Gavelkind: EXPLAINED! (mostly) - Paradox Interactive Forums A huge part of the confusion around Gavelkind is that the algorithm is supposed to divide up kingdoms equally but it doesn't always accomplish that One big reason for that is because of the bizarre decision to hand out duchies in a completely separate process from independent counties and to virtually disallow sons with duchies from ever
Ways to Deal with Gavelkind | Paradox Interactive Forums Gavelkind + non-max crown authority really makes large realms easier to keep together Don't worry about having a reduced minimum levy The opinion bonus you get from not being at max level, will in most cases make your vassals like you enough to provide you with more than 40% (min limit at max CA) of their troops
How do I retain land w Elective Gavelkind? Is it impossible? The best way to get out of elective gavelkind is to REFORM ASAP and switch to standard gavelkind Honestly, once you get used to elective gavelkind, you'll find just how beautiful and lenient standard gavelkind is in comparison It really helps that your secondary heirs do not automatically declare independence anymore
Elective Gavelkind - how can I make it work? - Paradox Interactive Forums You can deal with elective gavelkind for a generation or two by having at least a duchy title with a county per son as per normal gavelkind rules, but honestly you can't keep it up forever as time goes on Really the smartest thing you can probably is do is marry an older woman purely for her stats, traits, or alliance
Am i really forced to the Gavelkind Succession until very late of the . . . Gavelkind is manifested in 3 ways in CK3: 1) Confedrate Partition: This has the main element of the old elective gavelkind in CK2; as long as your character holds enough land to create other top-tier titles, those titles will be created upon the death, and your junior heir will be given these new titles (and go independent)
Please help me understand Gavelkind | Page 2 - Paradox Interactive Forums Gavelkind Take a shot Gavelkind is basically primogeniture, except all your titles get divied up The exact mechanism for this is buried in the game and we can't touch it, but the principles are still workable In the above example, some sort of division would happen with your titles, between your two sons
Please help me understand Gavelkind - Paradox Interactive Forums Gavelkind is tricky to understand, and elective gavelkind is even worse (although in this case, it may actually be better for you if you can work it to your favor) It is usually not the splitting up the titles part that's difficult, but the lack of control over how it is split
Gavelkind Empire, but Primogeniture kingdoms - Paradox Interactive Forums Won't gavelkind split the titles according to what they're attached to So any duchies for kingdom a will all go with kingdom a Any duchies you've conquered as an empire will be attached to the empire and split the standard gavelkind way Gavelkind doesn't guarantee that all the kingdoms are going to be as strong as each other at all
Am i really forced to the Gavelkind Succession until very late of the . . . Gavelkind in general is PDX's crappy way of trying to to weaken the player It's so damn annoying that even after all these years since CK2's release, we are still stuck with a game that uses Gavelkind as a means of limiting you than some better system