What ways are there these days except getting appointed by ruler or duke?
You used to be able to bribe your way to a lordship (if the region had no lord at the moment), making you the new lord immediately if it succeeded. That seems to be gone in favor of bribing your way to a claim instead? But the claims seems rather worthless.
So what other ways are there? I know priests can make their followers rebell and put the priest as local lord of the region...