继承人

An heir is the first character in the line of succession.

Title heir

The heir of a given title is determined via succession laws of each titles.

如果继承人已经是其他领主的封臣，继承的头衔是否会离开王国取决于头衔的等级：

• The inherited title will leave the realm 如果头衔与现任继承人相同（或更低）的等级 primary title.
• 如果继承的头衔等级更高，继承人会从其他王国移除头衔。

Titles leaving the realm can be prevented with High crown authority (without ), which excludes foreign rulers from the line of succession.

家族继承人

Your dynastic heir 是你当前角色死亡后将扮演的角色。他/她是你的继承人 primary title, if that character is of your dynasty.否则，会是另一个角色在你当前角色死亡后被降落。

如果你的王朝继承人不是你家族的，或者他/她无法操作（例如他/她统治神权政体，或者是你没有所需DLC的政府类型），那就是这样 game over.

Selecting your heir

根据你的政府和宗教，你可能有多种方法来影响谁成为你的继承人，即使没有 changing your succession law.

By designation

Ruler	Can designate	Method
Patrician	A man at court	Designated Heir honorary title
Nomad	A son or brother of the same culture	确保高声望，比如让他带领一支雇佣兵团
Buddhist , Jain , Taoist , or reformed pagan faith with Meritocracy doctrine	统治者的子女（优先年龄，但不依赖性别偏好） Great with Ultimogeniture! 注意：你永远不能指定可能被优先继承的继承人 即使没有儿子，女孩也不能按父系-女系选拔	Designate Heir button (above child's portrait)
Open Succession	A child or grandchild	Give them the best titles
Adulterer	A child among bastards	Legitimize by decision (or at birth)
Adulteress	A child among bastards	通过决定合法化（要求父亲出生时不合法化）

By election

With a succession law that features succession voting, such as Feudal elective你可以提名你最喜欢的王朝成员继承你。如果你的附庸信任你的判断，认为你的提名人会是个好统治者，他们很可能会投票给你的候选人。

You have full control over elections if you are:

• a Count with Elective gavelkind succession
• a Duke with Feudal elective succession and at most one Count vassal
• 一位拥有封建选举继承权的国王，最多一名公爵封臣

By disqualifying other heirs

参见：Succession#Disqualification

Ruler	Method	Can disqualify	Risks
Byzantine culture group Chinese culture group Latin Empire bloodline	Castration	Men or boys in your prison	Opinion May gain trait
Byzantine culture group	Blinding	Characters in your prison
Monastic religion	Order to take the vows	Your courtiers who are adults, and either: Unmarried and not heir to any titles, or In your prison.
Monastic religion+	Grant temple	Adult Not your primary heir Courtier or vassal's courtier Gender allowed by religion	May have to revoke a temple
Catholic	Investiture	Men of your court	May have to murder a bishop
Mainstream Christian religion	Send to holy order	Men	根据特质，可能有机会逃跑而不是加入圣洁组织
Mainstream religion	Allow to join holy order	Men with 5+ martial skill More likely if
Religious head	Educate with other religion	Minors

基督教的方法在一代人后更有效：你更容易让孙子成为主教或修士，而不是让儿子成为。拜占庭皇帝可以永久剥夺任何角色的皇帝头衔。

If you need to imprison a character, the Intrigue focus 这会给你逮捕或绑架的借口。逮捕角色时，你可能需要采取措施确保他们不会逃离你的领域。你的治安官可以通过“镇压叛乱”职业提高被捕几率。或者你可以授予一个所有权以防止飞行。如果你把这个头衔转给另一个附庸，逮捕失败会让他们被废黜，而不是引发叛乱，给你第二次逮捕的机会。

By killing other heirs

You cannot plot to assassinate 你自己的孩子，但你也许能用别的方式安排他们的死亡。如果你玩的是非穆斯林角色，很多方法会标记你是弑亲者，但至少弑亲者不会叠加......

Method	Potential victims	Issues
Battle	Adults eligible to be commanders	若战败，敌方监禁风险 可能受伤但不会被杀：受伤、残废，甚至是被打伤
Duel	Rivals, etc	, merciless, ruthless Risk of injury or death Risk that seducing 你儿子的妻子不会挑起竞争和/或制造麻烦
Cannibalism while carousing	Party guest (or host)	, You must be , , or 仅靠队伍成为食人族需要运气或坚持。更快的方法是 seclude 当你的宫廷受到疫情威胁时，食物开始短缺。
Cannibalism of prisoner	Your prisoners age 12+	, , Crazy Cannibal (-50 general opinion), likely Requires The Reaper's Due DLC and already being a .
Execution	Your prisoners	, tyrant
Sacrifice	Your prisoners	You must be
Judged by the Sun	Your vassal prisoners	You must be . Not guaranteed to kill.
Oubliette	Your prisoners	Slow if character has high base health
Dark Sacrifice	Your prisoners	You must be a demon worshiper.获得10点暗能量，但获得5点可见度。可能会变得更多 , , , or .
Absorb Lifeforce	Your minor children	你一定是4级的恶魔崇拜者。花500黑暗力量。获得10年健康。

By disease

Arranging for unwanted heirs to contract diseases 最终会杀死他们。然而，存在不受欢迎的继承人在病中继承权，统治时间短暂到导致王国瓦解的风险。

Method	Potential victims	Issues
Send to epidemic location	Children, by education Unmarried adults, by marriage Adults eligible to be commander Adults eligible to be spymaster	如果同样的疾病传到了你的首都省份，而角色还活着并且在你的宫廷中， seclusion will be ineffective.
	Adults eligible to be commander	Only with The Reaper's Due：在海上服役多年后，指挥官很可能会患上坏血病。 这是较安全的一种方法：如果你遗传了坏血病，回到陆地上后4个月内就会消失。 Killing women this way requires Full Status of Women or making them
Sabotage their seclusion	Rulers	Before they enter seclusion, marry characters with any epidemic disease into their court
Sabotage their health care		Remove their Court Physician 通过邀请、婚姻或头衔授予。或者在没有宫廷医生时让他们在你的宫廷，或者有个狂热的异教徒当宫廷医生。或者让他们成为男爵级统治者，不能雇佣宫廷医生。
Great Pox	Unmarried adults	Only without The Reaper's Due：主要配偶患有大天花会增加感染风险，尤其是当他还能率军时。

Preparing your heir

Educate heir yourself：通过亲自辅导继承人，你可以确保自己选择好的特质（或去除坏的特质） education 他的文化和宗教与你一样。（如果你的继承人拥有不同的文化，所有与新文化不兼容的城堡和部落文化建筑将在继承时变得不活跃。）此外，你还会因为曾是他的导师而获得一个正面评价加成。

Keep heir at your court：通过让你的继承人无地，他（和他的家族）就一直处于你的控制之下。

• 你可以选择他和他的子女结婚对象，而不必遵守“限制婚姻”选项所规定的10年期限
• 你可以满足他的议会野心（技能+1），然后切换回更擅长的队伍，而不会激怒有领地的附庸
• 如果是基督徒，你可以通过命令继承人最差的孩子宣誓来轻易取消他们资格。天主教徒也可以使用 investiture.（这很重要，因为继承人一旦成为统治者，可能会被限制采取这些行动。）
• He avoids some bad ruler events (such as getting ）以及做出错误决定的机会（甚至包括让自己丧命）。
  • 请注意，成为议员可能会给继承人带来压力问题。

The downside is that:

• 他在继承之前不会获得太多声望。这可以通过给他一些缓解 honorary titles 比如指定摄政，或者将他嫁给显赫家族的配偶和/或高等级统治者的亲属。
• he cannot improve his skills by taking a focus (or, without WoL, an ambition to improve skills below 8)
• 如果你的继承不是法槌族或选举法槌族，你会因有无地儿子而受到声望惩罚。例外的是只有一种继承法的政府类型，即
  • Muslims
  • Patricians in merchant republics
  • Nomads
• Your heir can still practise a secret religion 同时留在你的宫廷，甚至加入相应的秘密社团。最坏的情况是继承人公开皈依秘密信仰，使你无法要求皈依。作为继承人进行皈依的方法包括皈依首都的宗教（需要 印度王朝DLC和500/1000声望）以及秘密调整信仰（需要250虔诚）再进行公开收养。