1066 start, as Budec Subic, Count of Zadar in the Croatia kingdom?
You begin with Zadar, a county whose city is under Venetian control. Consequently your income will be much lower than other coastal counties.
Your liege is the powerful king Kresimir IV the great. In the beginning he will declare war on Venice. The subsequent war between Croatia and Venice usually ends up with Croatia winning. However, Zadar will be sieged by Venice until rescued by your king. You would have almost no income during this period.
Right after the war, the king would have much less external pressure. (Byzantine has weak emperor in the beginning, so it won't attack you) The king would turn his attention to his vassals. You are one of the only two vassals not from the king's family. And you usually are the weaker one of the two due to having a city less, and gets devastated in the previous war.
The king revokes your title. You revolt. With mercenary you can get by ~3000 at best. NKM doesn't help at all since all you can revoke is a bishopric! The king's army has usually 4000, sometimes 5000. You lose that war miserably, and becomes a monk (if you grabbed the bishopric) or landless courtier (if you didn't grab the bishopric).
Note that I don't have SoA. The absence of it probably adds to the challenge...
(Note that if your liege revokes your title, you can choose to keep that dialog and resume the game until you have enough power to reject that. This is considered an exploit, which should not be used. )
You begin with Zadar, a county whose city is under Venetian control. Consequently your income will be much lower than other coastal counties.
Your liege is the powerful king Kresimir IV the great. In the beginning he will declare war on Venice. The subsequent war between Croatia and Venice usually ends up with Croatia winning. However, Zadar will be sieged by Venice until rescued by your king. You would have almost no income during this period.
Right after the war, the king would have much less external pressure. (Byzantine has weak emperor in the beginning, so it won't attack you) The king would turn his attention to his vassals. You are one of the only two vassals not from the king's family. And you usually are the weaker one of the two due to having a city less, and gets devastated in the previous war.
The king revokes your title. You revolt. With mercenary you can get by ~3000 at best. NKM doesn't help at all since all you can revoke is a bishopric! The king's army has usually 4000, sometimes 5000. You lose that war miserably, and becomes a monk (if you grabbed the bishopric) or landless courtier (if you didn't grab the bishopric).
Note that I don't have SoA. The absence of it probably adds to the challenge...
(Note that if your liege revokes your title, you can choose to keep that dialog and resume the game until you have enough power to reject that. This is considered an exploit, which should not be used. )
