Oldest character

**Halbard** · December 21, 2009, 10:53 AM

How old is the oldest character you have ever seen in a campaign?
The oldest i ever witnessed was the High King of Ireland, 86 years old.

86 years old its VERY old, even nowadays, the average human life rarely exceeds 80.

**Kazuhiro** · December 21, 2009, 12:21 PM

Pope Clemens (idk it started with a C and ended with S) was 83 years old when I assassinated him.
Right now I have a King Fernando of Spain who is 67, but Im not that far into the gc.

**Malin** · December 21, 2009, 01:39 PM

Mine was Grand Duke Mindaugas, 85 years old. He was a nuisance by then, so I sent him on a suicide mission. Maybe he could even hit 90 years, if I allowed it...

**Cartman** · December 21, 2009, 01:48 PM

my roman emperor once reached 87 or 88 i think, then he died of the plague in bagdad

**Mr. Tornado** · December 21, 2009, 03:34 PM

I think one of the popes got up to 90...

Most funny part of all this is that they still fight so good. LOL.

**n0z** · December 21, 2009, 05:15 PM

One of my kings was around his mid 80's when he died... After 4 turns his son died too... Leaving me in a catastrophe for Male heirs to the Genoan throne, haha.

**The Turk** · December 21, 2009, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by n0z

One of my kings was around his mid 80's when he died... After 4 turns his son died too... Leaving me in a catastrophe for Male heirs to the Genoan throne, haha.

Quick Question:
What happens if you do not have any male heirs, and your king dies? Who does the crown go to?

**Cooltosha** · December 21, 2009, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by The Turk

Quick Question:
What happens if you do not have any male heirs, and your king dies? Who does the crown go to?

There is no "strongest general is king" option from MTW 1.

You're screwed, your faction dies, you lose. Simple as that.

**n0z** · December 21, 2009, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Cooltosha

There is no "strongest general is king" option from MTW 1.

You're screwed, your faction dies, you lose. Simple as that.

I'm thinking that if you have other "generals" that are family members, then I think they become the faction heir. I'm not too sure though, neither am I sure if lets say you have no adopted or family member generals, but you have one of those recruited generals that are not yet adopted, not sure if would become your faction heir.

**Cináed** · December 21, 2009, 07:14 PM

Has anyone else noticed that there's a discrepancy between turns and character ages? Each turn works out at something like one year and four months, while characters only age one year.

**Halbard** · December 21, 2009, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Cináed

Has anyone else noticed that there's a discrepancy between turns and character ages? Each turn works out at something like one year and four months, while characters only age one year.

you can adjust that on the descr_strat
set the time to 0.5, and general will age 1 year / 2 turns

**Deadly Rabbit** · December 21, 2009, 07:42 PM

Does that effect any other elements of the game? I want realistic aging, but I don't want to turn the game-play topsy turvy to achieve it.

**Halbard** · December 21, 2009, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Deadly Rabbit

Does that effect any other elements of the game? I want realistic aging, but I don't want to turn the game-play topsy turvy to achieve it.

affects the aging of characters only i think.

**Halbard** · December 21, 2009, 08:17 PM

i think there is a regent, if the leader dies, and you have a general. not sure tough, never happened to me

**JorisofHolland** · December 22, 2009, 08:17 AM

If there are living male members in your family tree (above 14, of course) they will be declared king. If they don't have the "Of ... Blood" trait they will be called Regent (but still be king). If there aren't any, your faction will die and you have lost.

I rarely have my characters get above 80, because I often send them to their death when they are 70.