I'm quite new to CK2 so I've only been using the fabricate claim option. This worked fine until I became a kingdom. Is there any faster way to take over another kingdom without spending a century fabricating claims?
Gaining land
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As king, you can now have dukes be your vassal. What you should do is invite a claimant to a duchy you want, and then press their claim, so that they'll become the new duke. If the claimant is of your dynasty, the duchy is in your de jure realm, or the claimant is your landed vassal, as duke he will be your vassal as well. This is much faster than trying to get claims for yourself.
Remember that if someone is in your court, they will almost always accept a marriage you propose to them. So if their claim is inheritable, you can marry them (matrilineally, if need be) to someone of your dynasty and then press the child's claim. Alternatively, you can grant them a small amount of land (a county or barony), press their claim, and then revoke the land you gave them earlier if you want.
Marry a princess of another kingdom, have children. When the father of the princess dies she will get an inheritable claim. When she dies with that claim it will pass to your children. Wait until you're playing as one of the children and then press your claim to the entire kingdom.
If you're trying hard you should be able to do this once per generation as a king. Once you get an empire then you can do it with your brothers as well and start painting the map with your color.
If you're trying hard you should be able to do this once per generation as a king. Once you get an empire then you can do it with your brothers as well and start painting the map with your color.
Also try to excomunicate the ruler of land u are interested, or try to invade his / her lands. You should also often look at your vassals claims, because they also fabricate claims once in a while on the neighbouring lands. Also, in case if u dont know, if u conquer a county that belongs to duchy u dont own, u can often create a plot to get a claim on the whole duchy (which is quite easy to succeed)
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