent stewards, then.

 

[Chuwawa]

How do I get the last remaining county in my Duchy? The plot to revoke that holders county isn't available nor is it possible to revoke the county from him? I have an extra demesne slot and i'd like his county

 

[tamius23]

How do I get the last remaining county in my Duchy? The plot to revoke that holders county isn't available nor is it possible to revoke the county from him? I have an extra demesne slot and i'd like his county

Is he under another duke?