CK3 DatabaseCrusader Kings III · 1.20.0.3 “Crozier” · unofficial

Decision · Religious Decisions

Recall a Past Life

Spend a great deal of Piety to take on a personality Trait carried by a dead parent or grandparent

500Piety

Recall a Past Life is a decision in Crusader Kings III (Religious Decisions). It costs 500 Piety. Cooldown: 25 years. Requirements as the game words them: A dead parent or grandparent holds a personality Trait that you do not. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/decisions/10_religious_decisions.txt.

Quick answers (3)
How much does Recall a Past Life cost in CK3?
500 Piety (patch 1.20.0.3).
What are the requirements for Recall a Past Life?
A dead parent or grandparent holds a personality Trait that you do not; the full conditions are on the page (patch 1.20.0.3).
How long is the cooldown of Recall a Past Life?
25 years.

I have lived before. This body is only the newest house lent to my soul, and a parent or grandparent of mine dwelt in the last. Something of theirs still stirs in me, a temper or a hunger I was never taught. With enough devotion, I can remember it and make it my own again.

Requirements

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

  • A dead parent or grandparent holds a personality Trait that you do not
Shown to a character when (is_shown) (10 lines of game script)
has_personal_tenet_flag = tenet_reincarnation_ancestral_trait_decision
is_ai = no
any_ancestor = {
	OR = {
		is_parent_of = root
		is_grandparent_of = root
	}
	is_alive = no
	even_if_dead = yes
}

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

Can be taken when (is_valid) (8 lines of game script)
is_available_healthy_adult = yes
custom_description = {
	text = inherit_ancestral_trait_decision_forebear_tt
	any_ancestor = {
		even_if_dead = yes
		pam_recallable_forebear_trigger = yes
	}
}

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

Effects

  • Gain a Personality Trait held by a dead parent or grandparent, and lose the Personality Trait that opposes it, or your lowest-Spiritual Fulfillment one if nothing opposes it
Effect (2 lines of game script)
custom_tooltip = inherit_ancestral_trait_decision_effect_tt
trigger_event = pam_tenet_events.0008

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.