Tips to raise authority?

**nodey** · December 31, 2007, 08:45 PM

What i've figured out so far about gaining authority:

- Getting wounded in battle. Marks of war trait.
- Political animal trait. (how does one get this? spies or assassin?)
- Smart trait. (if i remember correctly)

Anyone got any pretty certain tips of raising your authority?

I have no problem with shivalry, command or piety. But getting a king with decent authority seems to be a *****.

Thanks in advance.

**delra** · December 31, 2007, 08:47 PM

Marrying an english princess helps. So does eliminating a faction.

Edit, I checked, it works for all princesses out there.

**~~Echad~~** · January 01, 2008, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by delra

Marrying an english princess helps. So does eliminating a faction.

Edit, I checked, it works for all princesses out there.

=) Really? =\

**mailor** · January 01, 2008, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by delra

Marrying an english princess helps. So does eliminating a faction.

Edit, I checked, it works for all princesses out there.

Actually it does not work with princesses of newly added factions (Ireland, Norway, Lithuania to name some that come to my mind, forgot if there are others as well).

That's because BBB hasn't been updated for the new factions.

**neon1300** · December 31, 2007, 10:27 PM

go to this directory
\Medieval II Total War\mods\Stainless_Steel\data

and open the text file "export_descr_character_traits.txt",
then search keyword "authority", it will tell you what increases/decreases authority.

**delra** · January 01, 2008, 10:03 AM

Yeah. That's why you marry your heir to somebody of royal blood instead of marrying him to some random chick.

**Vasquez** · January 01, 2008, 03:03 PM

Gotta luv random chicks, they make the world go around don't they?

**delra** · January 01, 2008, 03:18 PM

I never saw a lithuanian princess... Do they even have any?

It's something we could fix for 6.0. There was a mod a while back with eastern princesses. We could add chicks for muslim and pagan countries, they deserve that.

**~~Echad~~** · January 01, 2008, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by delra

I never saw a lithuanian princess... Do they even have any?

It's something we could fix for 6.0. There was a mod a while back with eastern princesses. We could add chicks for muslim and pagan countries, they deserve that.

NO, no paranjas, they are ugly! No one will dig a woman in paranja, that would be completely ahistorical and unrealistic!

**delra** · January 01, 2008, 03:33 PM

They just cut eastern princesses out of the game to avoid denying marriages between religions and flames...

**~~Echad~~** · January 01, 2008, 04:26 PM

Damn, marrying a hairy paranja-wearing slut should lower the chances of having children 99%...

Edit: And wouldn't it be ahistorical for Christian rulers to marry Islamic princesses?