I first tried it on an adult. Then, I accidentally tried it on a child, and she became the tribal chief at five years old.
the robe only fits one certain villager, so it doesn't matter which people you have try it on first. so it wasn't an accident that the five-year-old was the chief.
I just had a thought. When your village cheif dies when you have a lot of people, do you have to go thorough every viilager to see who's the cheif? If so, that must be a pain.
Yes, you have to go through every villager. Sometimes the next chief will be one of the older villager, sometimes one of the younger ones. There is no way to know.