Why is it costing me 200 prestige to declare war?

[riskywhat]

I'm new to this game, and really enjoying it. I have started in the earliest age as the King of Wessex. I have taken Surrey and Sussex after first fabricating claims for them, however the remaining de jure county (Kent) has an alliance with Mercia so I have decided to look elsewhere for now.

I fabricated a claim for Devon, took it, but after the war the "lose titles upon succession" alert popped up for Devon. I thought that was strange as I have an heir and the law is primogeniture, but I ignored it and began to fabricate a claim on Cornwall. I got the claim now but it's saying I need 200 prestige to declare war? I'm pretty sure I didn't have to spend any prestige to declare previous wars.

Clearly there is some game mechanic I'm not understanding correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Karlingid]

I'm new to this game, and really enjoying it. I have started in the earliest age as the King of Wessex. I have taken Surrey and Sussex after first fabricating claims for them, however the remaining de jure county (Kent) has an alliance with Mercia so I have decided to look elsewhere for now.

I fabricated a claim for Devon, took it, but after the war the "lose titles upon succession" alert popped up for Devon. I thought that was strange as I have an heir and the law is primogeniture, but I ignored it and began to fabricate a claim on Cornwall. I got the claim now but it's saying I need 200 prestige to declare war? I'm pretty sure I didn't have to spend any prestige to declare previous wars.

Clearly there is some game mechanic I'm not understanding correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

You have a peace treaty.

 

[balmung60]

Sounds like if you declared the war, you'd be breaking a truce from a previous war. Breaking a truce costs half of your prestige plus 200 more, and cannot be done if you cannot afford the 200 prestige.

Truces last 10 years (usually - a few casus belli have shorter truces, such as Pagan county conquest having a 5 year truce) or until one party dies. They are also one-directional and only bind the aggressor from the war.

 

[riskywhat]

Ah ok. So should I have fabricated claims on both counties before declaring war?

Also what about the "lose titles upon succession" alert?

Thanks for the help!

 

[balmung60]

Well, you could just try to assassinate the current guy, or wait a few years.

But yes, if you have multiple personal claims (not de jure claims or someone else's claims) on someone else's realm, you can push them all at once, and what's more, if you get more claims on them while waging a "take all claims" war, the new claims will also be awarded if you win.

 

[riskywhat]

Ok thanks!

 

[deadhand13]

Sometimes succession takes a bit to update. As you say you have primo, it should go away in a month or less.

 

[Aries666]

Usually the button that says you are going to lose a title says who you will lose it to. Finding out who that is could help if there is a problem. Also when you took Devon, did you also get they duchy title, if so it will likely have a different succession law, probably gavelkind.