Engineering Civil War

[Deus ret.]

I believe the increase in income was 10% per quill of acumen, so if your king has only 3 quills instead of 6 the difference in income should be 30% or even less. I am not quite sure here.

well that's correct.....for governors. With the king, the influence of this rating is not that great. I tried it out and killed off my 7-acumen king to have his meek 2-acumen brother ascend the throne, and my income dropped - but not really substantially and the greatest part I believe was due to the new ruler not being a steward.

as for the rest - I'm not sure, either. I always thought that a comparably high piety rating meant 1) higher average piety value with new generals and 2) higher zeal rates in the provinces, which in turn would cause their governors to aquire the 'fanatic' line of traits, raising zeal (and their own piety) even more.

I never experienced any recordable effect of a high or low dread rating with a ruler so further research would be appreciated.....

@Myrddraal: I think if your territory's too small (number of provinces) then no civil war will occur...no wait you had already conquests in Wales..... erm forget it [sweat]