Quote Originally Posted by Tony Furze
I m playing as the French MTW 1.1 Early/Conquest/Normal.

First time I m playing. My latest king has two crowns and has just been excommunicated for zapping The English too many times. Im not too keen on him but I ve never assassinated a King before:

is it advisable?

what are the consequences?

what should I look out for before commiting myself to such a heinous Macbethian action?
Sure it is advisable.

Consequences? Well, if you don't have an heir, your game will come to an abrupt halt. Other than that, you'll have alot of dead assassins.

An assassin has a 17% chance of success against a faction leader (ie your King). Having a V4 assassin will boost your chances to 66%. This presumes that your king has no command stars. If he has lots of command stars, then things will be much more difficult for your assassins... as I said, lots of dead assassins.

If you can access them, I'd also consider building Inquisitors. Find your province with the highest Zeal rating, and move your king there. Train a bunch of Grand Inquisitors. The regular one's won't be able to to do the job.

After a couple attempts, your king should have a few VnV's such as Athiest, and have 0 Piety. You would need 0 Piety, 100% Zeal and a Grand Inquisitor to get at best a 25% chance of success.

One thing I'd be curious is if your excommed status might give your Inquisitors a better chance.

I'd be curious to know if being excommed makes it easier to succeed. It'd would seem to make sense. If you do go this route, please post your results if you have a chance of success above 0%. Send me information on the following:

Province Zeal
Piety Score of the King
Chance of Success

I plan to do some tests myself, but it'd be useful to know if your standing with the Pope will make a difference.