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Call …

Begin the Preparation Phase of an Undirected Great Holy War against a chosen Kingdom

The infidel holds land that should belong to the faithful. As Head of Faith, it falls to me to summon every righteous sword and reclaim a kingdom in the name of ….

Requirements

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

The Age of Crusades must have begun for your Religion
Your Faith must have a Tenet that allows Great Holy Wars
Your Faith must not already have an active Great Holy War
There must be a valid hostile Kingdom to target

Shown to a character when (is_shown) (11 lines of game script)

is_ai = no
this = faith.religious_head
faith ?= {
	has_doctrine_parameter = spiritual_head_of_faith
}
NAND = {
	has_pam_dlc_trigger = yes
	faith ?= {
		has_papacy_trigger = yes
	}
}

As written in game/common/decisions/10_religious_decisions.txt.

Can be taken when (is_valid) (45 lines of game script)

custom_tooltip = {
	text = launch_undirected_great_holy_war_decision_age_of_crusades_tt
	religion = {
		exists = var:variable_ghw_unlocked
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = launch_undirected_great_holy_war_decision_ghw_doctrines_tt
	faith = {
		faith_has_undirected_ghw_doctrines_trigger = yes
	}
}
custom_description = {
	text = great_holy_war_cooldown
	NOT = {
		faith = {
			exists = var:variable_ghw_cooldown
		}
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = launch_undirected_great_holy_war_decision_existing_ghw_tt
	faith = {
		NOT = {
			exists = great_holy_war
		}
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = launch_undirected_great_holy_war_decision_valid_target_tt
	faith = {
		save_temporary_scope_as = faith
		save_temporary_scope_value_as = {
			name = faith_strength
			value = faith_military_strength
		}
		any_kingdom = {
			valid_ghw_target_trigger = {
				FAITH = scope:faith
			}
		}
	}
}
is_available_adult = yes
is_imprisoned = no

As written in game/common/decisions/10_religious_decisions.txt.

Effects

An Undirected Great Holy War begins its Preparation Phase against the selected Kingdom

Effect (19 lines of game script)

set_variable = {
	name = player_ghw_launch
	days = 1
}
if = {
	limit = {
		exists = scope:title
	}
	set_variable = {
		name = player_ghw_target_kingdom
		value = scope:title
	}
}
show_as_tooltip = {
	custom_tooltip = launch_undirected_great_holy_war_decision_effect_tt
}
faith = {
	trigger_event = great_holy_war.0001
}

As written in game/common/decisions/10_religious_decisions.txt.

Source: game/common/decisions/10_religious_decisions.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. “…” marks words the game fills in at play time (a name, a faith, a title).