Out of context this is terrible advice XD

Hi PE, could you possibly do a tips and tricks guide to innovations? Trying to get a culture out of the tribal era seems to be a lost cause.

"I live my life, one-quarter duchy at a time." King Dom Toretto

In my upcoming Sibling Rivalry playthrough, I ended up as a 9 year old Jimena fighting 3 wars. So, I betrothed to the Duke of Toulouse daughter, he came and won my wars for me, then I broke the betrothal for a relatively small amount of prestige and got it back by betrothing to the newborn daughter of France.

Messy? That's just a regular Tuesday in CK

@@wr4id619 Hey, I actually saw that one! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7yqdLCe1bPWkWw.html

Gotta love having to do your daughter in law so ur son has kids lol

I literally did that only after realizing my son's wife was hot so I seduced her only to realize she was pregnant afterwards

One wife with diplomacy, swap her to top and tell her to assist court politics and bam, easy opinion gain.

Also, marry the old geniuses. Less kids and more stats ftw

i always go for alliances first or second

Same, except I go spouse number 1 for intrigue (great for planting the seeds of inheritance through schemes), spouse number 2 for traits, etc.

You're talking about the Dynasty Legacy perk, right? I just picked up the game a couple of weeks ago, so thanks for the tip. But how sure are you about Fecund being the rarest Congenital Trait? Is it from actual statistics you've seen or it's just anecdotal? I agree with Fecund being much much rarer than the 3 main Congenitals, but at least I HAVE seen it about 3-5 times "in the wild". But I've never seen Pure-blooded EVER, at least in nature. Isn't it the rarest GOOD Congenital, and should I not pick it? Thanks.

@@iAzajar it's been long time since I played.the dynasty perk yes,the frequency of fecund is anecdotal.back then pureblood was a trait gained by inbreeding,you couldn't pick it in the dynasty perk.

@@valipunctro I see. Just wanted to hear some insights from veteran players as it's my 1st foray into the franchise itself, so I'm still feeling all the details out, like the Congenitals, LOL. But thanks for the quick reply anyway, mate. :)

@@iAzajar Try using the find character screen and filter for the Pure blooded trait for all characters in the world every once in a while

@@cykablyat5254 I don't think there's a filter for "Pure-blooded", but if you meant "Inheritable", yes, I actually do that & look for Pure-bloods every now & then. But like I said, so far, I haven't encountered a single one "in the wild", so I kinda gave up, LOL. But if you really have, then I guess it's possible; I'll try again. Thanks.

Just don't go overboard with it. I went absolutely ham on the eugenics in my current playthrough and now damn near everyone in my diplomatic range is related to some degree. So now most of my heirs are getting that Inbred trait and still no pure-blood in sight...

But marry them matrilinearry right?

@@rollercoaster478 Yes

@@eldarethvokkun2247 ok interesting

@@eldarethvokkun2247 that will increase renown, but will not give my future heirs the territory or a claim, right?

Such a strange oversight

kru is rly fun! :)

I personally like the dublin start or a northern Iberia start for a 'purge the invader' run; that also allows you to get the achievement for making all of Iberia Christian.

I'll check the Kru start out, thanks ! I'm loving the game, and glad to hear you are too. Crusader Kings hits a spot that 0 other games do =)

That's interesting what makes Kru special?

@@randomguy9886 to me it is interesting because it is in a back water. Only real power at Start is Ghana and they are a good distance North. It is fairly easy to gain your Duchy and then a kingdom. I'm not a master CK player, only had 112 hours in CK 2, but I was able to get my Kingdom with my first Character. Depends on your playstyle on what you do from there. You are welcome to watch my series on my channel.

Glad to hear it =). Thanks!

Something's off then because that doesn't track with my experience. I reconstituted the Roman Empire and kept all remaining Empire tier titles for myself. Almost all the myriad kings and dukes under me were of my dynasty. My renown kept growing over time, up to 40+ per month by 1453. That's not possible under the system you describe. Any sources for that information?

Actually, this is incorrect. Renown is generated by: * each living member (0.02/month) * each ruler who is not a vassal under member of the same dynasty (0.12 to 2.0 /month) * each member married to a ruler of a different dynasty (0.1 to 1.6 /month) ck3.paradoxwikis.com/Dynasty

@@bumptiousbuffoon7824 how is that incorrect when that's literally what I said. I literally said as long as you're not a vassal of someone of your own dynasty you would generate renown even if you're a vassal. The only way you could be generating 40 renown a month is if you had like 600+ living members, you have a bunch of rulers that aren't in your realm that you're just not aware of, or you just misread. Your two statements literally contradict each other. one statement you say I'm incorrect while also stating literally the same thing I said. The other statement you claim to have generated 40 renown per month by having a ton of dukes and kings of your dynasty as vassals even though you literally said in your other comment "* each ruler who is not a vassal under member of the same dynasty". So even if you really did produce 40 renown per month, it can't be because of your dynasty vassals, only you as the emperor would be producing renown, and that remaining 38 would just be from hundreds of living members or rulers outside your realm you just don't know. So yeah idk what your point is. In my current game as Francia I have 6 kings of my dynasty, 3 of them my vassals and the other 3 are independent crusader states. I have 4 dukes of my dynasty, 2 are my vassals, 1 is a vassal of England, and 1 broke away from one of my crusader states. Only me, the 3 crusader states, and the duke from england and palestine are the ones generating renown, which matches the system where only rulers who aren't vassals of your dynasty will produce renown. As a side note, you also can't cheese the system by giving your dynasty members duchies and giving them to a kingdom vassal of another dynasty.

@@softy9123 I see what you were trying to say now. I was confused by your suggesting in the first paragraph that you can still produce renown so long as you aren't under a member of the same dynasty. This came across as as applicable to 'you the player' rather than 'anyone in your dynasty.' Your concluding sentence also suggests that once anyone becomes a vassal under the same dynasty no one else will generate renown, even if independent. It's a not unreasonable interpretation. I see what happened with my1453 game. Apart from 1,395 living members making it silly to keep track, a bunch of the modifiers list people because they hold special buildings that grant +5% renown like the Hagia Sophia, Dome of the Rock, Palace of Aachen, Notre Dame, etc. Universities also grant renown, but this also gets listed as a ruler. I probably got confused by that, conflating it with when I was conquering everyone.

@@bumptiousbuffoon7824 well I guess it is confusing when I said that no one else in my dynasty would produce renown but that example was just limited to the HRE and all of my dynasty is just inside it. I only mentioned the rulers within the empire and didn't specifically mention that I had no one outside the empire so I guess that's understandable.

Thanks!

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press c for character, set the search to search only within diplomatic range, search for the trait you want in the search box, set unmarried as another filter, filter for fertile. For instance I want to breed pure blooded people. I search Pure blooded, set it to fertile, within diplomatic range. I then kidnap the person and recruit them.

@@alexsmith2910 thanks for the info, but I am looking for traits to bust my current character.

Do pilgrimage, host feast/hunt. But its random, sometimes temporary stats boost, sometimes you get like eager reveler or hunter which is permanent.

The easiest way is having a character go full into the medical tree and get any "witch" or herbalist, random encounters offer to you. With some luck you can find some special knowledge and get a quest to give it to your whole dynasty. Also you can go on some crusades, did not even have to be a sucsessful one.

She may be lowborn but if she had any titles (gifted or conquered) she would stay there due to her rank being higher than your champ

The key difference is that the Character Finder will also show you people who are already married, and while they're not immediate options for marriage, their current spouses can be assassinated to open up a marriage opportunity.

Hahaha i know i know =D

Will subscribe if you can help me lmao I'm beyond frustrated.

He was probably a ruler. Only unlanded males would come to your court if you do a matrelinial marriage

Yep - sounds like the other dude was a landed individual, which means he has to stay at his own court (since he's leading it!) and so anybody he marries needs to join him. Sorry, I should've been clear on that!

@@99Pierogies ​ @PartyElite Ah, that's what it is, I think his dad gave him land after they were betrothed lol.

You're probably targeting somebody too important - if you target somebody further down the succession or just less important in general, then they'll be more willing to accept a matrilineal marriage!

@@PartyElite thank you! I will kill my way through!

No reason it shouldn't. Sounds like a filter or some other issue.

Bribes, hooks, or of someone with a lower renown to your house

Hooks always help, yep! You can also try to sway the appropriate individual to help improve relations. Keep in mind though, it's almost impossible to get a matrilineal marriage on a male land-holder - they know what's at stake!

from the wiki: "inbreeding is the process of two characters who are at least 4th degree relatives having children together. Such children can be born with negative congenital traits even if neither parent has them. However, there is a small chance for the child to gain the Trait pure blooded.png Pure-Blooded trait instead. The chance to gain inbreeding traits is low in the first generation, but each successive generation has a higher chance." Fourth-degree relatives include an individual's great-great-grandparents, great-great-grandchildren, and first cousins once-removed (i.e., the children of the individual's first cousins).

also it gives you a network of alliances so you can invade whatever you want

for example i invaded the kingdom of ruthenia as poland and won

and if I had a claim on the HRE i could invade and claim the title right now

also if you play a small kingdom, duchy or tribe use the ruler designer and give yourself as much fertility as you can i recommend you be a female as females get prestige from giving birth and being pregnant

those very sons and daughters can also be used instead of castratingf or forcing vows you can use them to get renown by granting them titles under you instead of course you need to make sure that they dont rebel however usually brothers seem to like each other more than if theyre not brothers and even if they take your kingship youll still have a title and troops if you manage to convince your liege to allow you to conquer outer territories or maybe you just keep simcitying with what you have you should be able to rebel

I always wanted to be a Habsburger lol

Try experimenting with a cheat mod. You can create a new game and test out stuff. I suggest glorified's cheat mod.

The Godfather is one of my favourite movies of all time, but if you play a drinking game with the word "family" in the Fast and Furious series, you're in for a wild ride =P