Royal court
Court Musician
Court Musician is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Diplomacy. At excellent aptitude it gives Stress Loss +10%, Court grandeur baseline +3. Aptitude also comes from Gregarious (+30), Lifestyle Poet (+10) and Lifestyle Reveler (+15). 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 Musician in CK3?
- Diplomacy Skill Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50), Gregarious +30, Lifestyle Poet +10, Lifestyle Reveler +15, Shy -10, Musical Theorists Cultural Tradition +20, Prophetic Visions +30, Beardless Eunuch's Falsetto +10, Domicile 0 and Learning the Ropes +10 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Court Musician give?
- Terrible: Stress Loss +1%, Court grandeur baseline +1; Poor: Stress Loss +3%, Court grandeur baseline +1; Average: Stress Loss +5%, Court grandeur baseline +2; Good: Stress Loss +8%, Court grandeur baseline +2; Excellent: Stress Loss +10%, Court grandeur baseline +3.
- What tasks can the Court Musician do?
- Extol Domestic Legend, Commend Legend Abroad and Bolster Legitimacy.
A Court Musician is an artist who sings and plays instruments to entertain their Liege and the court.
What it gives you, by aptitude
The holder's aptitude (see below) sets the level: levels start at 20, 40, 60, 80.
Terriblebelow 20
Poor20+
Average40+
Good60+
Excellent80+
• Increases Opinion gain when hosting a Activity Feast
What makes a good Court Musician
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy Skill | Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50) |
| Gregarious | +30 |
| Lifestyle Poet | +10 |
| Lifestyle Reveler | +15 |
| Shy | -10 |
| Musical Theorists Cultural Tradition | +20 |
| Prophetic Visions | +30 |
| Beardless Eunuch's Falsetto | +10 |
| Domicile | 0 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
The holder gets
Tasks
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.
Bolster Legitimacy
This character will strengthen your right to rule through song and dance.
- Prestige+0.25/month
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Master of Music, Musician.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hire it (valid_position) (39 lines of game script)
OR = {
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
}
trigger_if = {
limit = {
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
root.culture ?= {
has_cultural_parameter = better_court_musicians
}
}
OR = {
has_realm_law = nomadic_authority_5
has_realm_law = nomadic_authority_4
has_realm_law = nomadic_authority_3
has_realm_law = nomadic_authority_2
}
}
trigger_else_if = {
limit = {
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
}
OR = {
has_realm_law = nomadic_authority_5
has_realm_law = nomadic_authority_4
has_realm_law = nomadic_authority_3
}
}
trigger_else_if = {
limit = {
root.culture ?= {
has_cultural_parameter = better_court_musicians
}
}
highest_held_title_tier >= tier_duchy
}
trigger_else = {
highest_held_title_tier >= tier_kingdom
}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 = {
court_musician_validity_trigger = {
EMPLOYER = scope:liege
}
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (11 lines of game script)
OR = {
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
}
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.