Light Skirmish) can inflate your troop counts and discourage factions from firing. They are especially useful if you have a small or underdeveloped demesne, or if your demesne will split from.Cheap retinues (e.g. A successful holy war could make you lose everything if your capital duchy is the target, severely weakening you or even leading to a game over.Hiring retinuesAs a King or Emperor, can be a major component of your personal troops. It also avoids triggering opinion penalties such as 'Too many held duchies' or 'Desires '.However, the downside of a concentrated demesne may be that you are putting many eggs in one basket.Д«e on the alert if you are in the position whereby a holy war (or a war with a similar CB) can be declared on you. This makes it possible to gather armies quickly and avoid having them picked off separately. And rulers should instead concentrate their demesne in provinces with many empty slots.Most rulers should try to keep their demesne limited to a small geographical area. з›®еЅ•.Increasing personal strength Building a strong demenseSettled rulers should focus on their capital and capital duchy to maximize demesne levies. It's probably a bad idea, but if I'm an emperor I'll happily give my brothers and uncles recently aquired duchies, haha. Makes arranging marriages easier and gives any children of your dynasty some additional prestige.Even close ones with claims don't always make much trouble, especially if you're powerful. If it's a distant relative, it adds to your dynasty prestige which is nice. If they have claims, it can lead to trouble. I've ended up with -120 tyranny on all the vassals he had because the AI is dumb sometimes.Relatives, depends how far away they are. They'll almost certainly do something stupid. Originally posted by:Wait, why cant you give duchies to your sons or family?Well, if you give it to a child they'll get a reagent and chances are they'll get messed up (I usually end up with maimed relatives). 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. Or any other landed title.When giving out minor titles inside the county, never give the same person more than 1.Give your churches to Bishops/Monks.Prioritize Noblemen for spots first.Don't be afraid to assassinate people with negative traits to get them out of the way if you must.Kill all Republics! They are trouble. If you give someone a County, make sure they don't own any other territory like a castle inside of that county.Never give a Duchy/County to your child heir. We can fix that.Дon't give to old people with ambitious/decietful successors.Give them to sons who will inherit the king title.Never give the same person more than 1 Duchy.Spread those scum out. We hold the titles to the duchies of Munster, Meath, and Leinster for ourselves currently, so we're getting a -10 penalty for holding one too many. They would like to think that their liege is being generous with his lands. Vassals of a king or emperor dislike it when their liege holds more than 2 duchy titles.

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