Crusader Kings

I'm on my fifth playthrough of the game, 597 hours in total. The first four playthroughs were as various Pagan and Muslim faiths. I never once saw anything about a heresy appear in game.

This time around I decided to start as a Catholic and establish a new Christian faith. I've already been given two separate prompts asking me if I want to convert to the Cathar heresy, and then later my new Christian faith was declared a heresy and about six random rulers throughout Europe decided to convert to my faith without any input from me.

Seems like heresies are a big deal when you start as a European Catholic but I had no idea they even existed before this. I tried reading up on it and it seems like heresies occur when Fervor is too low.

Does anyone know if heresies can occur in other religions? I usually don't pay close attention to Fervor, so I'm not sure if it's a Christian-exclusive mechanic, or if Catholicism just happens to be one of the only faiths with such a swingy Fervor score.

I'm absolutely loving CK3 and wondering if anyone can recommend something similar for me.

I'm looking for games with personal character-based role-playing, where you can influence and customize your culture, religion and government. I like light-to-moderate strategy elements, but I'm more interested in the world-building and immersion. I don't mind whether it's a historical setting or not.

Looking forward to hearing your favorite recommendations! Thanks in advance!

This event randomly popped up while I was playing. My character is the Sunni Caliph. I have a custom faith with the Pacifism tenet; I thought I needed Struggle and Submission to initiate Great Holy Wars at all. Also, why would I need to "retake" the core regions when my faith already controls all five holy sites? And why didn't I have any decision or input if my own character is the one declaring an era of renewed Jihad?

This is bizarre.

I want to seize important territory from a significantly stronger ruler. Using one of the Intrigue perks, I've managed to abduct his primary heir. While I work on bolstering my army, I figured I'd ask if you all know the answer to this.

Will I start out with +50 War Score for having his primary heir as my prisoner? Or does it only count prisoners taken during the war?

Follow-up question, is there any way to exploit a hook against the enemy ruler in the war? I'm in the middle of a scheme to fabricate a hook against him but I'm not certain how I should use it.

Hey guys,

Just got CK3 after watching Viking and wanting to play with essentially royal court simulator.

Loving it so far, I have become king of all of Ireland with petty king Brian's son but I've got no victory screen.

Is this like other paradox games where there are short victories and long victories?

Essentially I'm wondering if it's time to start a new campaign or if there's some screen I can go-to to see my current campaign goal.

Any help would be appreciated, this community looks like it needed some love so I figure ask here before I search for an ancient reddit post.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/712158

Some of you fellow grand strategy lovers may know about one of Paradox's newer games, Crusader Kings 3, but have you been paying attention to what's been happening in modding? Let me take you through some of the coolest work that is happening right now.

Let's start off with Godherja. Godherja takes you to a completely custom fantasy world, completely with magic, ridiculously deep lore, several stories, and a world that feels alive. A world torn asunder by destructive living magic gone awry, Aeras is barely holding on. Become a powerful, immortal mage-emperor and try to take over the world, become known for your monster hunting prowess, slaying beast known only to legend. Or perhaps just wait in anticipation, for the Fog to end it all. Even more exciting are two upcoming updates, the updated magic system to make it interact with the characters and the world even more, and the liches. Oh boy the liches.

Next up on the list is Rajas of Asia. Now if you love history, especially when it's not eurocentric, then this mod is for you. I have personally seen the hours of dedication poured into this mod. Where to begin. Well let's start with the fact that almost the entirety of Asia has been added, with more to come! You can play as the Great Tang Empire, as Balhae, anywhere that you like, extending all the way to Papua. Not only does this mod have the awesome Cultural and Religious Minority system integrated (made by the same dev shoutout to Nezaros), but there is also City of Wonders 2 to give you metropolises, Dharmachakra for wonderful religious depth, and so many more. Soon to come to this mod is a complete rework of the Steppes, which is sorely needed, and there are whispers of more bookmarks to come!

I'd be remise if I did not mention RICE and VIET, which to me go hand in hand. RICE provides flavor packs for several areas of the game including, Moravia, one that allows you to interact with Greenland, and Sub-Saharan Africa. VIET adds over 1000 events. Both of these mods together will surely make all of your games just burst with flavor and uniqueness.

Finally, I'd like to mention Elder Kings 2 (I'd recommend that you play it with c0da, a gamerule mod for it). This'll be a short one as it speaks for itself. The entirety of Nirn in the second era has been taken into the world of CK3 for you to enjoy! Patrons, events, decisions, and all your favorite kingdoms are there!

This is just a short foray into the world of CK3 modding. There are several other impressive mods. Sinews of War with its creative use of the struggle system for trade, Dynamic Trade Routes with its depth of resources and coin. Not to mention graphical mods like Ethnicities and Portraits, and Community Flavor Pack. There is a lot to this space. I was just so saddened to see how quiet this community was and had to make a post about one of my favorite games. Anywho, links for those who want to check these awesome mods out:

Godherja:
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2326030123 Manual Download - https://www.moddb.com/mods/godherja-the-dying-world

Rajas of Asia:
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2509174436 Paradox Plaza - https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/45292/Any

RICE:
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2273832430
Paradox Plaza - https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/15338/Any

VIET:
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2227658180
Paradox Plaza - https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/12992/Any

Elder Kings 2:
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2887120253
Manual Download - https://www.nexusmods.com/crusaderkings3/mods/32/

c0da:
Steam - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2893175092
Manual Download - https://catalogue.smods.ru/archives/137214

I just recorded the finale of my current CK3 series, Pagan Flanders, in which I dismantle the Papacy. I'm not starting another series right away, as I am looking forward to the release of Starfield and expect to focus on that throughout September.

I will be back to record more CK3 for sure. Thinking of doing the Al Andalus achievement next.

I want to hear about the worst (virtual) lives that you've lived in ck2 and ck3!

I'll start by telling you about Duke Giovanni the Unfortunate. I was a small Italian duke up by Verona. My father had died when I was 5, so I had been ruling from a young age over a generally stable land. It was quiet and kind of dull, but I got my education from my mother (who would later be tortured to death after being captured by raiders. By my 20's, I found myself with a powerful bargaining chip: my wife (traditionally married) had a strong claim on the Italian throne as a close relative of the former king. Naturally I made some alliances, built up an army, and declared war to put her on top by the time I was about 30.

I rp'd this war in a pretty fun way: I acted as if my wife, as the future queen (hopefully) was leading the war effort, and I was simply a major ally providing troops and strategic input. With my high martial skill, I was leading the future queen's main army as a commander. A few years into the war I caught the Italian forces off guard during a major river crossing and massacred their main forces. The war was basically one! One problem though: my character had been horribly wounded during the battle. The resulting treatment from my physician saved my life from infection, but lost me my leg.

No problem though! It was all worth it. The love of my life would take the throne! 98% warscore... 99%... SHE DIED OF GREAT POX. FUCK.

Turns out she got great pox from FUCKING THE KING, HER UNCLE. This guy wanted to go further than just cucking me and inadvertently killing my wife, though. When my claimant war ended after the death, he threw me in his dungeon and maimed me for my crimes. I now had 0 legs. My character lived another year before the combined effects of crippling depression, brutal injuries, and a poorly timed illness killed him. His 3-year-old son took the throne.

The family would eventually go on to take Italy, form Italia, and go on to claim all the lands once held by Charlemagne. But I'll never forget Giovanni and his terrible, terrible life and death.