This can give you an idea of how close the realm is to civil war, although future faction membership is hard to predict.Īssassinate vassals who cannot join factions:
Hovering over each vassal will show what factions they are in. You can see who is currently in factions using your enemy's "realm tree" or "vassals" list.
A claimant faction war makes the title "contested", allowing you to press weak claims. And the next ruler may be tempted to raise crown authority when he cannot afford the "-30 increased crown authority" opinion penalty. (Without Conclave) A successful war to lower crown authority will reduce the realm's levies, as long as it does not have a popular ruler. A successful independence war will permanently weaken the realm, while giving you lots of easy pickings. You can pick off pieces of each, with little concern for truces or them putting up a fight. The faction is likely to fire when its army size is a close match, so the armies of the faction and the main realm are likely to obliterate each other. Throwing your enemy's realm into civil war has many benefits: Excommunicate the ruler if your religion has the mechanic.Įncouraging factions. Educate vassals' grandchildren as ambitious, envious, and of a different culture. When they inherit, they will have the full "short reign" penalty toward their "new" liege. Assassinate happy vassals, especially content rulers. Assassinate popular rulers, especially if the heir has unpopular traits or unpopular genes to add to their "short reign" penalty. Unfortunately, this fires infrequently, and may fire at a mayor (making him angry at the duke) rather than the duke (making him angry at the king). They will also be more likely to join factions against their liege, which can result in civil war. Vassals with low opinion will provide fewer troops, depending on crown authority minimums.
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