Quote Originally Posted by TheFlax View Post
Why would it be rare to have illegitimate provinces? Unless I understood something incorrectly, people could just rush castles, which are pretty easy to keep in good order since we couldn't raise the taxes. I'd much rather give some more power to the king, which can be contested by the more powerful nobles, makes for good politicking.

As for the Civil War rules, I think I won't get into that right now, too tired.
Simply giving it to the King makes it hard to defy him outright, and prevents essentially rebellious nobles - case in point, the Dukes of Aquitaine and Bavaria are very good examples.