Crusader Kings II is a strategy game for PC based in the middle ages developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Crusader Kings.
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How do I prevent my imbecile son from being an heir?
I have a daughter and two younger sons; they are all marrying geniuses.
My oldest son is inheriting everything and he is an imbecile. My oldest son isn't a traitor so I have no legal rights to ...
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A vassal declares war on my heir. What to do?
I have recently made my heir the ruler of a small county I recently conquered. Problem is, one of my other vassals suddenly declared war on my heir over his county! Most uncool.
I've not yet given my ...
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I dislike the current head of my dynasty, can I arrange an accident for him?
The current ruler of my dynasty is a bit of an idiot. His heir shows much more promise; is there a way to get rid of my current ruler?
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What is the point of duchies if you're king?
Example: I'm king of France and count of all counties inside Normandy. I'm also the duke of Normandy.
What benefits does this 'duke of Normandy' title give to me exactly? I tried to give the 'duke of ...
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Who should I give titles to?
I've been playing for a few days, but still I'm not sure who should I give or not give land titles. Should I give it all to my heir so when I die he gets everything? Or should I spread it to people ...
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What to do with unmarried kinswomen?
I have several healthy, young and fertile kinswomen at my court. Unfortunately, no one wants to marry them matrilineally. I tried looking for duchy and county title claimants, the default search list, ...
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How to rig an election?
In my game as the king of Ireland/Wales/Castille, my dear neighbour the king of Scotland, for some crazy reason, agreed to have his brother, who is eligible to the throne, marry my sister in a ...
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How can I find out how big an opponent's realm is?
In Crusader Kings II, Catholic rulers can ask the Pope for a licence to ki-- er, invade, and take the top-level title (Duke, King, Emperor, God-King, etc.). You can only do this to invade people ...
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Does my opinion of other people matter?
Each other person shows not only their opinion of me, but also my opinion of them. I know that their opinion of me is important in all kinds of ways, but what is my opinion of them for?
For example, ...
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What are the (dis)advantages of having kings as vassals?
I'm newly the Wendish Emperor, as well as King of Poland and King of Lithuania. I also have enough of Pomerania to create that kingdom whenever I want.
Because I still have gavelkind succession ...
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How does Crusader Kings 2 calculate levy percentages?
I'm trying to decipher CK2, and how I can amass an army. One of my vassals has a town, and in this town are 132/158 levy troops, and it says I can raise the top 20.8% of the levy. At the top, it ...
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Can I disown my heir?
Everything was perfect. I have a good and young ruler, who has passed on some good genes to his sons. I also had a lot of spare lands, so I could make my heir a duke and doubly count when he came of ...
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My son/heir wants to join the Varangian Guard, should I let him?
I'm currently fighting to try to subjugate Ostlandet, and my son/heir prompted this message:
My current king (Jarl Tolir) is 56 years old, and I expect him to die at any moment. I just had a ...
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How can I quickly reduce my realm size?
Related to how to find out how big an opponent is, I just found out that I'm the biggest kid on the block: my realm is bigger than even the Holy Roman Empire, so I can't invade anybody. But my realm ...
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How can I tell who I'm allied with in Crusader Kings II?
I would like to start occupying some provinces in Ireland, but my family has been marrying into Irish families for the last generation. As a result, I am allied with many people that I don't even ...
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Can I set the Crown Laws in other parts of my realm?
I'm the King of both Ireland and Wales and Crown Authority is High. I had vassals in Andalusia, but somehow I lost them to Scotland during a succession. I thought, isn't High Crown Authority supposed ...
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How can I persuade my lords to pass a law?
I am trying to raise crown authority, but currently too few lords support the vote. Are there any methods to persuade the lords of the realm to support the new law?
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Is it possible to assign commanders during a siege or battle?
When an army is idle, you can assign commanders to the center and the flanks. However, if the army is already part of a siege or in a battle, it doesn't seem that you can.
Or can you?
It seems a bit ...
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Can I ensure one son becomes vassal of another when I die?
I'm currently using Gavelkind succession, and it looks like I might not have a chance to change it before I die. I currently have 2 sons and hold 2 duchies, so when I die they'll each get one - ...
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How to check opinion between any two arbitrary people?
It's easy enough to check an individual's opinion of you, and their opinion of their liege. But what about their opinion of someone else?
For example, say you as a king want to decide how to ...
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In crusader kings 2, what decides which titles I can revoke through plot?
When you press pick ambition sometimes you get an ambition to revoke a title. This is a great way to reorganize your empire, without having to get claims on the title or incurring tyranny. But I can't ...
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Does army size affect speed of siege?
Is it better to split my units to siege multiple counties at once, or does a stack wear down the defenders quicker?
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I have medium crown authority, why are my vassals still fighting each other?
As I understood, crown authority from medium up should prevent vassals from figthing each other.
I am playing as King of Scotland and Ireland and have medium crown authority, still my vassals are ...
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I don't understand gavelkind
I'm confused on how exactly is gavelkind succession supposed to work. All I've read (e.g. Crusader Kings 2 Succession Laws – Explained says that the highest titles I have will be split between my ...
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Under gavelkind or primogeniture inheritance, is a dynasty member who is not a descendant allowed to inherit?
Under gavelkind or primogeniture inheritance, if a ruler has no [eligible] children, is a dynasty member (sibling, uncle, cousin, etc.) who is not a descendant allowed to inherit?
I thought that ...
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What “powerful boons” can the Pope grant?
One of the loading screen tips says:
The Pope can grant powerful boons to good Catholics.
What exactly does that mean? What can the Pope do to help me, if I'm a good Catholic?
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Am I allowed to usurp a title from my liege?
I am playing as the Duke of Bohemia. My liege is the Kaiser. My vassals have 2 of the 3 counties of the (de jure) Duchy of Moravia.
I was planning to create the title Duke of Moravia, but the Kaiser ...
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What can I spend Prestige on?
I have thousands of Prestige and no idea what to do with it. I have read that you can spend it on actions, but I can't figure out which actions those are or where I find them.
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Can't proceed in tutorial: How do I switch to independent realms map mode?
I've started the tutorial, but I haven't proceeded very far.... How do I switch to independent realms map mode?
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Expanding within HRE
I'm playing my first game and I think I'm doing quite good. I've started as a bohemian duke and I've managed to create Kingdom of Bohemia, expanded a little while HRE had low crown authority, got ...
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How are claims created and inherited?
Each claim to a title has two properties:
whether it's weak or strong
whether it's inheritable or not
Each of the 4 possible combinations of the two properties is possible.
Since I didn't find ...
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Invading a country with high crown laws
I play as the King of Ireland, and I plan to expand a little in the Kingdom they call England. Problem is, they have high crown authority, meaning any landed titles can not be inherited outside their ...
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What if a king is also a duke in a different kingdom?
I play as the King of Ireland (and Castille), and I've betrothed my male heir to the heir of a duchy and some stray counties in England. As I understand it, my daughter-in-law will rule as a duchess ...
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How can I claim a duchy from an unrelated courtier, and keep the duchy in my kingdom?
In Crusader Kings II, there tends to be a motley collection of people with a claim on some particular duchy or county. You can press such a claim by inviting one of these people to court, which will ...
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How to invade a whole kingdom in Crusader Kings 2?
I'm am playing as England. I wanted to invade Scotland and Wales. When I try to fabricate a claim I only get a claim on a county, not a whole kingdom. It takes a lot of time to capture a kingdom that ...
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How is my “Home Base” determined, and how can I move it?
In Crusader Kings II, each noble has a "home base" of sorts: it's where their coat-of-arms appears on the map. When you're a ruler, your vassals are more likely to revolt the further away they are; ...
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Does the bishop stats really matter?
If you have free investiture, you get to elect your own bishops, which is pretty neat. But do their stats really matter?
Usually, I simply go through the list and pick people who have a high opinion ...
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Unable to switch primary location in demense upon inheritance
So have a weird situation going on in my ireland game. Have the duchy of leinster and meath, has it so the eldest son inherits everything. I gave all the sons mayoral titles while they wait for dad to ...
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How to get rid of the “X now favors Y as the heir” messages
I have started playing CK2 as a Count of Olomouc, which means I am part of the Holy Roman Empire. But probably because of that, I constantly get messages like this one in Low Priority Messages:
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How make characters mayors, bishops and castle holders?
I am new to the game. The few tutorials I checked didn't help me understand it, or even mentioned more than the fact that I can make them. How can I do that?
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How to split a levy
I'm playing the Game of Thrones conversion mod and because of the way the provinces are set up, it's very easy to have individual levies larger than my entire fleet. I know you can create multiple ...
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Can you become an emperor?
I'm playing as King of England.I have invaded the kingdom of Scotland, Wales, Portugal, half of Spain from the Muslims and part of Africa.
How can I create the British empire and become Emperor? Do I ...
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How to invade an independent county
I'm playing as England. When I try to declare war on one of Scotland's counties I couldn't: it says that the region is independent. I have a valid Casus Belli but still I couldn't declare war.
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Every time I play a game in Crusader Kings 2, my vassals rebel
Every time I start a new game, my vassal always rebel within like the first 5 or so years. Why does this happen? I've looked up on the wiki that I need to take away some of their titles, but they say ...
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Why can't I raise levies from half of my counties?
I took a break from playing Crusader Kings II for a few months. Since I've come back (November 2012), I'm suddenly unable to raise levies from most of my counties. The button is grayed out, even ...
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What is my succession law, exactly?
i'm new to CK2 and i get confused a lot.
I started as Earl of Ulster, and before my initial Earl died, i changed succession law to 'elective'. I made my daughter elected (barely - some mayor almost ...
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How does the hierarchy change in gavelkind succession?
I currently hold two duchies. If I give one of my sons a county in one of the duchies, then he becomes my vassal, right? And if that duchy is then inherited by my other son, then one of my sons will ...
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What will happen if I, as a count, give a vassal a county?
What will happen if I, as a count, give a vassal a county?
Will I lose the county like a duke who gives an extra duchy?
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Which succession law applies to king/duke/count titles held by an emperor?
Which succession law applies to king/duke/count titles held by an emperor? I found this answer that says the emperor title is separate from the duchy/kingdom, but the answer does not elaborate.
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How are concessions calculated?
When somebody attacks me and he surrenders, he pays me concessions (at least with some casus bellis, such as “de jure war”).
For example, currently, I am king of Bohemia, and I am defending against ...
