Steppe court
Foreign Emissary
Foreign Emissary is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Diplomacy. At excellent aptitude it gives Tributary Taxes +20%, Courtier and Guest Opinion +10, Monthly Prestige +5%. Aptitude also comes from Diplomat (+25), Lifestyle Reveler (+25) and Humble (+15). Base salary 0.12 a month; revoking it costs 200 prestige. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/court_positions/types/00_mpo_court_positions.txt.
Quick answers (3)
- What makes a good Foreign Emissary in CK3?
- Diplomacy Skill Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50), Stewardship Skill Stewardship (max 50), Diplomat +25, Lifestyle Reveler +25, Humble +15, Calm +15, Stubborn +15, Arrogant -15, Impatient -15 and Fickle -15 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Foreign Emissary give?
- Terrible: Tributary Taxes +4%, Courtier and Guest Opinion +1, Monthly Prestige +1%; Poor: Tributary Taxes +8%, Courtier and Guest Opinion +2, Monthly Prestige +2%; Average: Tributary Taxes +12%, Courtier and Guest Opinion +4, Monthly Prestige +3%; Good: Tributary Taxes +16%, Courtier and Guest Opinion +7, Monthly Prestige +4%; Excellent: Tributary Taxes +20%, Courtier and Guest Opinion +10, Monthly Prestige +5%.
- What tasks can the Foreign Emissary do?
- Entertain Courtiers and Accommodate Tributaries.
A Foreign Emissary is recruited from afar to impress their liege's court with exotic stories, and to act as a diplomat to neighboring leaders.
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+
What makes a good Foreign Emissary
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy Skill | Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50) |
| Stewardship Skill | Stewardship (max 50) |
| Diplomat | +25 |
| Lifestyle Reveler | +25 |
| Humble | +15 |
| Calm | +15 |
| Stubborn | +15 |
| Arrogant | -15 |
| Impatient | -15 |
| Fickle | -15 |
The holder gets
Tasks
Entertain Courtiers
Your Court Jester will spend their time entertaining your courtiers with jokes, stories, and acrobatics.
Every year the Foreign Emissary has a chance to reduce the Stress of a random Courtier (preferring those close to you, such as your Children) If their Aptitude is at least @aptitude:4:inherit_color!Good, up to two Courtiers can be targeted every year
Every year the Court Jester has a chance to reduce the Stress of a random Courtier (preferring those close to you, such as your Children) If their Aptitude is at least @aptitude:4:inherit_color!Good, up to two Courtiers can be targeted every year
Costs 0.05 prestige a month
Accommodate Tributaries
This character will make certain that the tributaries will fall in line with their suzerain, with whatever means necessary.
Cultural Acceptance will be increased by … between … and Tributary Cultures every year (max 50)
Who may hire it (valid_position) (2 lines of game script)
highest_held_title_tier >= tier_county government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_mpo_court_positions.txt.
Who may hold it (valid_character) (6 lines of game script)
scope:employee = {
liege = scope:liege
foreign_emissary_validity_trigger = {
EMPLOYER = scope:liege
}
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_mpo_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (1 line of game script)
government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_mpo_court_positions.txt.
Source: game/common/court_positions/types/00_mpo_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.