KOTR Postmortem and Next-Gen Rules Discussion

[Privateerkev]

But wouldn't this then strengthent the people in the middle of the chain. Maybe it's even the Marquee himself who foreswears his oath just so that he can gain more advancement. I'd see this as a plus, really. Also once you're Duke and you have written your Will and then it should be valid for the rest of your life.

Ah I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. In the current rules, you lose your title when a vassal drops out. So, in your rules, I assumed it would be the same. That's why I was worried about a FL destroying a RBG led House. So, in your rules, if Duke's are immune to having the will vetoed, then it is good no matter what rank they drop down to?

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Or have I just confused two totally different rules... damn my cobwebby brain right now... ^_^

Well my inheritance of titles would be more of a convention of sorts. I can't get myself to like the current system too much, where Houses will always loose power when one of their members dies, no matter in which position. By choosing an heir to your title within the feudal chain you encourage him to retake the same Oaths your predecessor had. Thus making any House more stable. But to not make it too stable there are no penalties for not reswearing those oaths. This goes both ways. A death resets all Oaths, obviously, but encourages the people to take the same oaths again.

I hope that made more sense. Like I said much of this could just become IC convention anyways, but I want to make sure!

Well, we have it where you can pass land through wills so that can somewhat keep the Houses stable. In the test game, I left my land to my 2nd in command. If my guy dies, he gets the land and his people are still sworn to him. So, the House is still around. Sure they can switch it up if that is their choice. But it would be relatively easy for my 2nd to hold things together if he wanted.