Royal court
Court Chronicler
Court Chronicler is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Diplomacy. At excellent aptitude it gives Legitimacy Loss -25%, Renown +0.1/month. Aptitude also comes from Lifestyle Poet (+15), Gregarious (+15) and Diplomat (+30). Base salary 0.12 a month; revoking it costs 200 prestige. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Quick answers (3)
- What makes a good Court Chronicler in CK3?
- Diplomacy Skill Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50), Learning Skill Learning (max 50), Lifestyle Poet +15, Gregarious +15, Diplomat +30, Prophetic Visions +30, Domicile +5 to +15 and Learning the Ropes +10 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Court Chronicler give?
- Terrible: Legitimacy Loss -5%, Renown +0.01/month; Poor: Legitimacy Loss -10%, Renown +0.02/month; Average: Legitimacy Loss -15%, Renown +0.04/month; Good: Legitimacy Loss -20%, Renown +0.07/month; Excellent: Legitimacy Loss -25%, Renown +0.1/month.
- What tasks can the Court Chronicler do?
- Search for Legends, Extol Domestic Legend and Commend Legend Abroad.
The Court Chronicler is tasked with dedicating the deeds of their employer to paper.
What it gives you, by aptitude
The holder's aptitude (see below) sets the level: levels start at 20, 40, 60, 80.
Terriblebelow 20
- Legitimacy Loss-5%
- Renown+0.01/month
Poor20+
- Legitimacy Loss-10%
- Renown+0.02/month
Average40+
- Legitimacy Loss-15%
- Renown+0.04/month
Good60+
- Legitimacy Loss-20%
- Renown+0.07/month
Excellent80+
- Legitimacy Loss-25%
- Renown+0.1/month
What makes a good Court Chronicler
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy Skill | Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50) |
| Learning Skill | Learning (max 50) |
| Lifestyle Poet | +15 |
| Gregarious | +15 |
| Diplomat | +30 |
| Prophetic Visions | +30 |
| Domicile | +5 to +15 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
The holder gets
- Monthly Diplomacy Lifestyle Experience+10%
- Prestige+0.25/month
- General Opinion+5
Tasks
Search for Legends
Your Court Chronicler will search the records to find reasons to immortalize you as a legend.
Every year you will have a random chance to gain a Legend Seed. Higher levels of Aptitude will increase the chances of this occurring.
Extol Domestic Legend
This character is tasked with glorifying their Liege's Legend, amplifying its spread.
Commend Legend Abroad
This character will travel your realm and beyond to convince Vassals and neighboring Rulers to make your legend their Promoted Legend
Every year, one of your Vassals or neighboring Rulers may make your legend their Promoted Legend. Higher levels of Aptitude will increase the chances of this occurring.
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Storyteller, Grand Scribe, Recorder.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hire it (valid_position) (11 lines of game script)
trigger_if = {
limit = {
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
}
domicile ?= {
has_domicile_building_or_higher = court_yurt_01
}
}
trigger_else = {
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Who may hold it (valid_character) (5 lines of game script)
scope:employee = {
chronicler_validity_trigger = {
EMPLOYER = scope:liege
}
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (14 lines of game script)
OR = {
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
domicile ?= {
has_domicile_building_or_higher = court_yurt_01
}
}
has_dlc_feature = legends
trigger_if = {
limit = {
is_ai = yes
highest_held_title_tier <= tier_county
}
always = no
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Source: game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt, common/court_positions/tasks, common/script_values and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. Salary is the base before the realm-size and cultural-era multipliers.