However, the five Patrician families do play a very special role within republics, competing for trade and trying to get elected Doge.Īre the new trade mechanics specific to republics, or can anyone make use of them? Just like republics can be vassals of feudal lords, they in turn can be in fief to republics. How do republics interact with their vassals? What happens when a republic conquers a feudal territory? For example, if you marry a countess, your oldest son might become Patrician after you, but your second oldest could inherit the county from your wife, and so on. However, inheritance between the two types of realm is blocked.
Patricians can build Trade Posts in coastal provinces, which will generate serious income for them (and give a slight boost to the local Count too.) Republics can, of course, also expand the usual way through conquest, and they can gain alliances with feudal lords through marriage. Republican gameplay centers around cities and the amassing of gold rather than castles and territorial expansion. HF: There are some rather major differences.
Are there any specific things Republics can do that feudal domains cannot? Anything they can't do?
