This is the type of guide that is really needed after figuring out the base game (and watching the typically top-level guides that are out there). Looking in depth at the how/why of doing the things that we will do in CK3. Thanks!
Dude! This is exactly what I've been looking for. People on reddit etc only write "marry your children to get claims" but we have NO IDEA how to do that... Here we go! This was perfect. Thank you!
matrilineal AI is so weird this game. also it'd be cool if separate dynasties could intermarry (kings and queens) and create unique cadet branches (i.e. habsburg-lorraine)
You can marry anyone you want as long as they're not landed, and present in your court, and thus further exploit matrilineal marriages. If you want to exploit it better just have a couple of daughters every generation marry with someone who isn't landed, nor will directly inherit any land (you can always look for characters to marry them to with some claim if you like). This way you'll have a steady supply of dynasty members to marry off. Either way, that's a very min-max thing to do, I find this only interesting in order to complete the "Dynastu of Many Crowns" decision, which requires you to have 10 independant rulers of your dynasty, which is a bit of work (though crusades help if you have the manpower to fight, and win them, and a suitable person to appoint as ruler of that crusader state.
how do you prevent your dynasty from creating cadet branches once you've got them in place? I got 2 of my house members onto neighbouring thrones and then each of them just made a cadet branch... super annoying.
Good but you only get the benefits if your ruler has them so marrying off people for traits only is good if then you marry them into your main line later
Well you need to consider if you'll inherit the lands eventually. Basically if the heir of your ruler is the grandson eventually it's not a big issue. If they will never be your heir, take them out ruthlessly
Really helpful. It helps confirm some things i was doing, and helps me hone down on the good bits. But everyone always says about murdering whole families to get your person as an heir. However so many people are far away and have little to do with me that my schemes always seem so low, like 5%. i've not got to grips with all intrigue options but i know the main issue is risk of discovery. So maybe i just try schemes even at 5% and cancel them if it looks like being discovered?
you just have to go down the intrigue path and switch your spymaster to helping schemes to get good odds. Canceling them before discovery is almost impossible
This is the type of guide that is really needed after figuring out the base game (and watching the typically top-level guides that are out there). Looking in depth at the how/why of doing the things that we will do in CK3. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
This was a good guide, first one I seen giving out these particular gems
Thanks, let me know if you have any questions.
Dude! This is exactly what I've been looking for. People on reddit etc only write "marry your children to get claims" but we have NO IDEA how to do that... Here we go! This was perfect. Thank you!
Glad to help! Any other questions?
Him: you can spend 100s of hours looking at this
Noobs: Okay 🙄
**100s of hours later**
Noobs: Okeh 👁️👄👁️
And hopefully they learned something!
matrilineal AI is so weird this game. also it'd be cool if separate dynasties could intermarry (kings and queens) and create unique cadet branches (i.e. habsburg-lorraine)
it really would be cool!
Lord Forwind love your vids btw, i watched your advanced guide on ck2 like 10 times at least
5:31 the very definition of border gore lol
It can get rather crazy with inheritance laws and marriages!
appreciate the guide man!
Glad it helped!
You can marry anyone you want as long as they're not landed, and present in your court, and thus further exploit matrilineal marriages. If you want to exploit it better just have a couple of daughters every generation marry with someone who isn't landed, nor will directly inherit any land (you can always look for characters to marry them to with some claim if you like). This way you'll have a steady supply of dynasty members to marry off. Either way, that's a very min-max thing to do, I find this only interesting in order to complete the "Dynastu of Many Crowns" decision, which requires you to have 10 independant rulers of your dynasty, which is a bit of work (though crusades help if you have the manpower to fight, and win them, and a suitable person to appoint as ruler of that crusader state.
yeah thats what I tend to do
Pure gold!! Thank you!
Glad to help
how do you prevent your dynasty from creating cadet branches once you've got them in place? I got 2 of my house members onto neighbouring thrones and then each of them just made a cadet branch... super annoying.
You can't really prevent it, they are still part of your larger house though.
so kinda like a very advanced version of pu in eu4
kind of, a bit trickier
PU is pretty much just an abstraction of this.
Bad things happen when kids go for a walk in the woods.
yep that can happen
At least for the games I've played I find congenital traits to be pretty powerful, how do you factor congenital traits into this calculus?
Good but you only get the benefits if your ruler has them so marrying off people for traits only is good if then you marry them into your main line later
@@LordForwind divine marriage fate!
Great one mate.Nice.Problem is i ended up with my grandson.what shoud i do next?
What's the issue then?
@@LordForwind If my grandson is there what shoud i do to take over the land?
Well you need to consider if you'll inherit the lands eventually. Basically if the heir of your ruler is the grandson eventually it's not a big issue. If they will never be your heir, take them out ruthlessly
Really helpful. It helps confirm some things i was doing, and helps me hone down on the good bits.
But everyone always says about murdering whole families to get your person as an heir. However so many people are far away and have little to do with me that my schemes always seem so low, like 5%.
i've not got to grips with all intrigue options but i know the main issue is risk of discovery. So maybe i just try schemes even at 5% and cancel them if it looks like being discovered?
you just have to go down the intrigue path and switch your spymaster to helping schemes to get good odds. Canceling them before discovery is almost impossible
Fair enough. I just love the Money Tree too much!!!
What year did you start?
The earliest one
Guides should have bookmarks in it
Did this ages ago before I learned how to do them.