crusader-kings-2
I would like to try playing a "Lunatic" and/or "Possessed" character, because I heard they have some really entertaining events.
Is there a reliable way to drive my current or next character crazy?
When there isn't, is there a moderately powerful and young historical nutjob I could play?
Because I am a cheapskate to keep this question useful for a wide audience I would prefer an answer which doesn't require any DLC (so ruler designer is out of the question).
If you want to find out the size of a single realm, I would go the way bd33 suggested.
But if you want to get an overview of the sizes of all realms, go to ledger:
Then get to its tenth page (“Independent States”) and click on the “Realm Size” column heading to sort the list by that:
Give demense holdings to your heir, then make him independent. When your character dies, you should have it all again. Also note what svick says in the comment on the question above:
You can always grant independence to some of your vassals. And if they are part of your de jure realm, it should be relatively simple to get them back (but I haven't tried it).
You can just request them to be your vassal, or press a du jure claim on their territory after you want to grow again.
Best Answer
The Lunatic and Possessed traits are given by events. In the base game, these events can happen randomly. There are other ways to gain the traits or to make these events more likely but, as far as I can recall, all are in DLCs.
The easiest way to add these traits, without ruler designer, is to cheat and use the console. To do this, you need to be in a non-ironman game. Press the ` key (it's the one to the left of the 1 key) to open the console.
The code to trigger events is
The specific events you want are:
Lunatic:
Possessed:
Here's a list of console commands if you want to add other traits. Or remove them, if you get sick of employing horses as chancellors.