Having a good chancellor and a good diplomacy stat on your ruler and his wife helps. But don't fire a powerful vassal if he's already your Councillor and isn't really bad! Fired councillors have a negative opinion modifier (they dislike you for firing them), so hold on for a while, you can replace them when the times are calmer. Check out your advisors (crown icon in the top left), make sure your Steward and Chancellor are people with the highest stats available. The above-mentioned most important and obvious factors are your demesne limit (top right corner of your screen this is the number of counties or baronies you hold personally) and the number of ducal titles you hold if you're a king or emperor (this can't be above 2 or you face opinion penalties just click the face of your character and you'll get his character sheet, on which you can see the list of his titles).Ĥ. Actually, few of these vassals will remain a risk when you're unpausing if you follow the steps below.ģ. At this point don't panic, a lot of the high percentage may be due to obvious factors that you will be correcting in a short while––in fact before you unpause. While paused, check out the vassal revolt risk icon at the top of your screen (the clenched golden fist), see which vassals are likely to cause trouble.

When your king is replaced by his successor, you don't want to unpause, even for a second, no matter what you were doing (unless in the rare case you are marrying or betrothing your heir because this can actually make AI turn down the proposal even though it said that 'yes' was the expected response).Ģ. I worked out this methodology in a game played as a large kingdom (not empire, not multiple kingdoms but comparable in size to a small empire by end game).ġ. huge vassal revolt risk, vassals declaring war one by one) or anybody who could use some help in getting this stuff in order. For a guide on succession laws go here: Succession Lawsįor new players who need to deal with succession crises (e.g. This article covers how to avoid succession crisis.

Crusader kings 2 over vassal limit