Inheriting lands

[macsen rufus]

I've never had any provinces picked up from dead in-laws, but I have seen AI factions gain them (doh! Not fair! ) I believe it depends on your current queen being from a certain faction -- don't think it works if she's just married to a prince, has to be the king (but as it's never worked for me I haven't really tested it )

With regards to re-emergences, I think I read somewhere that it depends on an unmatured heir from the time the faction was eliminated going into limbo until he gets an opportunity... which might explain why some of the "new" kings pop up when they're 60 years old and beyond begeting any heirs.

[gunslinger]

With regards to re-emergences, I think I read somewhere that it depends on an unmatured heir from the time the faction was eliminated going into limbo until he gets an opportunity... which might explain why some of the "new" kings pop up when they're 60 years old and beyond begeting any heirs.

This is true. However, if you never let happiness get below 100% you never have to worry about a reemergence in your provinces. In order for a reemergence to occur, a province formerly held by an eliminated faction has to rebel while a male heir who was under 16 years old when the faction was eliminated could still be alive. The exception to this is the papacy, which can (and will) reemerge regardless of happiness.

This also doesn't stop a reemergence from happening right on your border. I guess a reemergence spices things up a bit, but I've never understood how the faction leader, who had been living an underground existence, could recruit and equip so many high tech units, especially when the reemergence occurs in a province that can't even produce such units.

[Martok]

This is true. However, if you never let happiness get below 100% you never have to worry about a reemergence in your provinces.

Sorry to nitpick, but you actually want to keep a province's loyalty above 120% to prevent reemergences. At 100%, there's still a chance a faction could be reborn there. Personally, I make sure provincial loyalty is always at at least 150%--I'm just anal retentive that way.

This also doesn't stop a reemergence from happening right on your border. I guess a reemergence spices things up a bit, but I've never understood how the faction leader, who had been living an underground existence, could recruit and equip so many high tech units, especially when the reemergence occurs in a province that can't even produce such units.

Indeed. I enjoy reemergences, but it would be nice if their armies were a tad more realistic. I could believe a reemgergence army that had couple units of Chivalric Knights backed up by a couple units of Feudal Knights--but only if it formed the core of an army that was made up of mostly low- & medium-grade troops (spearman, archers, FMAA, Mounted Seargents, etc.). Armies that suddenly appear with thousands of CK's, Arbs, and CS tend to defy my ability to suspend disbelief.