

If one of these requirements is met after a character joins a faction it will leave it. Vassals cannot join a faction against a liege if they are underage, the liege's friend, lover or ally, the liege has a strong hook or truce with them or they have at least 80 opinion of the liege. All faction members get -50% control growth and +30 popular opinion for 10 years.All faction members form an independent realm.Every faction member gains a weak hook on the claimant.If it is refused, it will start a civil war. If the ultimatum is accepted, the liege will gain -20 dread. It can also send the ultimatum early if the liege unjustly imprisons someone. Discontent is a measure of how close the faction is to sending their ultimatum.Ī faction will deliver its ultimatum shortly after discontent reaches 100%.When the ratio is above 80%, the Faction will gain discontent when it is below the threshold, the faction will lose discontent. Military power is the ratio between the combined military strength of all faction members and the military strength of the liege.As long as their issue isn't resolved they will keep growing until they will be large enough to deliver an ultimatum to the liege.Īll factions have two important values: military power and discontent. In order for the succession law of a realm to be changed, all powerful vassals must either have positive opinion of the liege, be terrified or be imprisoned.įactions are organized groups that are united against their liege for a common purpose. They're also much harder to use the sway scheme on. In elective succession types, powerful vassals have more votes than regular vassals. The number of powerful vassals a liege will have depends on the rank of their primary title: In each realm, vassals with the highest tax income and number of levies are designated as powerful vassals, who expect to be part of the liege's council and will have -40 opinion of their liege if they're not. Succeeding with the Learn Language scheme.Constructing or upgrading Temple holdings.Using the Domestic Affairs councilor task.Making them Guardian of close family members.Below 30% Cultural Acceptance with the liege's culture.Liege's faith is considered Hostile or Evil.Converting the Faith or Culture of a countyĭifferent culture or faith from the liege.Using the Promote Cultural Acceptance councilor task.There are 6 Vassal Stances:įaith of the liege or considered Righteous or AstrayĬulture of the liege or with at least 30% Culture Acceptance Otherwise it will gain a temporary -20 Opinion upon succession. If the Primary Heir is the heir preferred by the vassal it will gain a temporary +30 Opinion upon succession. The Vassal Stance determine what actions the liege takes the vassal will like and dislike and which heir it prefers as long as it matches the gender succession law. A character's vassal limit can be seen by opening the Realm menu (key: F2) towards the bottom-right.Įach vassal has a Vassal Stance, which is determined primarily by their AI personality. Conditionįor every vassal above the Vassal Limit, -5% is imposed on vassal taxes and vassal levies, up to -95%.Ī character can avoid going over the vassal limit by creating duke vassals and transferring count vassals to them through the grant vassal interaction. It is primarily based on the rank of the ruler's primary title and can be increased by title laws and traits. The vassal limit is the number of direct vassals (excluding Barons) a ruler can have without penalties. Rulers whose faith has the Theocratic doctrine lease their temple holdings to a Realm Priest, who then provides taxes and levies based on their opinion towards their liege.Republic vassals always provide 20% taxes and 10% levies to their liege.Theocracies provide taxes and levies based on the liege's level of devotion.Clan vassals provide taxes and levies based on their opinion towards their liege, with minimum amounts determined by crown authority.Tribal vassals provide taxes and levies based on the liege's level of fame, with minimum amounts determined by tribal authority.Feudal vassals provide taxes and levies based on their individual feudal contracts.The amount of taxes and levies granted by a vassal to their liege depends largely on their government type: Every character can have at most one liege. Each vassal can be a liege towards their own set of vassals, as long as lower title ranks exist. The feudal system from both the Middle Ages and Crusader Kings III revolves around vassals, characters who are granted by a liege lower-ranked titles to more easily manage the realm in exchange for a cut of their taxes and levies. Please help with verifying or updating older sections of this article.Īt least some were last verified for version 1.9.
