Does a ruler as military leader has a greater chance of death now?

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Like in the title. It may be confirmation bias, but it appears that they die much more often when leading an army.
 

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Sorry, my bad. I meant: higher than before.
 

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I actually suspected the opposite. In my current Ming game I made the starting heir (1-1-2) a general and sent him to fight the Manchu tribes a dozen times, but he took 40 years to die.
 

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It's chance based, I believe its like every day your ruler rolls the dice to live and if you make him into a general he has to roll twice and if hes leading an army he rolls 3 times
dunno the precise mechanics but it means you can get lucky
 

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Does this kick in when they lead armies, or when they're made into a general at all, even if they sit in your Generals list, unattached to anyone?
It kicks in when the get made into a general and get double the chance to die when they're leading