Hey all!
I have two questions today. First, does it help that the king is the same culture as his province and demesne? I'm playing the castillian king of Aragon, and when the pope called for the crusades, I went and conquered all of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Because there wasn't much left to do in Aragon, I gave all my european provinces to my relatives and moved my court to Jerusalem. Now the land has improved a lot and everyone is catholic, but their culture is still arab. I remember from my last game I played for 3 generations and the provinces didn't change culture.
I married my sons to arab girls, and one of them has an arab son of my dinasty, although he's not the brightest guy . So, should I make him heir, so that the new king has the same culture as his land? Is there an advantage to that, to chose him over more capable candidates?
Second, how can I have more people at my court? I'm the richest guy, have nice traits, the piety of a saint and a prestige in the hundreds of thousands, and yet my court only has 7 courtiers! I even had an event when my chaplain threatened me for having a muslim as marshal, because there was noone else to swap him for! I said screw the pope and got excommunicated. No problem because I was also papal controller, but it still bothers me that my court is so small that, had my marshal died, I'd have had to appoint the janitor So, how can I have more people? I saw on a previous thread about create_courtier. Is it a cheat, or is it a fix?
Regarding the problem with the pope and my muslim marshal, did it hurt that my chaplain was a moron? Could I have avoided that event if he was a master theologian?
I have two questions today. First, does it help that the king is the same culture as his province and demesne? I'm playing the castillian king of Aragon, and when the pope called for the crusades, I went and conquered all of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Because there wasn't much left to do in Aragon, I gave all my european provinces to my relatives and moved my court to Jerusalem. Now the land has improved a lot and everyone is catholic, but their culture is still arab. I remember from my last game I played for 3 generations and the provinces didn't change culture.
I married my sons to arab girls, and one of them has an arab son of my dinasty, although he's not the brightest guy . So, should I make him heir, so that the new king has the same culture as his land? Is there an advantage to that, to chose him over more capable candidates?
Second, how can I have more people at my court? I'm the richest guy, have nice traits, the piety of a saint and a prestige in the hundreds of thousands, and yet my court only has 7 courtiers! I even had an event when my chaplain threatened me for having a muslim as marshal, because there was noone else to swap him for! I said screw the pope and got excommunicated. No problem because I was also papal controller, but it still bothers me that my court is so small that, had my marshal died, I'd have had to appoint the janitor So, how can I have more people? I saw on a previous thread about create_courtier. Is it a cheat, or is it a fix?
Regarding the problem with the pope and my muslim marshal, did it hurt that my chaplain was a moron? Could I have avoided that event if he was a master theologian?
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