Succession rule

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The Romans don't have a faction leader or faction heir, nevertheless I declare a "primus inter pares" or "Frist Man in Rome", what is always the highest ranking Consular (Influence + Command + TroopMoral) and the second highest his heir. With the Karthagians I use Law + Influnce to determint this ranking.

For factions like the Sweboz and KH the faction leader and heir are only the leader of one sub-faction (here the Sweboz tribe and Sparta). The other sub-factions have their own leaders like the Cimbri, Cherusci or Athens, Rhodos etc. Due to the lack of FMs, I roleplay all these subfactions most of the times as simple father-to-son monarchies. The overall leader/general is to be found by a system of points that also includes the size of the army his sub-faction would field.

In monarchies like Makedonia I also use a system of points, but that is the "King's Favorite". The characters recive points for:

beeing close related to the king (5 for his sons, 4 for his brothers and grandsons, 3 for sons and brothers in-laws, 2 for nephews and uncles, 1 for cousins, -1 for everyone else)

+1 for fighting in a battle under the king's command, +1 for commanding a victorious battle on his own, -1 for losing a battle

having a personal character close to the king's personal character. That is the "sharp/charismatic/vital..." attributes need to be the same like the kings' (+1 for every match). For example, under a dull and uncharismatic king sharp and charismatic characters won't get far because he doesn't like those "charming clever-clever guys".

beeing good in certain key disciplines the king is good in and beeing bad in disciplines the king is bad in. For example, a king that has three command stars but a -1 value in management doesn't want to be bored with numbers by someone who has +10 management. Or, when the king has +3 farming, beeing a good farmer yourself and so able to follow the king's monolouges about growing beans in Upper Epeiros certainly helps.

+ influence, regardless if the king is good in it or not.

The highest ranking character in my Makedonian campaign is now the king's brother Demetrios with some +30 points and the lowest a Thrakian in-law of a distant cousion with -4. The king's eldest son Perseus is somewhere in the middle. But of course there is always the natural lineage beside that system and character's that are surpassed might start a revolt. To do so they need to be disloyal and have a higher value in TroopMoral than the king (otherwise the army won't follow them).