Cool mechanic i think should be in ck3

[Kadmus]

One of the things I don't like in ck2 is large sprawling families that happen without trying. I feel like there should be a button where you toggle your character and their spouse(s) to try for babies. This could help especially when your character has gavelkind, or you could gamble and try to get another daughter but then lose titles to gavelkind if a boy is born instead. If the characters weren't actively trying for a child they would have a very reduced risk of having a child, and could possibly expose scandals if your character investigates.

 

[WomboCombo]

One of the things I don't like in ck2 is large sprawling families that happen without trying. I feel like there should be a button where you toggle your character and their spouse(s) to try for babies. This could help especially when your character has gavelkind, or you could gamble and try to get another daughter but then lose titles to gavelkind if a boy is born instead. If the characters weren't actively trying for a child they would have a very reduced risk of having a child, and could possibly expose scandals if your character investigates.

You can't make people not bang. You're a ruler, not a god.

 

[JSB217118]

You can make yourself not bang if I recall Edward the Confessor did just that. Mind you I'm not sure I'd want the feature.

 

[BrokenSky]

It might be interesting with the new 'stress from breaking character' thing..

Maybe being able to take a vow of celibacy on command, but if you're not chaste it can get stressful and if you're lustful odds are you have a week before you go crazy : P
and if your wife's not chaste it might make your marriage go south too?

 

[Kadmus]

You can't make people not bang. You're a ruler, not a god.

Surely you can make yourself not bang? Maybe it would make sense if you did it with a lustful character it would build up stress. I don't know, i just thought it would be a cool addition I guess it's niche. maybe someone will make a mod of it.

 

[JSB217118]

Even a normal character would be stressed. Albeit you don't have to go celibate, just not sleep with your wife. For that matter, if we're going down that road there should be a mechanic to "take precautions" when having an affair that reduces the chance of having a bastard.

 

[Masternachos]

Surely you can make yourself not bang? Maybe it would make sense if you did it with a lustful character it would build up stress. I don't know, i just thought it would be a cool addition I guess it's niche. maybe someone will make a mod of it.

Hey, some of us can not bang without even trying!

But you could probably get a lot of interesting events out of "not wanting more kids". Imagine your spouse is the one who decides they don't want to have any more kids. Incidents with lustful characters in extramarital affairs because of your decision not want any more kids. Medieval methods at birth control, most of which probably don't work or are dangerous; you impregnate your wife because consuming some herb doesn't actually prevent you from having kids, but you think it does, so you assume your wife has been cheating on you, etc., etc., etc.

 

[Ezumiyr]

You can make yourself not bang if I recall Edward the Confessor did just that. Mind you I'm not sure I'd want the feature.

Albeit you don't have to go celibate, just not sleep with your wife.

... but that's exactly what the celibate trait is. Not having sex.
I guess there should be a way to avoid having children specifically with your wife, but still being able to have other adventures, when you have a very bad opinion of your wife for example. But honestly that's just a small detail. It wouldn't change things much, and it doesn't really seem worth adding to the game.

You can already control your family size quite easily in CK2. Just don't marry. Don't marry yourself, don't marry anyone if you family. If you had enough kids already, divorce or murder your spouse(s).