Decision · Religious Decisions

Bend the Knee to the …

Pledge to support the Church's claim to appointments

Crown and crozier are at each other's throats over who appoints clerical title holders. Rather than risk open defiance, bend the knee to the … and stand with the faithful when the great council is called to settle the matter.

Requirements

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

You have not already pledged to support the Church
Your Faith must have a Head of Faith

Shown to a character when (is_shown) (7 lines of game script)

exists = top_participant_group:the_christian_church
situation:the_christian_church ?= {
	situation_current_phase = investiture_crisis
}
government_is_religious_trigger = no
religion ?= religion:christianity_religion
has_pam_dlc_trigger = yes

As written in game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/pam/pam_decisions.txt.

Can be taken when (is_valid) (16 lines of game script)

is_available_quick = {
	alive = yes
	adult = yes
	imprisoned = no
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = pam_kowtow_to_pope_not_already_pledged_tt
	NAND = {
		has_variable = investiture_stance
		var:investiture_stance = flag:spiritual_revocable
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = pam_kowtow_to_pope_needs_head_of_faith_tt
	exists = faith.religious_head
}

As written in game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/pam/pam_decisions.txt.

Effects

You will support the Spiritual, Revocable doctrine at the council that ends the The Christian Church

Effect (22 lines of game script)

set_variable = {
	name = investiture_stance
	value = flag:spiritual_revocable
}
add_character_modifier = pam_kowtowed_to_pope_modifier
if = {
	limit = {
		exists = faith.religious_head
	}
	reverse_add_opinion = {
		target = faith.religious_head
		modifier = grateful_opinion
		opinion = 20
	}
}
send_interface_toast = {
	type = event_toast_effect_good
	title = pam_kowtow_to_pope_toast
	left_icon = root
	right_icon = faith.religious_head
	custom_tooltip = pam_kowtow_to_pope_effect_tt
}

As written in game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/pam/pam_decisions.txt.

Source: game/common/decisions/dlc_decisions/pam/pam_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).