How do you role play in Medieval? Playing as the Sicillians, I mostly go for the dread. I use assassins so much I have a Head Quarters and many master's guilds too. I recruit assassins and destroy everyone in my path, starting with those who have defeated me, for to quote Mario Puzo "For the Sicillian, forgiveness is weakness in disguise. While pious, generous Christians, they must always have vengeance."
I want to get a feel for how everyone else implements role-playing elements ingame.

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I go along with the general's natural tendencies. If he's high on dread, I'll execute and sack. If he's chivalrous, I'll either release or ransom. I also manage my empire according to the king's traits. If he's honorable, I don't attack unless provoked, lower my tax rates, pull any marauding campaign armies back, and curtail my espionage network. If he's devious...anything goes.

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I'll usually decide my ruling persona before I start the campaign. I going as the dreaded Rus right now but next campaign intend to run the HRE with a "Martin Luther a little early" theme. Most of my Catholic campaigns I was very good buddies with the Bishop of Rome but I'll be exceptionally antagonistic in this one.

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Good luck with that HRE campaign. It's bad enough as it is, I've had all the neighboring nations except for Hungary attack me, and I 've had the pope in my pocket the entire time. Can't imagine what it would be like if the pope hates you.

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That's exactly what I am wondering. I'll go h/h. If anything noteworthy comes of it I'll pin it up on the door, er post it on the boards I mean. My intention is to ally with Russia, the Byz and hopefully 1 of either France or Denmark-both would be too much to hope. Hopefully, I can keep it from being a 360-degree free for all until Poland and the Italian factions are destroyed or at least emasculated. If you see a mod for Stuka divebombers pop up, you'll know I'm in trouble.........

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In a nice black leather thong. Oops. Was that TMI?

Just tryin to make a funny. Have nice day.

What r u wearing?

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Like Laconic said, I decide depending on my generals stats.

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I roleplay each general by the traits they have. So after a while I tend to have a dreaded branch and a chivalrous branch. Should make for interesting family reunions!!!

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I have the same thing. My dreaded branch usually rules so I can use assassins freely. The chivalrous branch tends to come from the first princess, if I get one. I work her up, then marry her to my most chivalrous general. I use the good branch to govern a city I want to grow quickly.

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I swear at the french when fighthing them.

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on one campaign I exterminated and excecuted, as well as invaded people whenever I felt like it. But I spent 300 years on the bounce (600 turns) at war with everyone and no one wanted peace, so although I captured the whole map quickly, it wasn't as fun.

Now I do it that all prisoners are ransomed, cities occupied, and I only ever go to war if I'm provoked unless its the rebels. Negotiation is an important part of this - usually someone will attck me out of the blue - and my rule is that they have to lose at least one city before peace is made. Often that means defeating their armies before their diplomat comes and you offer a ceasefire in exchange for a city. Against the French I made peace by accident, by marrying a French ally's princess, so I bribed one of their settlements and swapped it for one on my own borders.

In my current campaign, I want the Danes to survive a bit longer so I intend to make peace with them (I have already captured one of their cities), but the Germans and French don't seem too keen on the idea despite getting merked all over the place.

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