How do I gain influence and power for my king?

[c.bundy99]

My king is pretty much powerless and has no political influence no matter what. What I'm I suppose to do?

[Hat8]

What modifiers does he have. Living for a long time is how you get influence.

I strongly recommend spending all influence on growing the family. Great for stability.

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by c.bundy99:

My king is pretty much powerless and has no political influence no matter what. What I'm I suppose to do?

The fastest way to grow Influence is by having him lead armies, and getting decisive and heroic victories.

You can also grow his effective Influence by lowering the Influence of the Other Nobles: the power dynamic is based on the ratio of your family's Influence relative to the Others, so even if your king's Influence stays low, you can make the Other's lower, and that will increase his effective power over the faction.

The quickest way to lower the Other's Influence is to give them offices and positions in the realm/tribe. It's kinda counterintuitve, but remember that they must spend Influence to get these positions, and if the promotion is blocked, they must spend even more Influence, which is all the better.

Positions can also give Influence per turn though, so you'll have to cycle nobles in and out of offices to keep your king and his family's Influence superior.

Try to marry the king to a woman with Influence traits, as you can use her Influence on actions that the king would otherwise spend on. If the king already has a wife, but she has really lame traits, you might want to consider replacing her altogether.

[PIT_DEFENDER]

Also what I like to do is get the noble with too much influence make him an army leader and make sure he dies with honor XD

[SweatyNeckbeard]

Originally posted by PIT_DEFENDER:

Also what I like to do is get the noble with too much influence make him an army leader and make sure he dies with honor XD

Yeah that's cheeseing the game a bit, but it works. Sending a PITA leader into Sassanid territory with an army consisting of one unit of crossbowman is a sure fire way to get rid of them.