Unlike other methods of suicide, this is considered an honorable death.

As a method of suicide, you may challenge a rival to a duel that you intend to lose.Confronting a spouse's lover may result in a duel.Possible opponents are the liege, any vassal, or any fellow vassal. Germanic men may get an event suggesting they challenge a disliked character to a Holmgang.If you are the current title holder, you have the choice of rejecting the duel, at the cost of getting Craven. This makes Strong Claim duels a potentially effective way to consolidate titles after a gavelkind split, at the price of culling dynasts. If you lose a Strong Claim duel and die, and the winner is a member of your dynasty, you may switch play to the other character. Many of the other requirements and mechanics are the same as in challenge duels, as listed above. Both rulers must be independent or in the same realm, the claim must be over the defendant's primary title. With the Holy Fury DLC, a tribal ruler may duel another tribal ruler over a strong claim. Duelers must each be at peace (for unlanded characters, this means that their liege must be at peace).Duelers do NOT have the character modifier Bedridden or Severe Illness.Duelers have NOT recently been in any duel (within 3 months).Initiator has a mission to duel target ( Warrior Lodge quest)īoth characters must be in good shape to duel:.Target is Decadent initiator is Zealous and Muslim.Target is Excommunicated initiator is Zealous and same religion.Foe (certain opinion modifiers toward the initiator, including 'Cuckolded' and 'Attempted Murder').Unless the dueling game rule is set to 'Unrestricted', the initiator must have one of the following reasons to challenge the target: Rulers have access to a Duel interaction if they have War focus, membership in a Warrior Lodge, or a bloodline that 'Enables dueling'.

Please help with verifying or updating older sections of this article.Īt least some were last verified for version 3.2.Ī duel is an engagement in personal combat between two characters.

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