Got a bit bored of Game of Thrones, and decided to try playing the Elder Kings Mod.
Honestly, I think it's pretty cool, and I'm happy that it preserves the religion mechanics of vanilla, which I liked. However, I'm a bit annoyed at its Crown Law system and it's trait requirement for various CBs. For example, you specifically need the "Zealous" trait to use "Inquisition" (Holy War) CBs. Worse, if you want to press your wife's claim on another title, SHE needs to either have Kind, or not have traits like Envious, Greedy, etc. It's just annoying. Sure, I guess it makes sense and would appeal to roleplayers and hardcore dudes, but honestly it just adds tedium to the game. And I say this as one of those hardcore dudes who has probably invested over 500 hours into CK2.
If it didn't have increased requirements for Casus Bellis, or at least relaxed them a bit, I would completely recommend this mod, but as it stands I'm a bit ambivalent about it.
I'll post screenshots when I'm less busy. Cliffnotes of my game so far: I started as an Imperial Count-tier ruler in Cyrodiil, made a marriage and pressed a claim so my grandkid would get a Duchy, but then an amazing opportunity happened! I used Sanctioned Invasion to steal the kingdom of Whiterun away from a Lunatic Nord, and now I'm living the life up in Skyrim.
My goal with this game is to create an empire that rules large parts of Tamriel.
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