As he is responsible for negotiating with your vassals and with other powers, Diplomacy is his most important stat. The Chancellor is your highest official of state. Remember, it is not possible to assign your council member any missions if he is leading the troops. Spymaster is probably the most dangerous council member in your court if he does not like you.Ī character can become a member of the council f he is of 16 years of age. Also be aware of the spymaster if he has a very bad opinion of you.

Remember that changing and replacing council members too often gives a negative opinion of the fired ex-council member towards you for long time. Spurning the other characters' ambition to take over the council position will eventually result in lost opinion. Be mindful when appointing someone with less than great stats, especially when other characters are better suited. Additionally, if you have assigned a council position to a character with a relatively low respective stat, you will likely hear from various family members clamoring for the position. Naturally, it is important to pick a character with highest according stats as your council member, since the success of the mission depends on their capabilities. Each member of your council has a passive ability of his/her statistics being added to yours, benefiting you tremendously, as well as active ability to perform one of the three missions each.

In Crusader Kings II, your council is basically five characters who are appointed by you(from your court) as advisers, along with abilities to perform various missions. For in depth guide to council read Guide to Council

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