Decision · Religious Decisions

Renounce the …

Withdraw from consideration as the next Head of Faith

Some spend their whole lives climbing toward the throne of the …, and I have watched what the climb does to them. Let the Cardinals know that I will not stand when the next … is chosen. My work is here, in my own see.

Requirements

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

Another Cardinal must still be willing to stand

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

is_ai = no
has_pam_dlc_trigger = yes
is_clergy = yes
pam_is_archbishop_or_higher_trigger = yes
faith ?= {
	has_doctrine_parameter = has_clerical_electors
	exists = religious_head
	NOT = {
		religious_head = root
	}
}

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

Can be taken when (is_valid) (21 lines of game script)

trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		exists = clerical_elector_title
		NOT = {
			has_variable = pam_refuses_papacy
		}
	}
	custom_tooltip = {
		text = pam_renounce_papal_candidacy_decision_last_candidate_tt
		faith ?= {
			any_clerical_elector_title = {
				holder ?= {
					this != root
					NOT = {
						has_variable = pam_refuses_papacy
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

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

Effects

You may be considered a candidate when the next Head of Faith is elected
You will not be considered a candidate when the next Head of Faith is elected, and you keep your own vote

Effect (14 lines of game script)

if = {
	limit = {
		has_variable = pam_refuses_papacy
	}
	remove_variable = pam_refuses_papacy
	custom_tooltip = pam_renounce_papal_candidacy_decision_embrace_tt
}
else = {
	set_variable = {
		name = pam_refuses_papacy
		value = yes
	}
	custom_tooltip = pam_renounce_papal_candidacy_decision_renounce_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).