Education for Fosterlings

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The outcome of education at home is partially determined by the stats of my advisors (provided they have diplo >6) and buildings in my home province.

When I send my kids away as fosterlings, it should logically be determined by the advisors and buildings in the host court. Is that right?

I've always spent lots of time to find the perfect court for my kids, but I've never been sure if the game engine actually takes this into consideration. Hopefully someone can give me a definite answer.

 

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The outcome of education at home is partially determined by the stats of my advisors (provided they have diplo >6) and buildings in my home province.

When I send my kids away as fosterlings, it should logically be determined by the advisors and buildings in the host court. Is that right?

I've always spent lots of time to find the perfect court for my kids, but I've never been sure if the game engine actually takes this into consideration. Hopefully someone can give me a definite answer.

Education is set when the event "A child finished his education" happens. If the child is at the fosterling court that means the stats of the local advisors influence the outcome. If the child returned to your court before the event fired, then only your own advisors matter. I also look out for well developed provinces with lots of education improving buildings when I send my children away as forsterlings. Also as a house rule they will not be sent to rulers below my own station.

 

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Are you saying the continuous increase in childrens' stats over time is completely random, not affected by advisors or buildings?

Since I've never seen the "finished education"-event happen before fosterlings returned to my court, this would mean the host court has zero influence on education. Thinking about it, this would also mean that my own court has zero influence 15 out of 16 years.

 

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Yes the stat increase is totally random. "Education" does not refer to stat increases, it only means the traits that children get at age 16 when they finish ecclesiastical, court or martial education. And the way the game is set up, these only take into account the advisors when the actual event ending the education fires. 15.999 years of those 16 years really have no effect.

 

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Thanks Leviathan! I'm kinda disappointed though.

Oh well, no more waste of time with those brilliant teachers at the court of England for my heirs. Off with the brats to some backwater dirthole! Playing with the pigs there for ten years will teach them... hopefully everything a future leader of christianity needs to know.

 

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Advisors and parents can still influence the traits a child gets while growing up -- sending a kid to a court filled with good people makes him far more likely to grow up a prodigy. A child in a court filled with idiots is far less likely to pick up good traits.

Take a look at some of the modifiers in the education events.