Royal court
Personal Physician
Personal Physician is a court position in Crusader Kings III; its aptitude rests on Learning. At excellent aptitude it gives Plague Resistance +10, Health +0.1. Aptitude also comes from Lifestyle Physician (+15 to +45), Lifestyle Mystic (+5 to +20) and Lifestyle Herbalist (+15). Base salary 0.1 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 Personal Physician in CK3?
- Learning Skill Learning × 1.75 (max 50), Lifestyle Physician +15 to +45, Lifestyle Mystic +5 to +20, Lifestyle Herbalist +15, Learning Education +4 to +20, Blind -50, Surgeon's Tools Camp Upgrade +10, Domicile +5 to +30 and Learning the Ropes +10 (the game's aptitude breakdown, patch 1.20.0.3).
- What does the Personal Physician give?
- Terrible: Plague Resistance +1, Health +0.01; Poor: Plague Resistance +3, Health +0.03; Average: Plague Resistance +5, Health +0.05; Good: Plague Resistance +7, Health +0.07; Excellent: Plague Resistance +10, Health +0.1.
- What tasks can the Personal Physician do?
- Control Plagues, Advanced Research and Improve Skills.
The Personal Physician is responsible for the health and well-being of the Court they are in. They will treat disease and suture wounds to the best of their abilities.
What it gives you, by aptitude
The holder's aptitude (see below) sets the level: levels start at 20, 40, 60, 80. Court-wide effects reach everyone at your court.
Terriblebelow 20
Poor20+
Average40+
Good60+
Excellent80+
• Performs Medical Treatments
What makes a good Personal Physician
The game's own aptitude breakdown for this position — every part it adds up:
| Part | Aptitude |
|---|---|
| Learning Skill | Learning × 1.75 (max 50) |
| Lifestyle Physician | +15 to +45 |
| Lifestyle Mystic | +5 to +20 |
| Lifestyle Herbalist | +15 |
| Learning Education | +4 to +20 |
| Blind | -50 |
| Surgeon's Tools Camp Upgrade | +10 |
| Domicile | +5 to +30 |
| Learning the Ropes | +10 |
The holder gets
- Health+0.1
Tasks
Control Plagues
This character is tasked with increasing the Plague Resistance of every Barony owned by their Liege.
Advanced Research
This character is tasked with assisting their Liege's learning.
Improve Skills
This character is focusing on improving their skills as a physician.
Every month this character has a chance of gaining Lifestyle Physician Trait Experience or Learning Skill
- Lifestyle Physician Trait Experience Gain+25%
Costs 0.05 prestige a month
Other rooms and names
Some governments and cultures call it Palace Physician, Master Physician.
The game picks the room by the ruler's government or culture.
Who may hold it (valid_character) (3 lines of game script)
valid_camp_officer_trigger = {
OFFICER = court_physician
}As written in game/common/court_positions/types/00_court_positions.txt.
Shown when (is_shown) (7 lines of game script)
trigger_if = {
limit = {
is_ai = yes
highest_held_title_tier <= tier_barony
}
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.