Killing a ruler

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What has been discovered by survey upon study upon investigation is that poor kings live longer, ...

This isnt that odd actually, since a good king is a major threat to your opponents, making it profitable to assassinate him, while a bad king is, in a way, a good asset for your opponents.

In my current Muscowy/Russia game, Ive had all the first five rulers die prematurely sending me into a regency council each time, grr. And, of course, my current ruler is an idiot, so I expect to be stuck with him forever.

 

[lazysunside]

This has already been suggested, and does not work.

Do it several time. Most of the kings are like Jack Sparrow. Survive by riding on a raft.

 

[A_Dane]

This isnt that odd actually, since a good king is a major threat to your opponents, making it profitable to assassinate him, while a bad king is, in a way, a good asset for your opponents.

In my current Muscowy/Russia game, Ive had all the first five rulers die prematurely sending me into a regency council each time, grr. And, of course, my current ruler is an idiot, so I expect to be stuck with him forever.

exact same thing happened to me in my muscovy game, i had 5 "good" rulers, used them as generals (no tradition), all 5 died gloriously in battle, and were replaced by regency councils, the 6th, also led his army in glorious battle, but never died, he eventually lived to rule for 40 years -.-

EDIT: and yeah Richard, entertaining post

 

[King_Richard_XI]

Seriously King Richard the XI, this is one of the most entertaining post I've ever read . You either get:

+1
a cookie
or something Paradoxisshh

Take your pick .

Can I have a bit of each?

and yeah Richard, entertaining post

I live to entertain.

This isnt that odd actually, since a good king is a major threat to your opponents, making it profitable to assassinate him, while a bad king is, in a way, a good asset for your opponents.

But where are the idiot's subjects to assassinate him? Surely they hate him more than an enemy hates the good ruler?

 

[mlepkows]

Nah, good king watches his subjects closely, stupid king is largely irrelevant and thus more desirable .

Not being able to make certain decisions is indeed the most irritating consequence of a bad king. For some reason my 3-4-4 retards have been always quite good at commanding armies (full Aristocracy and good Offensive can make any idiot a general, I guess ).

Maciek

 

[6354201]

It's part of his powers after he goes through the rituals of being a prince, in which he must perilously avoid hunting accidents, falling ill, and dying for no reason.

Nice:rofl:

I've found that putting Kings in command of armies lowers their life expectancy. Unfortunately its no guarentee.

I think it would be nice to have the option to assasinate your King at a steep cost, say 6 stability. If you fail the attempt it spawns your current King as a pretender rebel with a large army and you still take a stability hit. Then your new King would be a random noble and you'd have low legitimacy.

So the action would carry a steep cost but would allow you to at least have the chance to get a better King, rather than being stuck with the same King with terrible stats for 50 years while you are trying to execute a vital decision like westernizing.

 

[AlknicTeos]

may a strong son is going to inherit some years earlier. ... :arrest: :knife: : poison: :creative people:...

anyway it would be nice if my country would be ruled with 8,9 star kings as long as with the 3,4 "star" "kings". Or a 9,9,8 king lives 40 years like those 3,3,4 kings. Also it had been a little bit better since 1.0 .

 

[TheCheeseMaster]

if its historical rulers then he will never die, until he lives till the day he dies irl.