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My realms always have more powerful vassals than open council positions for them. This seems to happen every time and I can't do anything about it. Guess I won't be changing my inheritance laws ever because "Not on council" gives a whopping -40 opinion penalty.
 
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AFAIK the number of powerful vassals is capped according to your rank. You should always have enough slots, except if your council is abolished and you don't get the advisor slots.

Is your council abolished? I think the game is designed so that holding onto absolute power as an emperor or even a king is very difficult, and you need to be fittingly tyrannical (ie keeping vassals in prison) to do it. You are supposed to make use of the extra 2 advisor slots to keep the realm in check.
 

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AFAIK the number of powerful vassals is capped according to your rank. You should always have enough slots, except if your council is abolished and you don't get the advisor slots.

Is your council abolished? I think the game is designed so that holding onto absolute power as an emperor or even a king is very difficult, and you need to be fittingly tyrannical (ie keeping vassals in prison) to do it. You are supposed to make use of the extra 2 advisor slots to keep the realm in check.
I don't have any advisor slots to use, but I still have 5 powerful vassals (only 4 can be on the council at any time, as the court chaplain position can't be filled by anyone). Also, to those who disagreed with my post, this situation is actually real.
 

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But now it seems to have resolved itself for some unknown reason. Huh.
 

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As the court chaplain position can't be filled by anyone)

One thing I find myself doing since Conclave is landing priests for exactly this reason, making a duke-tier theocracy. It's a very good idea if they happen to be your religious head too as the generate tons of piety and raise your moral authority. If they are wildly incompetent it doesn't matter much either (unlike spymaster for instance). If they are really weak they commonly get killed while trying to proselytise.
 
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As a side note.I land women with VRs. When you have sexest crown laws they can't occupy positions so they get the beautiful brown fist without needing a position

Pun semi intended
 
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My realms always have more powerful vassals than open council positions for them. This seems to happen every time and I can't do anything about it. Guess I won't be changing my inheritance laws ever because "Not on council" gives a whopping -40 opinion penalty.
- Let them rebel and lose (+15 crushed a major revolt).
- Release them (+10 merciful, +6~9 released prisoner) OR revoke their main title and hide them behind another vassal.
- Send them a gift.
- Award them an honorary title (+5 opinion).
- Send your chancellor to improve relations.

I always find ways to change my succession laws when I need to.
 
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Guess I won't be changing my inheritance laws ever because "Not on council" gives a whopping -40 opinion penalty.

Its not very hard to get rid powerful vassals that wont fit on your council. As was mentioned above, let them rebel then throw them in prison, spy on them to get a reason to throw them in prison, use spymaster to make them drop out of factions, etc etc.
 
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