If you want to keep them on side, keep crown authority low, don't tax them too much, and don't take every soldier they have.

Rule 2: Don't demand too much of your vassals.

Rule 1: Don't get excommunicated, murder someone, execute those poor wretches in your jail even if they killed your adorable two year old puppy This is where the really nasty modifiers come from excommunication will earn youand being a known murderer or an executer of prisoners will give you penalties in the 20's.ДЄct like a monster and you'll be treated as one. Sadly, the stuff in the latter category usually outweighs the stuff you can do something about. Vassal opinions come in two flavours stuff you can do something about and stuff you can't. Sometimes the best commander you have may be the insignificant mayor of the little village down the coast. You can reassign these vassals to the wrong kind of holding Its worth checking these guys periodically if you're at war. Mayors are odd in that they are elected and will be replaced periodically. Mayors command cities, barons command baronies and the bishops command bishoprics. These are the folks who command the holdings within your county. Kings may also be under the command of an emperor. This chain of command goes from the minor vassals, the mayors, barons and bishops who command the cities, baronies and bishoprics within your counties, who are in turn commanded by the count or duke in charge of the county, with counts answering to a duke or, if there is no duke, answering directly to the king, and finally the king is who the duke takes orders from. Its hard to plot efficiently from jail! You get two major types of vassal Counts, the junior nobility who generally command single demesnes or maybe a very small number of them, and Dukes, who, in addition to their own demesnes, command loyalty from the counts who hold land within the bounds of their Duchy, and who answer only to the king. Keep a good spymaster on hand so you don't get surprised by these most vassals will break off the plot if asked nicely, and you get a favourable chance at throwing them in jail if they won't acquiesce to your demands. This can range from trying to kill you off, to trying to reduce your authority, right up to trying to take your throne off you. More likely is that a moderately unpopular king will start to get a swathe of plots against him. You need vassals because of your demesne limit, or more prosaically, because your liege can't be everywhere at once and things would fall into chaos. Your vassals are the nobles who help you run your lands in exchange for being able to establish a power base within those lands and allow you to administrate the realm and raise armies and tax from that realm without everything going to pieces. In contrast, a fidelity, or fidelitaswas a sworn loyalty, subject to the king. The term can be applied to similar arrangements in other feudal societies. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain privileges, usually including the grant of land held as a fiefdom. But I should Give Ductchies to One person with 'all titles under' to the same person? And these can be random people? Give one county to each flunky spam inviting holy menand the Capital of that Duchy to one of these Counts.Formally, a vassal is a person who has entered into a mutual obligation to a liege or monarch in the context of the feudal system that represents the core of Crusader Kings. Last edited by Corrupted Sanity Vex 10 May, am. Wait, why cant you give duchies to your sons or family? Originally posted by exxDUDExx. They will grow into massive sub-empires you can't do much about if you let them.

If a Republic forms, let it make some money, then send in 'Raiders' and plunder them to death. Don't be afraid to assassinate people with negative traits to get them out of the way if you must. When giving out minor titles inside the county, never give the same person more than 1. If you give someone a County, make sure they don't own any other territory like a castle inside of that county. Never give the same person more than 1 Duchy. Give them to sons who will inherit the king title. With land he can take part in factions and as he is a factionmember and a regent he can just force faction demands. Or get yourself a king title and give away the surplus duchies.ДЄlso, if you have one, never give land to your regent. Hello Guys! What to do with too many duchies? I know you can give them away, but what do I need to look out for? Showing 1 - 15 of 18 comments. Home Discussions Workshop Market Broadcasts.

Too many held duchies ck2