Love shy general...

**Gnostiko** · 10-09-2008, 01:55

I currently have a faction heir from a prestigious family, I don't know what it is about this family but they always seem to come into play with 99% useful traits and little to no flaws. Problem is, this scion seems intent on having the bloodline end with him! He's just hit 35 and and he's still unmarried, which is all the more annoying because he has the 'fertile' trait and a herbalist, but he just doesn't want to settle down, and I'm starting to lose hope. He's been a governer of a city for a long time now, but I guess he avoids parties (and brothels) like the plague.
Is there any way I could 'encourage' him to marry before it's too late for him to fire one off?
Failing that, is there some kind of file I can edit to get him married?...

**We shall fwee...Wodewick** · 10-09-2008, 02:27

I'm not sure if you can arrange marriages. I hate it when your offspring don't get married because you end up with all these women who live into their 60s and never bag a guy.

**Cbvani** · 10-09-2008, 03:09

Originally Posted by Gnostiko

I currently have a faction heir from a prestigious family, I don't know what it is about this family but they always seem to come into play with 99% useful traits and little to no flaws. Problem is, this scion seems intent on having the bloodline end with him! He's just hit 35 and and he's still unmarried, which is all the more annoying because he has the 'fertile' trait and a herbalist, but he just doesn't want to settle down, and I'm starting to lose hope. He's been a governer of a city for a long time now, but I guess he avoids parties (and brothels) like the plague.
Is there any way I could 'encourage' him to marry before it's too late for him to fire one off?
Failing that, is there some kind of file I can edit to get him married?...

Well, by the late republic the Ptolemies had difficulty producing proper heirs. So maybe this isn't quite so unusual!

My advice? Roleplay it!

**Celtic_Punk** · 10-09-2008, 03:34

maybe hes a closet poof?
Get yerself a RBG and throw him into a bunch of lobsided battles, get a new exellent blood line, maybe even roleplay a civilwar showing how your "shy" general's bloodline finished.

**Olaf The Great** · 10-09-2008, 06:11

Fits perfectly here.

**Gnostiko** · 10-09-2008, 10:38

HAHAHA! Lmao! Oh God, how appropriate! :D

Funny, as something of a roleplay joke, I moved a character who'd turned into a sex freak with the love shy general hoping some of those lascivious traits would rub off on him. So far nothing. This nympho (or satyr) showed administrative promise, so I moved him to the then-only city with the highest educational facilities to pick up some traits and the game went from Rome: Total War to Rome: College Movie - in three turns he picked up 'filthy minded, casual adulterer, drinker, fertile' and to top it off he also got a mistress and a drinking companion! I thought if he moved in with the singleton general a sequel would kick off!