Dynasty

Introducing CK3 #02 - Dynasty. One Proud Bavarian tackles dynasties and how to make them endure throughout centuries!

A Dynasty represents an unbroken Noble line descending from the same Landed character who founded the Dynasty. Each Dynasty is made up of multiple Houses working towards bringing Renown upon the Dynasty. A Dynasty can be renamed by the Dynasty Head at any point. All Dynasty members have +5  Opinion towards each other.

Family

A family of a character consists of their relatives.

• A character's grandparents, parents, siblings, children and grandchildren are considered Close Family.
• Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are considered Extended Family.

Marriage

Marriage is the legal union of two characters in a personal relationship. In Crusader Kings III, marriage is only possible between opposite genders. Spouses who are fertile are able to have children. Depending on the Bastardry doctrine of a faith, marriage is the only way to have legitimate children. Marriage is one way to form alliances with other characters.

It is possible to have multiple spouses with the polygamous marriage type doctrine. If a ruler is able to have multiple spouses, they receive a penalty of -0.25 monthly piety per missing wife, up to -0.75 piety per month. Also, with the consorts & concubines marriage type doctrine, a ruler can have one spouse along with up to three consorts or concubines.

Marriage is restricted within one's family depending on their faith's consanguinity doctrine. The offspring of two family members may result in inbreeding, and their children have the chance to receive the Inbred trait.

Betrothal is the promise of marriage between two characters. This occurs when at least one of the characters is too young. In order to marry, characters must be at least 16 years old.

Having a lover outside of marriage creates a Lover secret. It it is revealed, it may result in the characters gaining the Fornicator and Adulterer traits, depending of the faith's / adultery doctrines.

Houses

Each Dynasty will have a Founding House, usually of the same name as the Dynasty, which is the first House of that Dynasty. Ruling Dynasty members of Feudal or Clan Government who are distant by blood to the current House Head may choose to create a Cadet Branch, a new House under the Dynasty. Each House has its own name and motto, usually inspired by the location in which they are founded and the founding character, which can be changed at will by the House Head. They will also have a unique coat of arms that has two quarters copied from the Dynasty coat of arms.

Creating a Cadet Branch has the following requirements:

• The character must be blood-related to their current House Head
• The character must not stand to inherit any of their current House Head's titles
• The character must have sufficient Prestige
• All ancestors of the character are dead

If a House Head demands the religious conversion of a House member and the member refuses, it will result in the creation of a new Cadet Branch.

Each character born from a Marriage will belong to the father's House unless the marriage is Matrilineal.

House Head

The House Head is the leader of a House. House Heads have the power to legitimize bastards, call House members to war at no cost and demand that they convert to their Faith. In addition, House Heads will get a  Weak Hook on all newly born House members. House Heads gain monthly prestige from living and landed members of their house, up to a maximum of +5; +0.02 for every living member, +0.02 for Barons, +0.04 for Counts, +0.06 for Dukes, +0.08 for Kings, and +0.1 for Emperors. When a House Head dies, its Primary Heir becomes the next House Head.

When a character creates a Cadet Branch, they become its House Head, and free from the direct influence of their old House Head unless he or she was the Dynasty Head.

Dynasty Head

The most powerful House Head of a Dynasty (as determined by military strength) will become the Dynasty Head. Dynasty Head ownership may take up to a year to update on succession. The Dynasty Head gains Monthly Prestige from living and landed members of their dynasty, up to a maximum of +3; +0.01 for every living member, +0.01 for Barons, +0.02 for Counts, +0.03 for Dukes, +0.04 for Kings, and +0.05 for Emperors. The Dynasty Head has access to the following interactions with dynasty members of the same faith:

Interaction	Effects	Cost
Call Dynasty Member To War	Targeted Dynasty Member may join the Dynasty Head's current war	75  Renown
Claim Title	Gain an  Unpressed Claim on the targeted Dynasty Member's Primary Title and a temporary -50  Opinion	150  Renown
Disinherit	Targeted Dynasty Member gains the Disinherited trait and a permanent -75  Opinion	75  Renown and 150  Prestige if Dynasty Member is Unlanded 150  Renown and 300  Prestige if Dynasty Member is Heir to a title 225  Renown and 900  Prestige if Dynasty Member is Landed
Denounce	Targeted Dynasty Member gains the Denounced trait and a permanent -50  Opinion	50  Renown and 150  Prestige if Dynasty Member is Unlanded 100  Renown and 300  Prestige if Dynasty Member is Heir to a title 125  Renown and 500  Prestige if Dynasty Member is Landed
End Dynasty Wars	All wars between members of the same Dynasty end in White Peace	75 Renown
Forgive	Targeted Dynasty Member loses the Denounced trait and the  Opinion malus	25  Renown
Restore Inheritance	Targeted Dynasty Member loses the Disinherited trait and the  Opinion malus	75  Renown

Renown

Renown is a resource accumulated by a Dynasty and is used for the most powerful Dynasty Head interactions, unlocking Dynasty Legacies and increasing a Dynasty's level of Splendor. A Dynasty gains Monthly Renown for the following:

• +0.02 for each living member
• For each ruler who is not a vassal under member of the same dynasty
  • +0.12 for each baron
  • +0.25 for each count
  • +0.5 for each duke
  • +1 for each king
  • +2 for each emperor
• For each member married to a ruler of a different dynasty:
  • +0.1 for each member married to a baron
  • +0.2 for each member married to a count
  • +0.4 for each member married to a duke
  • +0.8 for each member married to a king
  • +1.6 for each member married to an emperor

Level of Splendor

Firstly, all renown earned by a Dynasty counts towards its Level of Splendor, which determines how well-known the Dynasty is in the eyes of the world, how much Prestige characters get from being born or marrying into it, the maximum long reign Opinion characters can get and how decorated the Dynasty's coat of arms will be. Having a high level also makes it much easier to arrange marriages, especially with Dynasties with a Lower Level of Splendor. The Level of Splendor will only decrease if a player character attempts suicide. Peasant Dynasties start at Base Origins.

Level of Splendor	Birth Prestige	Marriage Prestige	Max Long Reign Opinion	Max level for guest Congenital traits	Required renown
Base Origins	0	-100	+5	1	0
Obscure	+100	0	+10	1	0
Insignificant	+200	+100	+15	1	700
Noteworthy	+300	+200	+20	2	1000
Reputable	+400	+300	+25	2	2000
Well-known	+500	+400	+30	2	3000
Significant	+600	+500	+35	2	4000
Famous	+700	+600	+40	3	5000
Glorious	+800	+700	+45	3	6000
Fabled	+900	+800	+50	3	7000
Legendary	+1000	+900	+55	3	8000

Dynasty Legacies

Dynasty Legacies are permanent modifiers and unlocks that can be unlocked by the Dynasty Head and affect every member of a Dynasty. Each Legacy contains five unlocks, each costing a progressively higher amount of  Renown to unlock. If an AI character becomes Dynasty Head it will only unlock Legacies belonging to the tree with the highest current progress.

Tree	Legacy 1 effects	Legacy 2 effects	Legacy 3 effects	Legacy 4 effects	Legacy 5 effects
Warfare	+2 Prowess +15 Knight Effectiveness	-20% Casus Belli Cost	+10% Monthly Martial Lifestyle Experience	+5 Advantage	+1 Max number of Men-at-Arms Regiments Can recruit House Guard Men-at-Arms
Law	+5 Popular Opinion	+0.2 Monthly Control Growth	+10% Monthly Stewardship Lifestyle Experience	+5 Powerful Vassal Opinion	+1 Domain Limit
Guile	+20% Dread Gain	+10 Hostile Scheme Success Chance	+10% Monthly Intrigue Lifestyle Experience	-0.05 Monthly Tyranny	77% chance to prevent one Murder of each Dynasty member
Blood	+30% Chance to inherit good congenital traits +30% Chance of new good congenital traits	+30% Chance to reinforce congenital traits	-30% Chance to inherit bad congenital traits -30% Chance of new bad congenital traits	Select a congenital trait to become more common from: Comely, Quick, Hale, Fecund, Albino, Giant, Dwarf, Scaly The trait has a 5% chance (10% if a parent is a player character) of spontaneously occurring Applies to all children of the dynasty who have at least one parent from the dynasty	+5 Years Life Expectancy
Erudition	+10 Courtier and Guest Opinion Better Guests are attracted	+10% Piety	+10% Monthly Learning Lifestyle Experience	+3 Same Faith Opinion	+10% Effectiveness of Councilor Tasks
Glory	+30 Marriage Acceptance	+10% Prestige	+10% Monthly Diplomacy Lifestyle Experience	-20% Short Reign Duration	+10 General Opinion
Kin	+10% Fertility	Dynasty members get better education	+10 Spouse Opinion Fewer pregnancy complications	+5 Dynasty Opinion +30% Personal Scheme Success on Dynasty members	+1 Random skill point every 5 years, starting at age 40 Prowess doesn't decrease with age Dynasty members age at a slower rate

See also

• Breeding

References

Mechanics