How to reduce chances of cheating spouses?

[Maffin]

In 150 years out of 5 generations I didn't have a single generation without at least one cheating wife or daughter. My current game is a complete mess. Bastards all over.

Does the game set some kind of a background story seed?

Is there a way to minimize cheating spouses like not marrying ones with specific personality traits like lustful or ones with high intrigue?

[Emperor2000]

Originally posted by Maffin:

In 150 years out of 5 generations I didn't have a single generation without at least one cheating wife or daughter. My current game is a complete mess. Bastards all over.

Does the game set some kind of a background story seed?

Is there a way to minimize cheating spouses like not marrying ones with specific personality traits like lustful or ones with high intrigue?

Install the Unofficial Patch Mod, which fixes, broken Events, who cause your Wife to cheat on you, because the Devs have forgotten, to add the right Triggers and Checks.

[AC Denton]

Romance them to make them your soulmate. It will add like a -50, -100 or whatever modifier to anyone else trying to seduce them.
I think the loyal trait helps too.

[Emperor2000]

Originally posted by AC Denton:

Romance them to make them your soulmate. It will add like a -50, -100 or whatever modifier to anyone else trying to seduce them.
I think the loyal trait helps too.

Actually, this will not help, because I have said, there are broken Events, which does not have the right Triggers and Checks.

Making your Wife, your Soulmate only prevents her from cheating through Seduction Scheme, because of a -500 Modifier, but not through Events.


Oh, I forgot, unmarried female Characters with a Dynasty will nearly always start Seduction Schemes, even they are Chaste.
I tested with female Grandmasters of my custom Faith, the only things, which prevents female Characters with a Dynasty from starting Seduction Schemes, is the celibate Trait or they have married someone.

[PostalGibbon]

Marry homosexual wife or soulmate your hetero/bi wife as soon as you are married to her.

Avoid having wife with following traits: Lustful (yeah good luck with that she will shack everything moving with two legs), arbitrary, deceitful.

"Good" traits: Just, Honest, Chaste.

Worst offender are going to be mayors their sole purpose is to lay a egg in your cuckoo nest either by trying to seduce your wife (which usually is not option because soulmate status) if that fails then your son's wives (which always success) and then your daughters.

Your sons NEVER soulmate their spouses those lazy bastards.

[Zorrito_Zam]

my wives have never cheated on me If I get to them as soon as they come of age... if they are older than me and waiting on me to become an adult.. chances are they are cheating and fornicating

My custom child characters are always good looking though

[Emperor2000]

Originally posted by PostalGibbon:

Your sons NEVER soulmate their spouses those lazy bastards.

Actually not true, if you arrange a Grand Wedding for them.

[PostalGibbon]

Originally posted by Emperor2000:

Originally posted by PostalGibbon:

Your sons NEVER soulmate their spouses those lazy bastards.

Actually not true, if you arrange a Grand Wedding for them.

And every day you learn something new. Ok have to test that grand wedding with sons marriages i have done it only once before.

[Emperor2000]

Originally posted by PostalGibbon:

Originally posted by Emperor2000:

Actually not true, if you arrange a Grand Wedding for them.

And every day you learn something new. Ok have to test that grand wedding with sons marriages i have done it only once before.

They should be attracted to each other, they can not fall in love, if one of them is not attracted to the other.

And they should have the same Personality Traits, this increases the chances, that they become Soulmates.

[Chan]

God bless lesbians!

[Apoloyn]

The reason why they are cheating on you is b/c they have horrible personalities.

When choosing a Wife, you want to choose somebody that above all else has a descriptive title that is either honorable, loyal or faithful.

It doesn't matter how powerful the Marriage alliance is, or their talent level, you never choose a Spouse that has descriptive factors that are along the lines of:

Irrational, Antagonist, Evil, Irrational, Villian etc....

Instead you try your best to choose Spouses that have personalities that are something like:

Honorable Follower, Compassionate, Paragon, Empath, Content etc...

[Apoloyn]

If you chose somebody that has a significantly high talent level or a presents a strong marriage alliance, BUT has a crazy personality, they will provide you with a significant short-term gain, but over the long-term, it will be an absolute curse as they will do things like plot behind your back, engage in adultery or engage in some sort of scandalous behavior that will cost your Prestige.

First start with getting somebody with an agreeable personality, then look at other factors: age, talent levels in specific categories, marriage power etc ...


That is why, spending a lot of time in screening 'candidates' for Marriage proposals, Vassals assignments, Councilship positions, etc... is tough but provides excellent value over the long-term.

[Maffin]

Thanks for the tips all and confirming my assumptions.

Despite all of that I had some fun and memorable moments like the last wife, who even gas-lighted me after confronting her (who writes these dialogs? xD). After she gave birth to a child that had genetic traits that made no sense at all my spymaster unveiled her secret: It was the 60 year old lustful pervert of an emperor. She found peace in the dungeon having a regret trait.

[Apoloyn]

"Oh these hoes ain't loyal"
- Chris Brown

[Berry]

Kill them after they had your heir and have no wife to cheat you

[DemonicSquid]

Once they've given you a decent heir, throw them in jail and then they can't cheat on you. If you're a female ruler then castration is pretty effective.