KOTR Postmortem and Next-Gen Rules Discussion

[Privateerkev]

@PK:
I think the only difference is that for this one round the heir gets the full title, meaning he will also get any Personal Armies and such, if they are associated with the current title. So there's more incentive to reswear your Oaths. Otherwise you might have a disappointed guy running around with his Private Army trying to chop your head off!
This is only one possible scenario. If the Heir realizes that there is too much opposition against him he can always just drop the cause and retire to be a low Baronet.

This system is designed to not have a House drop its max rank every time someone dies.

Then what would rank be based on in your system? In the current one, it is based on having one piece of land, a certain kind of vassal, and some ranks require a time limit to pass. But, the time limit is just a draft so let's go with the current rules at the top of the page for reference.

If a House Leader dies, and passes his title, what happens when the Heir does not have the vassal requirement? The death would drop the whole line down a rank. So, what is being passed on?

Now you've said that your system would make the rank not drop, but wouldn't that mean that you then have to base the rank on something completely different than vassals?

See where I'm coming from?

Now, do you have it where vassals gain you rank but losing them doesn't make you drop rank? So, if it takes 6 people to make a Duke, your saying the Duke should keep it if 1 or 2 people leave? And when the Duke dies, he can name someone Duke even though his tree might only have 4 people left?

Please let me know if I'm reading your rules right.