Useful Heirs

Useful Heirs: I've always thought that heirs should be more useful and interesting in this game. This mod is me trying to achieve that. With Useful Heirs, you can: - Change the leader class of your heir. - Designate any of your leaders as your heir. - Abdicate the throne in favor of your heir. - Play with a new civic, Adoptive Dynasties. Notes: - Former Heirs won't stick around. Politically speaking, it would be pretty wild. - In relation to my Civil Wars mod, heirs have unique rebellion mechanics. Check out that mod for more information. -- - You can designate any leader as your heir for 2 years worth of Unity. This will also cause your planets to lose some stability for 10 years. -10 Stability for the capital, -2 Stability for every other planet. - There is a new civic, Adoptive Dynasties, that grants +5 base Stability + 0. 5 Stability per Councilor level for +10 Stability at level 10. It also allows you to designate heirs without the Stability hit or Unity cost. If a dynastic heir ascends to the throne while you have this civic, you will lose the bonus stability. The capital will lose 15 stability and every other world will lose 10 stability. Practically, this means that you can go from +10 to -10 on non-capital worlds, for a 20 stability hit. Other Features: - For species without the Venerable trait: If your leader is 50 years of age or older when they ascend to the throne, your heir will now be limited to being between 15 and 47 years younger than them. So, for example, if you have a ruler who takes the throne at 118 years of age, the heir that spawns will be between 71 and 103 years old. - For species with the Venerable trait: If your leader is 100 years of age or older when they ascend to the throne, your heir will now be limited to being between 30 and 94 years younger than them. So, for example, if you have a ruler who takes the throne at 203 years of age, the heir that spawns will be between 109 and 173 years old. - The AI will use the feature to designate