I get some: the Spymaster and Regent have a LOT of potential plot power for assassinating people, but sometimes it's some old lady courtesan with no relations, even a lowborn and she as 15% to contribute. How does that work?
How is an individual's PLOT POWER calculated?
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I believe it's at least partially based on relative intrigue. Other than that not sure.
Random Mayor with 4 Intrigue. How does he get near 9.8k plot power?
Best guess: You're plotting against a count and he's one of his only vassals.
Nope, I was plotting to kill a child. I don't know for sure because this happened a lot earlier in my current game so I probably wouldn't be able to find the save file but maybe he was the guardian? Would that increase plot power? There was also a Duke I could invite to the plot that had around 5000% plot power. They can't both have been his guardian...
In such case, don't ask why and invite!!!
But seriously, 9k plot power for a little mayor with low intrigue, that's a bit far-fetched... I want that explained.
Maybe the kid is his ward? In that case pushing the little inbred down the stairs to improve the dynasty line shouldn't be a lot of effort.
Yeah he was probably the child's guardian, and the child may have been inbred or slow or slothful or arbitrary, do you remember? I think plot power and chance to succeed both increase when somebody holds these negative traits.
On a related note, imagine plotting against a child in your care? Easy as pie.
The Duke was probably his guardian, and the mayor his regent (mayor often get regencies for some reason) and spymaster (his black robe). Being regent, spymaster or gardian gives a huge amount of plot power, especially if the target has 0 intrigue.
Dont forget trusting
Also, plot power against children is always massively boosted. Especially if it is a child ruler of a barony-level title. I had a situation where I was plotting to assassinate a minor baron, and ended up with over 15,000 plot power.
Correct me if i'm wrong but it does seem that if you're attempting an assasination on a landed noble and you get the targets Spymaster into the plot, the courtiers in the targets court have a slightly higher plot power %.
I'm not sure what traits the child had, I didn't think to check but here's the full screenshot that shows that he didn't own any land (you can tell just by looking at his portrait, it doesn't have any colour or markings around it) so he can't have had a regent
A lot of this seems rather random to me. Courtiers doing nothing related to nobody are sometimes 10-20%... WHY!?
Maybe it has something to do with the targets opinion of the potential plotter? It would seem logic that some liked and trusted by the character has a better chance to get near him and kill him.