Tribal Oldest Male
Heir Selection

Tribal Oldest Male

tribal_oldest_male

It is a type of Succession Law of a Tribe in which the Ruler is the oldest male child of the previous Ruler.

Succession

Candidates

  • Includes the ruler's siblings
  • Men only
  • Children can be candidates
  • Only from Nobility

Candidate score

How the game scores each candidate: the lines that apply add up.

  • Score for having the father as the ruler+500
    When
    • TargetLast valid ruler exists
    • Father: TargetLast valid ruler
  • Score for having a grandfather as the ruler+250
    When
    • father exists
    • TargetLast valid ruler exists
    • FatherFather: TargetLast valid ruler
  • Score per years of age+ character_age
  • Is unsuited to Rule−1,000

  • +• Score for having the father as the ruler
    • If
      At least one of
      • Root does not exist
      • All of
        • TargetLast valid ruler exists
        • Father: TargetLast valid ruler
      • =500
  • +• Score for having a grandfather as the ruler
    • If
      At least one of
      • Root does not exist
      • All of
        • father exists
        • TargetLast valid ruler exists
        • FatherFather: TargetLast valid ruler
      • =250
  • If
    Root exists
  • If
    Root does not exist
    • +• Score per years of age
      • =1

Then
Otherwise
Lose 10 Legitimacy
Exact script

Requires 3

Government Types
Modifier Types

References 2

Estates
Modifier Types

Granted by 1

Referenced by 2

Scripting 6

References 2

Mentions 2

Granted by 2

include_ruler_siblings = yes
through_female = no
allow_female = no
ignore_ruler = yes
allow_children = yes
allowed_estates = { nobles_estate }
heir_is_allowed = {
}

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