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[random_pipings]

I've never seen the Draconian Law trait! What is it and how do you get it? I love seeing different vices/virtues.

[Bouchacha]

Thanks for the help. I've kept my King smack dab in the middle and started doling out spies to trouble provinces. So far no problems :)

[Roark]

Yeah, if you diligently maintain spies, happiness buildings, and naval connections, you shouldn't have any problems.

In my experience, anyway...

[The Unknown Guy]

I've never seen the Draconian Law trait! What is it and how do you get it? I love seeing different vices/virtues.

It's from the "Switf Justice" line of traits.
It's a huge bonus on dread with a ten penalty on happyness (Of course, the dread offsets the penalty. You get it by routinedly executing everyone. This means lots of mass executions. I seldom get beyond "Tough Justice". If you keep executing people after that, you get "Secret Random Justice".

Right now I´m enslaving everyone playing as the Almoravids and haven't gotten even one of that line's traits through, so I guess it´s a bit random.

Speaking about traits: how do I get the "Leads from the front" line of traits, and/or the other battle-related bonuses? Throwing my general into the fringe does not seem to help.

[Martok]

Speaking about traits: how do I get the "Leads from the front" line of traits, and/or the other battle-related bonuses? Throwing my general into the fringe does not seem to help.

That line of traits (Fine Leader, Natural Leader, etc.) is randomly assigned, and is not determined by a general's actions.

AFAIK the "cut-off" effect only occurs when a province doesn't have an unbroken link by land or sea to the one where your king is residing. I.E. if the Almohad Kalif is somewhere on the Iberian peninsula and there's no ship link to north Africa loyalty will drop in the provinces there.

The "cut-off" effect can also occur *any* time a faction leader is part of an army stack used in an offensive battle. I'm still not exactly sure what triggers the effect (since it doesn't always happen), but I do know it's more likely to occur the bigger your empire is.