Quote Originally Posted by Makanyane
Unless that can be defined for a specific character wouldn't that apply to all men within the family tree who become fathers for first time - possibly simultaneously? I think I understand your very neat timing thing that determines fatherhood 1 starts at birth reaches 2 at coming of age then trips to 3, therefore stops that father giving same trait again - but surely other 1st time fathers (brothers in the tree etc) then and later would still give Firstborn (fred_name) trait to their offspring as well?
If the guy who's going to have his first child already exists at the start of the campaign, you can just give him the trait in desc_strat.txt and not have a trigger for the trait. So he'd be the only one who'd get it.

The concern with ancillaries is that they can be transfered. If the epithet you're trying to achieve is triggered by an ancillary, even if it is unique, it can still be transfered to others to trigger the same thing.