Quote Originally Posted by We shall fwee...Wodewick View Post
Influence I believe is the key to offices, and is also the reward of offices.
(Save for the Consul) influence and age are the only requirements to offices.

For example, in 263
- Cotta would be 25, and Military Tribune is in fact the maximum he could have achieved then.
- Blasio already starts as Praetor, so he could only advance one more office (Consul)
- Asina has just reached the age to become a Praetor (he already starts as Aedile)
- Scipio could have at maximum became an Aedile

Havening not many "promotions" in 263 is nothing unusual. Later it will be much, much, more. Cotta for example starts with a -3 penalty to influence as a Plebian, but in all my games he managed to make the cursus honorum at least to Praetor without much trouble. The two Scipios usualy always become Consuls. After their death I usualy have Cotta and an early in the game married or adopted character as the leading figure. So, be patient and play on.


The thing I hate is when you adopt someone at around 30-40, they don't have any so you can never develop them properly like 16 year olds. I'm not if it's possible, but could you give mature adoptees (just invented a word) some basic traits like quaestor, or senatore or tribunis?
No, because they are only "mature" because they get this trait when entering the game. There is no way to detect the real age of an adoptee or suitor by the trait file. To prevent from 16 year old Quaestors they all have to enter the game with no offices achieved. I would suggest to not axcept suitors over 30.