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There's no reason not to begin building RTR immediately. This gets you the crown helmet and you will be a vassal lord very quickly. HOWEVER, you can seize a city or castle, declare a kingdom, then immediately sign with another king as vassal. You also have no honour yet and no relations with lords, so that all takes time to develop. You will have no renown (Everyone's forgotten you during the centuries you were in your tomb, and those who haven't don't believe you are the long-dead King. There is almost no delay before you can start your own kingdom.If you built your character the way I recommend in my guides (early game:, mid game: ) you will also start with high surgery, training and pathfinding, meaning you can build an elite force quickly and maintain it, becoming your own mini-doom stack in a couple of weeks.If you start with high leadership and training, you can immediately build a large, powerful army. HOWEVER, you can start impacting the geopolitical landscape almost right away.
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The kingdoms are balanced and lands are evenly distributed because it's a new playthrough.Cover the world in darkness and take back your kingdom! with all of your powers but no resources (or a chest of gold if that's your thing). Roleplay as a Witch King type, having just woken up angry in your tomb.Optionally first convert all gold into diamonds so they don't get saved. Spend any qualis gems you have on elixirs to boost your character, save your character via the character/stats menu. Take your most advanced PoP save, load it up.This is the most fun I had in PoP except for the first ever playthrough when everything was new and cool.