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[lastverb]

So time to go shopping, its funny to buy a game just for a mod.

[Rakonas]

Dammit, the mod isn't out yet. That feel when they say 'weeks if not days' 2 months ago and then continue saying the same thing.

[Delta Foxtrot]

Dammit, the mod isn't out yet. That feel when they say 'weeks if not days' 2 months ago and then continue saying the same thing.

"It's done when it's done" is so hard to say, apparently.

[Grakelin]

Has to be a mod. Paradox didn't include child birth deaths, miscarriages and (high odds of) infant/childhood deaths in vanilla.

I'm in vanilla. Both wives died "of Natural Causes" in their mid-20s c. 9 months after being declared pregnant.

[Lord Dullard]

The newer patches to the game add a ton of new causes of death. I would imagine that's where it's coming from. Prior to one of the more recent patches (can't remember which, although I think it was 1.05, maybe) vanilla also didn't have any natural causes of death that said anything other than 'died of natural causes'. Now there are quite a few different ways for your characters to croak.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

Restarted my map because my vassals were all starting to get too powerful and things are now looking much better. Now the king of Ireland, Brittainy, Scotland, Jerusalem and Wales. I learnt how to control my vassals a lot better now so they're isn't that issue of Republics forming.
Would be nice if it was possible to form more Empires. Emperor of the Britsh Isles makes sense to me. Guess that's what mods are for.

Playing through the game though I've noticed that Holy Wars and Crusades seem to be really strange. Crusades go to the person with the highest percentage of war score and since the AI seems rather dim when it comes to war it can be easy to win even with a small power like Ireland (I had like 80% of the warscore). One would think the provences would be split up to each of the top 5 victors or so by their contribution.
Holy Wars just seem to invite countries that aren't meant to be in that De Jure to invade. Poland almost always seem to take Norway and in my current map England took spain and France took Sardinia. I myself could of easily claimed Spain if I had interest in ruling that kingdom.

[Lord Dullard]

Spain is usually always fairly easy to grab unless Mauretania really gets rolling (and then only if you really want southern Iberia). Spain, really, is a lot more fun if you start out as one of those tiny Muslim counties/duchies, because aside from having to outcompete your larger neighbors when it comes to grabbing the northern half of Spain (which can be difficult in and of itself, since all of the Jimenez kingdoms are allied), you also have France and the HRE to worry about if you ever manage to get a foothold.

[Rilder]

Well with that, thanks to elective laws forced down my ancestor's king's throats ages ago and the vassals wanting me King, well that means I've been named King of Hungary.

Count, Duke, King, Woot!  Long live the Balogs!Balrogs!

Now for the bullshit of trying to run a Kingdom. Fucking vassals man.

[Glowcat]

Just as well. King Oszkar the Fat didn't sound too Hungary at all.

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*rimshot*

[Dutchling]

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[Paul]

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I've had a similar thing happen several times in my current game as Ireland, although I didn't marry my current ruler directly into other titles. Out of 5 kids my heir has a claim on England from his mother (which I intend to use as soon as my current ruler dies), my second son married the Queen of Aquitane on her 16th birthday and his son will inherit the whole kingdom (which is quite healthy at the moment, with the ruler owning 8 counties and almost all the counties of the kingdom in its influence), my first daughter got a matrilineal marriage with the heir of the king of Castille/Galicia/Leon and her son will be king once the current king and his son dies off, my second daughter got a matrilineal marriage with the heir of Norway (although due to inheritance laws their son won't be taking over, although I may call him back to my court and enforce his claim when his father dies), and my third daughter got a matrilineal marriage with the third heir of France (and my assassins took care of the guys in his way, heh heh).

I'm still playing my first generation char, so these are 2nd gen characters. The third generation of the family will be in control of a big chunk of Spain, Aquitane, and France without any intervention. My heir will inherit the crowns of Ireland and Wales and should be able to mop up the fractured England pretty easily within a few years, since it has kinda broken down into small duchies and counties with the king only controlling about 1/4 of it. And once that's done, with my heir's help his nephew will be able to take the Norwegian crown (and possibly pass it back to my heir if I'm feeling cruel enough to assassinate the nephew).

[Dutchling]

The weird part wasn't me marrying a ruler. The weird part is that my son will be King of Cumans. I just hope I will be able to squash the inevitable rebellions :S.

[Maldevious]

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Thought I'd share this. My current King (of Ireland and Scotland) has just had his 15th child. He is 74 years old and on his third wife. His children include the King of Norway, a Scottish Duke, and two Earls in Scotland. He is also the grandfather to the Heir of Brittany (the Queen being his current wife). Loving this game.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

God. I hope you don't have Gravelkind.

[Leatra]

Man, your king is a fucking baby factory. That's the reason why I never let my character marry early. Good luck to you once he dies.

Anybody have suggestions for controlling the vassals? I need some advanced tips. It's not easy running 1/3 of the Europa you know.