Quote Originally Posted by Ramses II CP View Post
Also I'd like to note that I've now invited three characters to declare war on Vissa or take some civil war worthy action, and in all three cases I appear to have been declined. I genuinely worry that our ruleset has created too much stability, and eventually I may want to take Vissa a little out of character to make the declaration himself.
Something tells me that if you were sitting in Constantinople, instead of Egypt, more people would take you up on it. You are now very inconvenient to make war on...

As for stability, this is exactly what people wanted when we wrote these rules. A couple of us, you and me included, wanted things to be more fluid. But a lot of people wanted those in power to be able to keep it easier. Which is exactly why influence is static during a senate session. It's to prevent a vassal from holding his lord "hostage" during a vote.

Also, I think we tend towards stability ourselves. We have the option to move the chains around pretty much at will so people take comfort in that and then don't upset the apple cart. It is hard to swim uphill. And I have used far too many metaphores.