Is it good to have lots of kids?

[arc361]

I have 13 kids a bunch of them are boys. I am tribal and my titles will be split among my children.

I noticed when I die my heir is typically weaker. Should I be getting rid of the bois so that my Heir will get more titles?

Or is there another way to maintain the same strength your empire has when your heir takes control?

[The Former]

Yes because you ensure your line is secure, but with confederate partition, there are drawbacks. I go into how you can avoid them (and why you might not want to) here.

As for if you want to get rid of the boys... That's your call. Just note that you can only do it via assassination if your character is Sadistic!

[Flyan!]

Yes, definitely try to control how many kids you have. You can see which sons are getting which titles in the realm page succession tab. Kill/disinherit as required until you're happy with who is getting what.

Also if you have a kingdom and you're confident in your ability to manipulate your vassals you can also shoot for the special election types you can get in tribal (Scandinavian, saxon, or tanistry elective) which puts your kingdom title in it's own elective succession system allowing you to ensure your chosen heir gets your highest title at the very least, where usually your primary titles only go to your firstborn.

[arc361]

Thanks for the info, In my current game Im not dead yet so We'll see how my kingdom runs when my Hier takes control

[boo]

It's a double edged sword. If you're desperately trying to conquer and expand and have confederate partition. You will spend every waking day until primogeniture fighting civil wars.

Also under confederate partition it states that new titles will be created, so even if you only hold one kingdom, if land is available for another kingdom, your damned brother will get that other kingdom, even if you didn't create it. So may as well create it and get some prestige.

[Jaed]

13 is a bit much, but you can make use of them. Marry them to others who will inherit titles and gain dynasty prestige, they'll eventually die or form their own houses... or declare war for your titles.

I just had a brother become a duke and he formed a cadet branch. We share dynasty prestige, but he is no longer a member of my house and had some hyphenated name.

[Alzar]

Originally posted by World's Coolest Old Guy:

Yes because you ensure your line is secure, but with confederate partition, there are drawbacks. I go into how you can avoid them (and why you might not want to) here.

As for if you want to get rid of the boys... That's your call. Just note that you can only do it via assassination if your character is Sadistic!

PUT THEM ON THE FRONTLINES

[arc361]

We'll I have 13 kids and 6 sons. 3 of them are adults now but one of them I disinherited. I may end up doing that to most of the bois but I will be making small armies and sending the other son out to battle. Get him killed so I can Just have 1 heir

[Mikicas]

Originally posted by World's Coolest Old Guy:

Yes because you ensure your line is secure, but with confederate partition, there are drawbacks. I go into how you can avoid them (and why you might not want to) here.

As for if you want to get rid of the boys... That's your call. Just note that you can only do it via assassination if your character is Sadistic!

There's another option, a few religions like the Akan has a mixes between preacher from Christian and pagan, you can put a child to be your great shaman and they will not be able to inherit, and if you swap them 10 years later they will be able to inherit again, so you can remove one of your heir from the equation. If you have a male/female dominant religion and a monogamous relationships, you won't have many children, maybe 6 at max so you have to mind this.

[Glamredhel]

The more children you have the less likely you are to have the game end with no heirs but also the more likely you are for your next heir to be poor with no troops.

[dulany67]

You need an heir and a spare. Girls are great for gaining alliances.