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So my king tier dynasty member married matrilineal without even having any kids beforehand. to a dutchy tier duchess of a lower status house. what?
he is of a higher tier, no heir of his own dynasty and a higher splendor house....

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So my king tier dynasty member married matrilineal without even having any kids beforehand. to a dutchy tier duchess of a lower status house. what?
he is of a higher tier, no heir of his own dynasty and a higher splendor house....

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AI stupidity knows no bounds. One of the best things the devs could do would be to smarten the AI up so they make more logical choices...
 

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Started as custom Duke of Benevento (1066, Vassal of Papacy).

My Court Bishop has nine personality traits..?
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EDIT: I just realised this guy historically was Pope from 22 April 1073 to his death in 1085.

Another edit: He was murdered 4 years into this game, because of the 'Murders at court' event.

I've just realised that indeed. But nine personality traits is the most I've seen so far.
Well, he has a rather strong personality?

My dear father-in-law, I deeply love my husband, while you are married and almost two decades older than me! And also... dead!?
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A 6 day message lag seems actually a bit short in this time :)

seems their fixes for matrilineal just ignore the other recipient?
It is just another edge case we only can report. And hope they can rework the underlying mechanic to finally make such mistakes less likely.
 

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I think i just found a most perfect, literal personification of this entire game. Drunken, naked, paranoid, sadistic, lunatic evil maniac. Behold, a CRUSADER KING:

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I'm sorry to have to tell everyone this, but this is what peak masculinity looks like.
 
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This woman has never been married, has three children of unknown fathers, and is a known fornicator. Thanks to my spymaster's "average intrigue", they've uncovered the "secret" that these children may in fact be bastards. Excellent detective work, spymaster!
 

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This woman has never been married, has three children of unknown fathers, and is a known fornicator. Thanks to my spymaster's "average intrigue", they've uncovered the "secret" that these children may in fact be bastards. Excellent detective work, spymaster!


Huh... Never would've made the connection...

Are you sure your spymaster isn't named Mr. Obvious?
 
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My husband has heard good things about me and would like to exchange letters.

"My dearest husband,
I hope this letter finds you well. I feel compelled to impress upon you, however, that this is no way to start a dynasty...
 
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I don't know how rare or strange it is, but in my play, the Jarl Haesteinn became King of Eastern Francia, and is actively converting all provinces to the true faith : Asatru

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I don't know how rare or strange it is, but in my play, the Jarl Haesteinn became King of Eastern Francia, and is actively converting all provinces to the true faith : Asatru
I've seen it happen too. I think it's because they did an "invade kingdom" CB on Germany, which is a very large kingdom. East Francia often gets in trouble and ends up with a child king with 800 troops, and then some jarl of Holland or Frisia pounces with the 5000 event troops they still have.
 
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I don't know how rare or strange it is, but in my play, the Jarl Haesteinn became King of Eastern Francia, and is actively converting all provinces to the true faith : Asatru

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When going for Crusades, I usually pick someone that is "Zealous" as the new Ruler.
Zealous people do not convert their religion.
Which means more issues with their vassals of a different Religion.
Meaning more like to force them to convert or replace them with someone of the right religion.

I avoid doing most conversion manually, usually looking to get the higher ups of my religion - letting it trickle down from there.

He is Lustfull, Ambitious and Greedy - 2 and possibly all 3 things that the Christian Religion considers Sins.
That would be a good reason not to convert to christianity - and indeed get rid of any christian vassals.
 
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If I manage to beat my three year old son in a snowball fight, I will receive 75 prestige - more than I will get from five years of being a Count. Perhaps this prestige is more well-deserved than it sounds, as my 1-martial count is a heavy underdog against his 2-martial son in the fight, so it would be quite the upset were he to win. And when if I lose, my child will lose all respect for me (this is the one part that seems extremely reasonable).

Sometimes I think the event writers don't really think things through when they assign prestige/piety/gold rewards to these crazy events...
 

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My Viking warriors are defending the varangian duchy of Viennois from thousands of Christian soldiers, in a thematically fitting location.
 
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