

It will cost you a bit of gold (and will piss off the actual ruler of the territory), but it will allow you to go to war and, hopefully, add a new territory to your realm. One of the easiest ways to get a Casus Belli is by fabricating a claim on a territory. Unpressed claims are more general in nature. Pressed claims are only useful for certain territories, counties, or realms you have a legitimate claim to through marriage or blood. You need a Casus Belli to go to war, and those don't just fall out of the sky for minor Counts or Countesses in the Holy Roman Empire. There are rules about when you can go to war in Crusader Kings 3, especially if you aren't an extremely influential leader. Here's how you can and why you need to fabricate claims in Crusader Kings 3. And even if you know how to find them, there are sub-actions you have to take to set them in motion. Crusader Kings 3 can be a labyrinth of menus if you aren't accustomed to it, and it can be easy to forget where certain declarations are located.
