[LUX INVICTA] The Sarmato-Brython Pendragons - a short gameplay AAR

[Zsrai]

Love this AAR, glad you can feel all our pain

 

[Shaytana]

Love this AAR, glad you can feel all our pain

I've already taken drastic measures across the board. :laugh: I've upped fertility and health both, did a rework of some traits etc. I am going to further adjust whatever I feel needs adjusting, as this AAR is a great teacher...

Well hopefully it will continue to teach me for a while, but as promised I WILL NOT reload and take everything as it comes at me in good stride... so if my dynasty goes extinct... that is that... as you can see Dumnonia kicked the cr@p out of me twice already, not to mention I had very bad luck across the board hehehehe.

 

[Shaytana]

I loaded the game up with my new improved private build... and I REALIZED I DID NOT SAVE THE GAME! I still have the yearly autosave though... so given I want to replicate things as close as I can I will wait on Sioned's child to be born - a boy - as in the original game - I will reload till this happens - sadly most likely it won't be called Belinus but I can deal with that. Once the boy is born I will manualy kill off my king via console and we'll be in pretty much the same situation as before.

 

[A_Dane]

Shit happens. But yes, seems like you're experiencing the same early death stuff I've seen my self (although, you don't seem to get half of the events involving stress that i got xD)

 

[Shaytana]

So... the universe twisted and shifted... it re-adjusted itself several times (spitting out daughters)... but then...

BIG BANG! AND I MEAN BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!

The improved version of Belinus!!! Sort of like a Pentium istead of a 286! Now, I was due a bit of luck, so I said fox it and went with it. My king was now disposed of by that most cruel God called Console... and I went on to...

Mercia-lessly eradicate Mercia! Good riddance to those pesky Saxons I say!

Apparently my character is the subject of Greek plays! I find it most intriguing given I can't even speak yet! Maybe I stole this guy's toys or something?

No matter... he's disposed off quickly... (but I can't revoke his title! SIIIIIIIGH!)

Meanwhile, that idiotical relative of mine from Dyfed managed to get his army destroyed in a war elsewhere... so from my most glorious craddle I direct a short victorious war! Really! I mean it!

The Domains of the Lord Paramount of the Brythons, his most infamous and Greek plays-storied cradle-bound King of Kings Lugdus Pendragon! (circa 1096)

 

[Shaytana]

Shit happens. But yes, seems like you're experiencing the same early death stuff I've seen my self (although, you don't seem to get half of the events involving stress that i got xD)

There's a ton of non-stressful events the game can spit out instead. Depends on luck.

 

[richvh]

You can't revoke, but if it's someone you really need to get rid of, there's always the banish option (which needs to be used sparingly... I try not to do it more than once per reign.) Increasing crown authority is really hard.

 

[A_Dane]

Bit of luck you got yourself there xD My ongoing game as Cornovia just ended when my last king produced an imbecil son and immediatly prooced to get himself killed in a war with Wessex.

Imbecil son "reigned" for 7 years, then proceeded to "fall" of a tower in the castle and die -.-

But oh well, was doing badly from the get go, you're doing much better

 

[Shaytana]

@richvh

Sadly banish gives that vassal hate modifier.

@A_Dane

I hope no one makes me fall of a tower! If that happens I'll probably start a new test game, maybe with the Varangian Persians of Gilan for something different.

 

[richvh]

Yes, that's why it needs to be used sparingly, just for vassals you really need to get rid of... like the Irish count in Dyfed my last game, whose death would have caused the loss of that county to the duchy of Meath.

 

[Shaytana]

THE DOCTRINE OF KINGDOM EUTHANASIA EXPLAINED.

So... we wait... we now know the secrets of success (although we're a toddler):

1) Only attack when your enemy is getting/got mauled by someone else, in true chivalrious fashion! (to put them out of their mysery of course - we call it Kingdom Euthanasia... that's our brandspanking new Political Doctrine!)
2) NEVER and I MEAN NEVER, EVER EVER, FOX WITH DUMNONIA...

So following this new and improved Artorian political doctrine of Kingdom Euthanasia... we notice Gwynedd losing its army elsewhere...

We apply our new found wisdom:

Yes! We G-won! Take that G-wynnneeeedd! That Zalmoxian Expansion War CB is looking increasingly overpowered... but then again we're Zalmoxians and WE DON'T CARE!

And then.....we notice......

DUMNONIA IS GETTING OVERRUN! They're being pounded on by several Norse varieties... We decide to temporarily abandon the no.2 part of our Doctrine of Kingdom Euthanasia... and join in the festivities...

AND....

YES! FINALLY! Eat this Romano-Brythons! There's not enough space for two Hyphenated cultures on this Island! (Oh wait! There's Norse-Gaels too, nevermind...)

So... back to Kingdom Euthanasia... as it happened our doctrine found Wessex to be the next target...

And while the war was going on...

NEED I SAY MORE?

Our kingdom looks better now...

This guy doesn't see it though...

Sigh... bloody vassals - takes time to subdue them... oh wait! My new vassals join in rebellion system WORKS...

Although I wish it didn't.

No matter...we put them down. (and still can't revoke...sigh)

So as soon as the time is right we continue to follow our doctrine...

And while we recuperate from our exertions:

All hail Lugdus of Brythonia! The cunningly irrational brilliant strategist ready to take on the world!

Oh wait...HE LOST THE GENIOUS TRAIT??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[A_Dane]

Actually, now that you mention it, I think the losing genius trait, might be a bug of some sort. (IMO it must be, you're either a genius or you're not )

I married a courtier earlier and could of sworn she had the genius trait, but when I took a look a while later, she wasn't.

I figured it might just be my mind playing tricks on me.

 

[Shaytana]

Actually, now that you mention it, I think the losing genius trait, might be a bug of some sort. (IMO it must be, you're either a genius or you're not )

I married a courtier earlier and could of sworn she had the genius trait, but when I took a look a while later, she wasn't.

I figured it might just be my mind playing tricks on me.

It's a bug but I don't understand where it comes from... I am completely mystifed by why it happens.

 

[richvh]

ffhumours.37 has a chance of removing genius, but that's for infants (max_age = 1). Other than that, I can't find any line that removes genius, either in vanilla events or in Lux Invicta events.

 

[Shaytana]

ffhumours.37 has a chance of removing genius, but that's for infants (max_age = 1). Other than that, I can't find any line that removes genius, either in vanilla events or in Lux Invicta events.

Yes, I love breeding Kwisatz Haderachs... I would never put in anything to remove the genius trait... I'll remove the ffhumours chance too. I WANT MY GENIUSES!

 

[Shaytana]

In any case I've tweaked the game some more... and I'm going in for another round... Time to see what happens next! Hopefully my ruler does not die and it's game over... because IT WILL BE GAME OVER - I will not reload.

 

[Shaytana]

So... first order of bussiness... GET MARRIED! Time to do a renewed fertility test.

We look around for a wife and.....

We chose her because. 1) She looks good. 2) She looks good. 3) She looks good. 4) She's kinda foxy too (and another redhead - do you see a pattern here?), and we are due our foxing time - in the countryside of course!

5) My father always told me to marry for looks or money - everything else is irrelevant - and I agree! Since we have money, we'll obviously marry for looks.

6) It also has nothing to do with her being the best option available stats wise.

We go about our bussiness of Kingdom Euthanasia - and we finish off Estseaxna... I almost feel sorry for their beautiful queen - now a beggar... ALMOST.

The succession is secure! A healhty baby boy came down the pipeline! (No stress in sight either)

And to celebrate... some time later...

No more Wessex! The ongoing Purge of the Saxon Lands continues!

Since we are at peace... we go foxing in the countryside often!

Proof the above is true:

The first event that might get me stressed: (one of the few with a stress chance on both options - only 33% mind on one)

But priests know their place and I don't get stressed! YAY me!

Various other things happen - or don't happen - depending on your point of view - like my bloody vassals continual refusal to approve any law I propose...

But all is forgiven, and the universe is a wonderful place in truth... mainly because... after a typical War of Euthanasia, where we had others do the actual work for us:

PAYBACK TIME! There's zero chance of getting stressed after that! How could I ever get stressed now, EVER?

Dumnonia is MINE!!! (I shall have to revise point no.2 of the Kingdom Euthanasia doctrine!)

 

[Shaytana]

Ok so far so good - I seriously don't think there is a stress issue atm at all. (granted I've added new events and this is not the public build)

On fertility... I've upped fertility... It seems too high right now. My king is 23 and has 2 boys and a girl.

On health... I think I went overboard here too. There's a gazillion 80 year olds around. The original Umayyad Caliph and Holy Roman Emperor are in their 80s for example and still kicking - they're not alone at that! The captain of the Seleukid Argyraspides is 89!!! and still leading his men...

 

[A_Dane]

Ok so far so good - I seriously don't think there is a stress issue atm at all. (granted I've added new events and this is not the public build)

On fertility... I've upped fertility... It seems too high right now. My king is 23 and has 2 boys and a girl.

On health... I think I went overboard here too. There's a gazillion 80 year olds around. The original Umayyad Caliph and Holy Roman Emperor are in their 80s for example and still kicking - they're not alone at that! The captain of the Seleukid Argyraspides is 89!!! and still leading his men...

Age has always just been an obstacle man was to overcome!

 

[Vanhal]

Actually, now that you mention it, I think the losing genius trait, might be a bug of some sort. (IMO it must be, you're either a genius or you're not )

I married a courtier earlier and could of sworn she had the genius trait, but when I took a look a while later, she wasn't.

I figured it might just be my mind playing tricks on me.

No, i got even worse in my Umayyads game, married genius courtier in hope of future Kwisatz Haderach breeding (or at least some Fenrings). First child was a girl, with slow trait. Wait a minute, how this is possi- then i look at her mother. Yep, in the same place that was occupied by genius trait now was a horrible sign of the turtle... I guess this would be some elaborate "marry the ruler" ruse, but in game this is a bug
I guess that feature that kicks in and change the child's traits some time after it's born is doing the same for characters created in the beggining.