Heir Selection
Favored Son Succession
It is a type of Succession Law in which the old ruler would favor one of his sons over the others and designate him as heir paying no attention to their age.
Potential
Succession Law is NOT a 
Fratricideor
Unigeniture
FratricideorUnigenitureExact conditions
Succession
Candidates
- Follows the ruler's family tree
- Includes the ruler's siblings
- Men only
- Children can be candidates
- Claims don't pass through women
- Only from
Nobility
Order among siblings
Which sibling comes first when following the family tree.
- Score per Administrative Ability+ RootAdministrative Ability
- Score per Diplomatic Ability+ RootDiplomatic Ability
- Score per Military Ability+ RootMilitary Ability
- Score for Appointed Heir+200WhenHas Appointed Heir
- Score per years of age+ character_age
- Is unsuited to Rule−1,000
- IfRoot exists
- +• Score per Administrative Ability
- =
root.adm
- =
- +• Score per Diplomatic Ability
- =
root.dip
- =
- +• Score per Military Ability
- =
root.mil
- =
- +• Score for Appointed Heir
- IfHas Appointed Heir
- =200
- If
- +• Score per years of age
- +• Is unsuited to Rule
- If
- =-1,000
- If
- +• Score per Administrative Ability
- Otherwise
- +• Score per Administrative Ability
- =1
- +• Score per Diplomatic Ability
- =1
- +• Score per Military Ability
- =1
- +• Score for Appointed Heir
- =200
- +• Score per years of age
- =1
- +• Score per Administrative Ability
Requires 4
Heir Selections
- FratricidePotential
- UnigeniturePotential
Modifier Types
Blocked from RulershipSibling score
Static Modifiers
- Appointed HeirSibling score
References 1
- NobilityAllowed estates
Required by 2
Events
Order of SuccessionTrigger
Character Interactions
- Appoint as HeirPotential
Granted by 1
- The CageOption 1
Referenced by 1
MonarchyHeir selection
Scripting 2
References 1
- character_ageSibling score
Mentions 1
Succession LawDesc
include_ruler_siblings = yes
through_female = no
allow_female = no
allow_children = yes
ignore_ruler = yes
heir_is_allowed = {
}
traverse_family_tree = yes
potential = {
NOR = {
}
}