Major decision · Major Nomadic Decisions

Desperate Times

1,500PrestigeKhans of the Steppe

The land is barren. Calves die in their mothers' wombs, unseen by the sun. Horses, as thin as twigs, collapse with sickening cracks. There is only one way: and it's out.

Requirements

The lines the game itself shows for this decision's conditions:

The Great Steppe has the Havsarsan Zud Steppe Season

Shown to a character when (is_shown) (8 lines of game script)

government_has_flag = government_is_nomadic
any_character_situation = {
	any_participant_group = {
		participant_group_type = nomad_rulers_capital
	}
}
exists = situation:the_great_steppe
has_mpo_dlc_trigger = yes

As written in game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/mpo/09_mpo_decisions_2.txt.

Can be taken when (is_valid) (13 lines of game script)

custom_tooltip = {
	text = mpo_desperate_stance_decision_tt
	any_character_situation = {
		any_situation_sub_region = {
			has_sub_region_phase_parameter = the_great_steppe_desperate_stance_decision
			any_situation_sub_region_participant_group = {
				participant_group_type = nomad_rulers_capital
				participant_group_has_character = root
			}
		}
	}
}
is_available_adult = yes

As written in game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/mpo/09_mpo_decisions_2.txt.

Effects

The effect has no text of its own in the files; its script is below.

Effect (4 lines of game script)

trigger_event = mpo_decisions_events.0500
show_as_tooltip = {
	mpo_decisions_events_0500_effect = yes
}

As written in game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/mpo/09_mpo_decisions_2.txt.

Source: game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/mpo/09_mpo_decisions_2.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.