Royal court
Lady-in-waiting
Lady-in-waiting is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Diplomacy. At excellent aptitude it gives Stress Loss +20%, Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length 10 days slower per Scheme Phase. Aptitude also comes from Dynasty has Fp3 Khvarenah Legacy 1 (+10), Gregarious (+40) and Honest (+10). Base salary 0.05 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 Lady-in-waiting in CK3?
- Diplomacy Skill Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50), Dynasty has Fp3 Khvarenah Legacy 1 +10, Gregarious +40, Honest +10 and Learning the Ropes +10 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Lady-in-waiting give?
- Terrible: Stress Loss +10%, Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length 1 days slower per Scheme Phase; Poor: Stress Loss +15%, Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length 2 days slower per Scheme Phase; Average: Stress Loss +15%, Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length 5 days slower per Scheme Phase; Good: Stress Loss +15%, Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length 7 days slower per Scheme Phase; Excellent: Stress Loss +20%, Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length 10 days slower per Scheme Phase.
- What tasks can the Lady-in-waiting do?
- Keep an Ear to the Ground.
A Lady-in-waiting is an assistant and companion to a Queen or Empress, attending to her every need and fulfilling every whim.
What it gives you, by aptitude
The holder's aptitude (see below) sets the level: levels start at 20, 40, 60, 80.
Terriblebelow 20
- Stress Loss+10%
- Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length1 days slower per Scheme Phase
Poor20+
- Stress Loss+15%
- Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length2 days slower per Scheme Phase
Average40+
- Stress Loss+15%
- Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length5 days slower per Scheme Phase
Good60+
- Stress Loss+15%
- Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length7 days slower per Scheme Phase
Excellent80+
- Stress Loss+20%
- Enemy Hostile Scheme Phase Length10 days slower per Scheme Phase
What makes a good Lady-in-waiting
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy Skill | Diplomacy × 2.5 (max 50) |
| Dynasty has Fp3 Khvarenah Legacy 1 | +10 |
| Gregarious | +40 |
| Honest | +10 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
The holder gets
Tasks
Keep an Ear to the Ground
This character will spend their time hiding behind curtains, listening intently for rumors and gossip.
Costs 0.05 prestige a month
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Palace Lady, Chambermaid.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hire it (valid_position) (3 lines of game script)
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes highest_held_title_tier >= tier_duchy is_female = 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 = {
lady_in_waiting_validity_trigger = {
EMPLOYER = scope:liege
}
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (12 lines of game script)
is_landed_or_landless_administrative_or_theocratic = yes
has_ep1_court_positions_dlc_trigger = yes
NOT = {
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.