fasquardon said:
I thought it was an exploit to kill your own courtiers?
fasquardon
No - I don't know where you got this impression? Killing your own
spymaster is an exploit because it almost always works. Killing your own courtiers other than spymaster is fine - there's a risk of it not working, so benefits and risks are balanced by the game.
I feel I must urge you to take my earlier words literally: You cannot kill your own
spymaster. Exactly and precisely that. If you un-appoint him, he's no longer spymaster, and fair game. You also cannot ask anyone else to kill
your ruler. Exactly that, and
only that. It's fine to ask someone to kill your spymaster, it's only
you, yourself that cannot do it.
I wonder if perhaps you are getting confused by the letter of the rules because you haven't understood the spirit? The point is to avoid suicides. If I say to you, "Please kill me now", that's suicide, and therefore forbidden. If I say "Please kill my wife", that's not suicide, so it's allowed. If I assassinate my own spymaster, I'm saying "You, go kill yourself", and what's more, it will almost always work. Suicide. But if I order the assassination of someone else in my court, then that's part of what I've got a spymaster
for, so that's allowed.
Anyway. If you get confused as to whether an action is allowed, just ask yourself, 'Is this a suicide?" If it is, then it's forbidden. If it's just an ordinary murder, it's ok. I hope this clears up the point.
About the white peaces: If this is confirmed, we will adopt Ego's rule. If you intend to vassalise someone, give them warning.
Another point here is that fasq should strictly speaking not have been separate-peacing jorian anyway, since jorian was a vassal of Ego. Unless the war had been going on for three years?
