Strange Hap'nins

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Playing my second game, as Boleslaw (spelling?) II of Poland - was looking for vassals with ambitions I could fulfill and found a nobody courtier who wanted to get married.

Married him to my 55 year old mom, who thought nothing of it - surely she would have some opinion of being pressed to marry so below her station?

She has an ambition to become Spymaster but has an Intrigue rating of ZERO - whtf?


Then there's my vassal duke who declared war on my less powerful and lower ranked vassal in Grienze (spelling? I am so definately playing as England when my pre-order unlocks - I cannot handle thse names ) and I, their King ffs, couldn't do anything about it - there's no way to influence proceedings at all without resorting to assassination or imprisonment: I'm putting a limited authority bill through the court as a desperate response to such impotence, but would not a King have some influence over his subjects' disputes?


And I need some advice; when Grienze falls to the aggressive Duke I'll be away campaigning in Savoie and am worried this ambitious dude will be looking to sieze the throne. What should I be doing now to prepare?

 

[Sir Garnet]

Give money to his victim to help out? Appoint the Duke as a commander of a wing of your army so at least he is along with you - trying to put him in prison has downsides, but at least forces the issue.

 

[the_legion]

She has an ambition to become Spymaster but has an Intrigue rating of ZERO - whtf?

I have the ambition to become a Rockstar but I have a Rockstar-Skill of zero. Nothing prevents
me from wanting it anyway.

What should I be doing now to prepare?

Save money for a merc-Company ^^

 

[Communazi]

And I need some advice; when Grienze falls to the aggressive Duke I'll be away campaigning in Savoie and am worried this ambitious dude will be looking to sieze the throne. What should I be doing now to prepare?

check into his character. If he has the 'ambitious' trait then you should definitely be worried.

If you hold any counties or titles he desires, you might win his favour by granting them. Or declare a war in order to capture a county that he has claims on, he will love you then. A happy duke is a good duke.

 

[nyah]

but would not a King have some influence over his subjects' disputes?

Not necessarily. Vassals were often free to wage war against each other, in the same way that individual families were free to feud over a blood-debt. These dukes and counts were pretty much sovereign in the own lands, the king (or emperor) being not much more than a nominal overlord. The history of the middle ages is in many ways the history of the players (ie the kings and dukes) to assert their authority over the other.

 

[Zarine]

but would not a King have some influence over his subjects' disputes?

Get to medium crown authority and they won't be able to declare war on each other...

 

[SlyEcho]

This case is present in the starting scenario. When I first played Poland I saw this problem and I transferred the count vassal to the duke. The second time I forgot.