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By God Alone decisions

The 51 decisions in the By God Alone files of patch 1.20.1.2: 39 need the DLC, 12 don't check for it. Open one for its requirements in the game's words, its effects and the events it fires.

The By God Alone files of Crusader Kings III hold 51 decisions, 39 of them checking for the DLC; among them Enact a Bull, Choose an Opponent, Declare a Rite Heretical, Permit a Tenet, Forbid a Tenet, Declare an Anti… and 15 more. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/pam.

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Need By God Alone (39)

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  • … …

    …

    • A departed ancestor of your Dynasty, free of Sinful traits, bearing a Virtuous trait, and as of yet unvenerated
    • available (not incapable, an adult, not imprisoned)
    By God Alone
  • … …

    Choose where to consecrate the chosen ….

    • A departed ancestor of your Dynasty, free of Sinful traits, bearing a Virtuous trait, and as of yet unvenerated
    • Select a site at which to consecrate the venerated ancestor
    variesPietyTreasury or GoldvariesTreasury or GoldBy God Alone
  • Adopt Theocratic Rule

    Change your Government into a Theocracy

    • Your Faith must be Organized to take this action
    • Piety level at least 2
    • Is at not War
    500PietyPrestige750PrestigeBy God Alone
  • Anoint an Artifact with Holy Myron

    Spend a charge of the Holy Myron to mark one of your Artifacts as Sanctified, regardless of what your tenets would ordinarily allow

    • Must possess an Ampulla of Holy Myron with oil remaining
    • Must own an Artifact that is not already Sanctified
    • available (not imprisoned, not incapable)
    250PietyBy God Alone
  • Bend the Knee to the …

    Pledge to support the Church's claim to appointments

    • You have not already pledged to support the Church
    • Your Faith must have a Head of Faith
    • available (an adult, not imprisoned)
    250PietyBy God Alone
  • Cause the Great Schism

    • one of: You are the Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Realm Priest Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Clerical Ruler Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite
    • Highest held Title is at least Kingdom Rank
    • at least 4 of: Piety level at least 4 / You control at least 1 Holy Site / You control at least 2 Holy Sites / You chose a side in the Schism in The Christian Church / At least 7 Main Power (Clerical) Characters other than you share your Schism stance and are either: • Hooked by You • Your Puppet • Your Friend • Your Lover
    By God Alone
  • Curse an Enemy

    Perform a ritual against a rival or opponent in one of your Wars

    • You have a living adult Rival, Nemesis, or war enemy
    • Your selected enemy is still a living adult Rival, Nemesis, or war enemy
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    250PietyBy God Alone
  • Educate your Clerical Court

    Ordain, instruct, or recruit Clergy for your court

    • You have a Courtier fit to ordain or instruct, or a worthy candidate lives nearby
    • available (not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    Treasury or GoldvariesTreasury or GoldBy God Alone
  • Enact a Bull

    Issue a Papal Bull

    • one of: Has the Limited Church Authority Law / Has the High Church Authority Law / Has the Absolute Church Authority Law
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    By God Alone
  • Endow Masses

    Spend Treasury to gain Piety. Your Subordinate Clergy gain Piety and Opinion of you

    • You are a Cardinal
    • available (not incapable, an adult, not imprisoned)
    Treasury or GoldvariesTreasury or GoldBy God Alone
  • Establish a Dynasty

    Start your own Dynasty

    • Prestige level at least 3
    • You have High Church Authority
    • available (an adult, not imprisoned)
    Prestige750PrestigeBy God Alone
  • Evangelize Personal Tenet

    Evangelize your Personal Tenet to your Subjects and Rulers within your Realm Capital Clerical Region for them to adopt it as their own Personal Tenet

    • You must either: • Be Clergy • Have Realm Priest Puppet
    • A Personal Tenet must be chosen
    • Must have at least one Subject or Ruler within your Realm Capital Clerical Region who: • Is Adult • Shares your Faith • Has same or lower Tier • Has a Personal Tenet other than yours
    variesPietyBy God Alone
  • Extract a Relic

    Take a relic from … buried in lands you control.

    • A venerated ancestor you may yet draw a relic from rests within your Realm
    • available (not incapable, an adult, not imprisoned)
    variesPietyGoldvariesGoldBy God Alone
  • Guide the Christian Church

    Trigger a Situation Catalyst in The Christian Church

    • Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    250PietyBy God Alone
  • Invite Syncretic Exiles

    Invite exiles from a religion family recognized by your personal syncretism, increasing Development while changing the local Faith or Rite. Costs a large amount of Piety.

    • Your Personal Tenets unlock tenet syncretism invite religious exiles
    • Is landed
    • Is landed
    250PietyBy God Alone
  • Levy the Tithes

    • The Christian Church is in an Instability Chapter
    variesPietyBy God Alone
  • Mend the Great Schism Through Diplomacy

    Reconcile Christendom by bringing all Rites under … Faith

    • The Christian Church is in Concord, Crusade, or Conversion
    • one of: You are the Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Realm Priest Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Clerical Ruler Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite
    • Highest held Title is at least Kingdom Rank
    By God Alone
  • Persecute Tenet

    Spread slander against a Tenet Known to your Faith, reducing its Tenet Popularity

    • You must either: • Be Clergy • Have Realm Priest Puppet
    • A Tenet must be chosen
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    100PietyBy God Alone
  • Prepare the Holy Myron

    Send your Court Chaplain to gather rare balsams and consecrate an Ampulla of Holy Myron, an Artifact whose charges are spent on holy anointments

    • Your Court Chaplain must be an available adult who is not already traveling
    • You must not already possess an Ampulla of Holy Myron
    • Your Court Chaplain is already gathering the balsams
    GoldvariesGoldBy God Alone
  • Prevent the Great Schism

    • one of: You are the Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Realm Priest Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Clerical Ruler Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite
    • Highest held Title is at least Kingdom Rank
    • at least 4 of: Piety level at least 4 / You control at least 1 Holy Site / You control at least 2 Holy Sites / You chose to oppose the Schism in The Christian Church / At least 7 Main Power (Clerical) Characters other than you share your Schism stance and are either: • Hooked by You • Your Puppet • Your Friend • Your Lover
    By God Alone
  • Proclaim the Age of Crusades

    Adopt Armed Pilgrimages or Struggle and Submission as a Tenet of your Mainline Rite.

    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    • not busy in an Activity
    By God Alone
  • Proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven

    Become Holder of a new Hegemony Title

    • You are the Head of Faith
    • The Christian Church is in the Crusade Chapter
    • The Jerusalem is part of your Realm
    1,000PietyBy God Alone
  • Proclaim the Living Word

    Become a Herald of your Faith

    • at least 6 of: Has the Prophet Perk / Your Spiritual Fulfillment is at least 95 / Piety level at least 5 / Pilgrim experience at least 100 — Prolific Pilgrim / Religious Scholar experience at least 100 — Divine Interpreter / Wise Man experience at least 100 — Miracle Worker / You are an Archbishop / One of your Puppets is an Archbishop or higher / Every County in your Realm follows your Rite, and there are at least 5 of them
    • Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    3,000PietyPrestige1,500PrestigeBy God Alone
  • Promulgate Word of Pious Deeds

    Increase Election Score for …: +30 or Improve Chances for Canonization

    • You are not the ⟨faith⟩ Religious Head
    • You are a Cardinal
    • Your Domicile must have a Chancery Domicile Building or higher
    500PietyBy God Alone
  • Provide Spiritual Guidance

    Help a child with their Spiritual Fulfillment

    • Is at not War
    • Your Spiritual Fulfillment is at least 95
    • You need to have a Child that: • Has the same Faith as you • Is at least 16 years old • Is either your Primary Heir or Favorite Child • Has a lower Spiritual Fulfillment than 75 • Has not received spiritual guidance before
    250PietyBy God Alone
  • Raise a Khachkar

    Commission an Ancestral Khachkar in one of your Counties.

    • You have a kin whose death you may honor
    • You have a suitable County
    • Is at not War
    GoldvariesGoldBy God Alone
  • Receive Last Rites

    Prepare your soul for departure

    • Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated
    • Faith must have the Central Doctrine
    • Is an Adult
    By God Alone
  • Reform Monastic Endowment

    Spend Gold to gain Piety, Spiritual Fulfillment and improve the orders' leaders' Opinion of you

    • You are the Monastic Order Patron of at least one Monastic Order
    • The Christian Church is in the Reform Chapter
    • available (not imprisoned, not incapable)
    GoldvariesGoldBy God Alone
  • Renounce the …

    Withdraw from consideration as the next Head of Faith

    By God Alone
  • Restore Temporal Rule

    Convert your Realm into Feudal instead of Theocracy

    • Is landed
    • Is at not War
    • You are the Anti⟨Religious Head⟩
    Prestige350PrestigeBy God Alone
  • Secure Pilgrim Routes

    Adopt Armed Pilgrimages as a core Tenet

    • Any ⟨faith⟩ Holy Site is not held by a Christian Ruler
    • A Tenet to replace must be chosen
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    1,000PietyTreasuryvariesTreasuryBy God Alone
  • Seek Aid for War

    Petition the spirits for aid in your current wars

    • Is at War
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    50PietyBy God Alone
  • Seize the Clerical Region

    Take the Clerical Region your capital lies in, deposing its Archbishop if the seat is not vacant

    By God Alone
  • Select a Patron Saint

    Choose a patron saint by whose virtues you shall live

    • Piety level more than 0
    • The Veneration of Saints tenet must be permitted or Core to the Faith
    • Must have Veneration of Saints as a Personal Tenet
    By God Alone
  • Send Legatine Mission

    Spend Treasury to improve Development Growth and Control in a County

    • The Christian Church is in the Reform Chapter
    • available (not imprisoned, not incapable)
    TreasuryvariesTreasuryBy God Alone
  • Stage an Act of Devotion

    Exchange Piety for Prestige

    • Is at not War
    • Your Spiritual Fulfillment is at least 65
    • available (an adult, not imprisoned)
    250PietyBy God Alone
  • Study the …

    Start a Religious Study Scheme targeting yourself

    • You are not already performing a Religious Study Scheme
    • Does not have the Modifier: Lapsed Studies
    • available (not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    By God Alone
  • Take Confession

    Confess your sins

    • Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated
    • You are employing a Court Chaplain
    • not imprisoned
    By God Alone
  • Unite the Miaphysite Churches

    Unite the Miaphysite communion by bringing all of its Rites under … Faith

    • one of: You are the Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Realm Priest Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite / Your Clerical Ruler Puppet is Head of Faith or Head of Rite
    • Highest held Title is at least Kingdom Rank
    • Piety level at least 5
    5,000PietyBy God Alone

No DLC check (12)

In the same files, but the decision's visibility check doesn't ask for the DLC.

  • Choose an Opponent

    Choose an opponent for your Great Holy War

    • Blocked while: Call a Crusade unavailable until …
    • Blocked while: Your Faith already waged a Great Holy War within the past 30 years
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    variesPiety
  • Consecrate a New Kingdom

    • one of: Is an Independent Ruler / Your Liege is at least Emperor-Tier
    • one of: Your Faith has a Head of Faith / Your Head of Rite is Ecclesiastical or Theocratic, and at least Duke-Tier
    • Does not have the Modifier: Promised Pilgrimage
    GoldvariesGoldTreasuryvariesTreasuryvariesPiety
  • Declare a Rite Heretical

    Choose a divergent Rite of … and declare it Heresy

    • Blocked while: Declare a Heresy unavailable until …
    • A Rite must be chosen
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    variesPiety
  • Declare a Rite Heretical

    Choose a divergent Rite of … and declare it Heresy

    • A Rite must be chosen
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    250Piety
  • Declare an Anti…

    Install a rival Head of Faith of your Rite

    • Highest held Title is at least Kingdom Rank
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    GoldvariesGoldTreasuryvariesTreasuryvariesPiety
  • Establish a …

    • Is landed
    Treasury or GoldvariesTreasury or GoldvariesPiety
  • Forbid a Tenet

    Mark a Tenet as Prohibited within … and announce it to every ruler of the faith.

    • Blocked while: Forbid a Tenet unavailable until …
    • A Tenet must be chosen
    • Blocked while: ⟨faith⟩ is not already holding an Ecumenical Council
    variesPiety
  • Forbid a Tenet

    Mark a Tenet as Prohibited within … and announce it to every ruler of the faith.

    • A Tenet must be chosen
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    100Piety
  • Permit a Tenet

    Endorse a Tenet as Permitted within … and announce it to every ruler of the faith.

    • Blocked while: Permit a Tenet unavailable until …
    • A Tenet must be chosen
    • Blocked while: ⟨faith⟩ is not already holding an Ecumenical Council
    variesPiety
  • Permit a Tenet

    Endorse a Tenet as Permitted within … and announce it to every ruler of the faith.

    • A Tenet must be chosen
    • Blocked while: ⟨faith⟩ is not already holding an Ecumenical Council
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    100Piety
  • Proclaim Yourself Anti…

    Lead … away from the … path

    • Must match the Clerical Gender Doctrine of your Rite
    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    GoldvariesGoldTreasuryvariesTreasuryvariesPiety
  • Sacrifice Wealth

    Spend Gold to increase a selected County's Development Growth and gain Spiritual Fulfillment

    • available (an adult, not in an army, not imprisoned, not incapable)
    • none of the traits Consumption, Typhus, Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Bloody Flux
    • not busy in an Activity
    GoldvariesGold

Source: game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/pam/ and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2. More from the DLC: DLC pages.

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