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Ashsaber

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Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« on: September 08, 2012, 11:05:14 pm »
In a nutshell:

I have a king.

I want the king replaced.

How to go about it?

In this instance, the king has no heirs and is a vampire with a dead spouse. Also he worships the god that turned him into a vampire so I guess he's pretty happy about the whole deal.

Keep in mind my goal is to have a new king sitting on the throne, so any methods to replace him is fair game.
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Re: Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2012, 11:38:56 pm »
Currently succession is broken, so any method that kills the old king won't work. The only thing that I can think of is to add [ELECTED] to the king position, replace him with a new one, and then remove the [ELECTED] token, though I'm unsure of if that would even work.
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Re: Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2012, 07:34:23 am »
what is it with dwarfs and vampire kings?
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Re: Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2012, 07:39:10 am »
Vampires live long, so they can easily claim the royal bloodline. Often correctly.
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Re: Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2012, 12:22:51 pm »
D'oh. I vaguely recall trying that and not working.

Oh well, thanks for the heads up.  :D
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Re: Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2012, 08:28:56 pm »
Quote from: i2amroy on September 08, 2012, 11:38:56 pm
The only thing that I can think of is to add [ELECTED] to the king position, replace him with a new one, and then remove the [ELECTED] token, though I'm unsure of if that would even work.
It wouldn't work unless you used DFHack to edit the positions specific to your civilization - modifying the position raws has absolutely no effect after worldgen is over.
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Re: Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2012, 09:13:43 pm »
Quote from: Sprin on September 09, 2012, 07:34:23 am
what is it with dwarfs and vampire kings?
I had a vampire who was worshipped as a god, and then I killed him and had his body rotting out to show people what happens to gods who fight us 8) I wish I had the map still, I'd show pictures, but I don't have it no more :(
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Re: Long live the King! Not you, the new guy.
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2012, 02:49:59 am »
Quote from: Quietust on September 09, 2012, 08:28:56 pm
Quote from: i2amroy on September 08, 2012, 11:38:56 pm
The only thing that I can think of is to add [ELECTED] to the king position, replace him with a new one, and then remove the [ELECTED] token, though I'm unsure of if that would even work.
It wouldn't work unless you used DFHack to edit the positions specific to your civilization - modifying the position raws has absolutely no effect after worldgen is over.
Figured as much. So far I've only found a few things in the entity files that can be edited post world-gen.
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