

Also, he may be use this time to call allies. The target may do nothing, then again he may rally his levies and send them to try and begin capturing your holdings, thus preventing you from raising your levies in the first place. Of course, if only want a year of income this bonus will disappear the instant you capture one of his holdings and have no long-term impact. If you declare a war and do nothing the war will eventually begin to swing in your enemies favor just by virtue of this trickle. This appears under the title of "Defender controls ". When you declare a war after going a few months without you capturing any holdings the game gives the defender a slow trickle of war score. Assuming you're healthy I'd wait the 4 years and declare war then. On the average, most healthy characters who don't spend much time leading troops die a "natural death" in their mid to late 60s. In your 60s the odds start to get a little worse, in your 70s the odds start to get fairly long. The odds are very good a character in his 50s will pass this check so long as he isn't maimed, weak or diseased. If the random number is greater, you die (of poor health if young, a natural death if old, or whatever disease or injury you currently have). As you play the game, at certain intervals the game makes a random number and compares it to your health, with a modifier for age, along with any visible effects that alter health. Maximum life expectancy is up around 80 I believe, but the odds are against you getting there.
