War is one of the most important element of every strategy game. Although in Crusader Kings II it doesn't matter that much, you shall pay attention to it. Medieval art of war is shown in this game in very detailed way. Unfortunately, as it happens in simulations, reality makes a lot of problems to the nowadays players. The most number of doubts cause an act of declaration of war, because it requires good reason (casus belli). To obtain such pretext, you can decide on one of possibilities which are described below. Not only success in the crusade is rewarded.
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Also most of sieges and even getting to the target. De jure lawIf you have reasonable rights to the particular land, and you don't possess it, you can start a war in case of getting this place. Such claimants you may gain if you're one of the legal descendants of this territory or if someone took it from your parents. What is more, if any county leaves your kingdom, you can fight to regain it.Another argument that can be used is an integrity of the country.
In frames of the kingdom de jure an owner of its crown can fight for the lands that are out of his power (filter in the right bottom corner of the screen). An additional thing is usurping rights to some land.
For instance, if you usurped rights to the Great Poland (duchy), he automatically gains casus belli against all terrains included in the de jure of this kingdom. Special statement informs you when it's possible. Owner of the Burgundy's crown can declare a war to everybody who have at least a piece of his de jure lands. IntriguesBoth player and his subjects can declare war thanks to intrigues. If in the bookmark Intrigue at the upper part of the screen an intrigue which goal is to change the political system, defeat the ruler or regain independence, it'll be connected with declaring a war.
Hellenic Paganism, as of Holy Fury (Patch 3.0), can now be revived as a religion. Hellenic Paganism, also known as Hellenism, is any of the various systems of beliefs and practices of the people who lived under the influence of ancient Greek culture during the Hellenistic period and the Roman. Three hidden nations from the Crusader Kings II to Europa Universalis IV save converter. A Norse Pagan warrior brotherhood that functions as a Holy Order in CK2, the Jomsvikings become a.
But remember that the goal of confrontation is clearly defined and you can't cross it. So if you're fighting for the change of the political system you'll gain only that (plus prestige, of course). Unfortunately such plans show up in the game very rarely. Sometimes NPC's convincing you to take a part in the war intrigue. It's worth to consider their proposition. Agreement for invasionIf you have at least 250 piety points (500 in case of the emperor) you're catholic and not at war at the moment, you may ask the pope for the blessing for an invasion on the other, Christian country. Win in such war allows you to seize all domain of the defeated enemy but with two catches: enemy has to have more land than you, and all the operation depends on Holy's Father will.
Persons who are adult members of the Church can be excommunicated. Vassals' right to the landIf any of your subordinates have right to the particular territory, you can submit his demands and declare war to the actual owner. In the case of victory, the conquered lands go to the vassal, not to you. That's why such intervention isn't always profitable. On the other hand, it's cosy way, because it doesn't require much effort.
You just need to Invite to Court one of descendants of the debatable province and declare the war in his name. If the achieved titles are not equaled with yours, you'll gain new subordinate with all his territory.
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So I'm playing as Ireland, having united the British Isles, conquered half of Iberia, A nice bit of France, all of Norway and Sweden and converted to Judaism. I conquered most of egypt all of Jerusalem, and damascus so that i could build the Third Temple and get a religious head to call great holy wars with.
The first great holy war he called for Mesopotamia and now it's been over 30 years since but I can't request a great holy war? The button isn't just greyed out it's not there at all. I want to take Aquitaine because it's my largest rival & taking it out would make future crusades called against me a lot easier, plus i plan on converting into EUIV so it would help me monopolize colonization but when I go to the diplomacy screen for the king of Aquitaine there's no option for requesting a great holy war? I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate.