How do I get the AI to accept Bestow a Monastery?

Accepted automatically in some cases; otherwise the AI weighs it. Its reasons: Clergy acting towards a secular Ruler +20, Relative Level of Devotion, Weak Hook used +100, Sizeable donation +50, Opinion, Your zealousness, The recipient's greediness, The recipient is your Close Family +50, Same House +50, Same Dynasty +20, You are their House Head +50, You are their Dynasty Head +25, The recipient is your lessee +10, The recipient is your Rival -200, Your Tier, Your Level of Devotion, You … Sinful Traits -50, The Monastic Order has few Leases +25, The Monastic Order has few Leases +50, The Monastic Order has few Leases +100, You … one or more exceptionally pious Traits +100, You … one or more pious Traits +30, You … one or more sinful Traits -30, You … one or more exceptionally sinful Traits -100, You … Excommunicated -300, You follows the same Rite +30, You follows a heretical Rite -100 and You personally holds the order's Tenet +20.

Interaction · Religious actions

Bestow a Monastery

No costAccepted automatically in some cases; otherwise the AI weighs it

Lease a Temple Holding to …, gaining Spiritual Fulfillment, Piety, and increased access to the Order

What you need

You

To send it

There are no Temple Holdings in your Domain which are available to Lease
… must have at least one leased Temple Holding outside of Realms you are at War with
Also needed: not imprisoned

To see it in the menu

If played by the AI:
- Held title (at least 2):
  - Title tier exactly County
  - Any county province:
    has_holding_type = church_holding
    Their barony:
    If
    a check the game hides
    Then
    NOT = { barony.lessee = { government_has_flag = government_is_monastic_holy_order } }
- One of these
  - Spiritual Fulfillment less than 0
  - or
    All of these
    Highest held Title is at least Kingdom Rank
    None of these
    Any patroned holy order:
    leader = { government_has_flag = government_is_monastic_holy_order }
- Is not imprisoned
Highest held Title is at least County Rank
Is landed
Your faith › Any faith holy order:
- leader = scope:recipient

The character you target

Is a ruler
in_diplomatic_range = scope:puppet_or_actor
Their government has the government is monastic holy order flag

Which title you can pick

The target:
- Title tier exactly Barony
- Their province:
  - has_holding_type = church_holding
- If a check the game hides passes: the same again (1 line)
  … is already Leased to a Monastic Order
- … is already Leased to a Monastic Order
- is_landless_type_title = no

Bestow a Monastery is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. You need: Is not imprisoned and There are no Temple Holdings in your Domain which are available to Lease. Accepted automatically in some cases; otherwise the AI weighs it. Reasons the AI weighs include Clergy acting towards a secular Ruler (+20), Weak Hook used (+100), Sizeable donation (+50) and 19 more. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/00_religious_interactions.txt.

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Quick answers (2)

What are the requirements for Bestow a Monastery in CK3?: You: Is not imprisoned and There are no Temple Holdings in your Domain which are available to Lease. (patch 1.20.1.2)
How do I get the AI to accept Bestow a Monastery?: Accepted automatically in some cases; otherwise the AI weighs it. Its reasons: Clergy acting towards a secular Ruler +20, Relative Level of Devotion, Weak Hook used +100, Sizeable donation +50, Opinion, Your zealousness, The recipient's greediness, The recipient is your Close Family +50, Same House +50, Same Dynasty +20, You are their House Head +50, You are their Dynasty Head +25, The recipient is your lessee +10, The recipient is your Rival -200, Your Tier, Your Level of Devotion, You … Sinful Traits -50, The Monastic Order has few Leases +25, The Monastic Order has few Leases +50, The Monastic Order has few Leases +100, You … one or more exceptionally pious Traits +100, You … one or more pious Traits +30, You … one or more sinful Traits -30, You … one or more exceptionally sinful Traits -100, You … Excommunicated -300, You follows the same Rite +30, You follows a heretical Rite -100 and You personally holds the order's Tenet +20.

Will they accept?

Accepted automatically when:

They use their Hook on …

Otherwise the AI adds these up and accepts above zero. Reasons in italics are the script's, with no label in the game.

Reason	Amount
Base	+50
Clergy acting towards a secular Ruler when Is a member of the Clergy Your faith: Has a Doctrine or Tenet with Clergy gain +20 Interaction acceptance when acting towards secular Rulers The character you target: Is not a member of the Clergy Is a ruler	+20
Relative Level of Devotion when Your Personal Tenets unlock tenet celestial hierarchy interaction acceptance Your faith is the same as that of recipient	varies
Weak Hook used when You use a Hook	+100
Sizeable donation when The option “huge donation” is chosen	+50
Opinion	varies
Your zealousness	varies
The recipient's greediness when Ai greed more than 0	ai_greed
The recipient is your Close Family when Is close family of you	+50
Same House when Is of the same house as you	+50
Same Dynasty when Is not of the same house as you Is of the same dynasty as you	+20
You are their House Head when `house.house_head ?= scope:puppet_or_actor`	+50
You are their Dynasty Head when `NOT = { house.house_head ?= scope:puppet_or_actor }` `dynasty.dynast ?= scope:puppet_or_actor`	+25
The recipient is your lessee when Your faith › Any faith holy order: `leader = scope:recipient` Any leased title: `county.holder = scope:puppet_or_actor`	+10
The recipient is your Rival when Has you as rival	-200
Your Tier when Highest held Title is at least Duchy Rank	varies
Your Level of Devotion when Piety level at least 2	varies
You … Sinful Traits when Piety level less than 1	-50
The Monastic Order has few Leases when The character you target › Their faith › Any faith holy order: `leader = scope:recipient` `num_leased_titles = 3`	+25
The Monastic Order has few Leases when The character you target › Their faith › Any faith holy order: `leader = scope:recipient` `num_leased_titles = 2`	+50
The Monastic Order has few Leases when The character you target › Their faith › Any faith holy order: `leader = scope:recipient` `num_leased_titles = 1`	+100
You … one or more exceptionally pious Traits when One of these Has the Trait: Venerated Ancestor or Has the Trait: Herald or Has the Trait: Saoshyant Descendant or Has the Trait: Military Order Member or Has the Trait: Warrior of the Faith or Has the Trait: Saoshyant or Has the Trait: Paragon or Has the Trait: The Savior or Has the Trait: Holy Monarch	+100
You … one or more pious Traits when One of these Has the Trait: Zealous or Has the Trait: Theologian or Has the Trait: Divine Blood or Has the Trait: Consecrated Blood or Has the Trait: Sayyid	+30
You … one or more sinful Traits	-30
You … one or more exceptionally sinful Traits	-100
You … Excommunicated when Has the Trait: Excommunicated	-300
You follows the same Rite when Your rite is the target’s	+30
You follows a heretical Rite when Your rite: `divergence(scope:recipient.rite) >= scope:recipient.faith.heresy_threshold`	-100
You personally holds the order's Tenet when Any personal tenet:	+20

Acceptance (ai_accept) (239 lines of game script)

base = 50
celestial_hierarchy_acceptance_modifier = {
	ACTOR = scope:puppet_or_actor
	RECIPIENT = scope:recipient
}
modifier = {
	scope:hook = yes
	add = 100
	desc = SCHEME_WEAK_HOOK_USED
}
modifier = {
	add = 50
	scope:huge_donation = yes
	desc = monastic_huge_donation_acceptance
}
opinion_modifier = {
	who = scope:recipient
	opinion_target = scope:puppet_or_actor
	multiplier = 0.25
	desc = AI_SIMPLE_OPINION_REASON
}
modifier = {
	add = {
		value = scope:puppet_or_actor.ai_zeal
		divide = 5
	}
	desc = INTERACTION_AI_ZEAL
}
modifier = {
	ai_greed > 0
	add = ai_greed
	desc = INTERACTION_RECIPIENT_AI_GREED_HIGH
}
modifier = {
	is_close_family_of = scope:puppet_or_actor
	add = 50
	desc = is_close_family_reason
}
modifier = {
	exists = scope:puppet_or_actor.house
	house ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.house
	add = 50
	desc = AI_SAME_HOUSE_REASON
}
modifier = {
	exists = scope:puppet_or_actor.house
	NOT = {
		house ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.house
	}
	dynasty ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.dynasty
	add = 20
	desc = AI_SAME_DYNASTY_REASON
}
modifier = {
	exists = scope:puppet_or_actor.house
	house.house_head ?= scope:puppet_or_actor
	add = 50
	desc = AI_YOU_ARE_THE_HOUSE_HEAD
}
modifier = {
	exists = scope:puppet_or_actor.house
	NOT = {
		house.house_head ?= scope:puppet_or_actor
	}
	dynasty.dynast ?= scope:puppet_or_actor
	add = 25
	desc = AI_YOU_ARE_THE_DYNAST
}
modifier = {
	faith = {
		any_faith_holy_order = {
			leader = scope:recipient
			any_leased_title = {
				county.holder = scope:puppet_or_actor
			}
		}
	}
	add = 10
	desc = INTERACTION_LEASES_HOLDINGS
}
modifier = {
	has_relation_rival = scope:puppet_or_actor
	add = -200
	desc = ARTIFACT_RIVAL_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		highest_held_title_tier >= tier_duchy
	}
	add = {
		value = scope:puppet_or_actor.highest_held_title_tier
		subtract = 2
		multiply = 10
	}
	desc = TITLE_TIER_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		piety_level >= 2
	}
	add = {
		value = scope:puppet_or_actor.piety_level
		subtract = 1
		multiply = 20
	}
	desc = I_AM_PIOUS
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		piety_level < 1
	}
	add = -50
	desc = I_AM_SINFUL
}
modifier = {
	scope:recipient = {
		faith = {
			any_faith_holy_order = {
				leader = scope:recipient
				num_leased_titles = 3
			}
		}
	}
	add = 25
	desc = SMALL_ORDER_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:recipient = {
		faith = {
			any_faith_holy_order = {
				leader = scope:recipient
				num_leased_titles = 2
			}
		}
	}
	add = 50
	desc = SMALL_ORDER_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:recipient = {
		faith = {
			any_faith_holy_order = {
				leader = scope:recipient
				num_leased_titles = 1
			}
		}
	}
	add = 100
	desc = SMALL_ORDER_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		OR = {
			has_trait = saint
			has_trait = herald
			has_trait = saoshyant_descendant
			has_trait = order_member
			has_trait = faith_warrior
			has_trait = saoshyant
			has_trait = paragon
			has_trait = savior
			has_trait = crusader_king
		}
	}
	add = 100
	desc = VERY_PIOUS_TRAITS_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		OR = {
			has_trait = zealous
			has_trait = theologian
			has_trait = divine_blood
			has_trait = consecrated_blood
			has_trait = sayyid
		}
	}
	add = 30
	desc = PIOUS_TRAITS_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		OR = {
			has_any_shunned_trait_in_rite_trigger = {
				CHARACTER = scope:puppet_or_actor
				RITE = scope:recipient.rite
			}
			has_trait = bastard
			has_trait = gallowsbait
			has_trait = decadent
		}
	}
	add = -30
	desc = SINFUL_TRAITS_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		OR = {
			has_any_criminal_trait_in_rite_trigger = {
				CHARACTER = scope:puppet_or_actor
				RITE = scope:recipient.rite
			}
			has_trait = despoiler_of_byzantium
			has_trait = incestuous
			has_trait = murderer
		}
	}
	add = -100
	desc = VERY_SINFUL_TRAITS_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		has_trait = excommunicated
	}
	add = -300
	desc = EXCOMMUNICATED_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor.rite = scope:recipient.rite
	add = 30
	desc = MONASTIC_SAME_RITE_REASON
}
modifier = {
	scope:puppet_or_actor.rite = {
		divergence(scope:recipient.rite) >= scope:recipient.faith.heresy_threshold
	}
	add = -100
	desc = MONASTIC_HERETICAL_RITE_REASON
}
modifier = {
	exists = scope:recipient.holy_order.order_tenet
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		any_personal_tenet = {
			this = scope:recipient.holy_order.order_tenet
		}
	}
	add = 20
	desc = MONASTIC_ORDER_TENET_REASON
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/00_religious_interactions.txt.

What happens

If they accept

The target:
- lease_out_to_holy_order = scope:monastic_order
- Their county › You: … gains Integrating Monastics for 5 years
You:
- change_spiritual_fulfillment = { … }
- add_piety = { … }
- If
  The option “huge donation” is chosen
  Then
  Pay gold to the target
  If
  None of these
  The target county: The county has the modifier “Monastic Foundations”
  Then
  … gains Monastic Foundations for 20 years
If
- Your faith › Any faith holy order:
  leader = scope:recipient
  … Monastic Order has no Leased Temple Holding within Order Vicinity
Then
- You: … will enter Order Vicinity, enabling their Interactions
The character you target:
- Opinion: Donated to My Order
- If
  a check the game hides
  Then
  For 5 years, is more willing to become your Clerical Ruler Puppet
- Every Courtier:
  - Where:
    Has the Trait: Monk
    One of these
    All of these
    exists = scope:puppet_or_actor.dynasty
    Is of the same dynasty as you
    or
    Is close family of you
  - Monk experience changes
The character you target:
- … will seek to construct Buildings in …
- In … and nearby Counties, … will seek to improve Development, spread their Rite, and evangelize their Tenet to local Rulers
Event holy_order.2040

If they refuse

Event holy_order.2041

Options when sending

Use a Hook
Purchase Ancillary Properties

Events it fires: holy_order.2040, holy_order.2041

• the game's own tooltip text · ◦ our reading of the script line · code the script where neither exists

Who can use it and sees it (is_available, is_shown) (52 lines of game script)

is_available = trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		is_ai = yes
	}
	any_held_title = {
		count >= 2
		tier = tier_county
		any_county_province = {
			has_holding_type = church_holding
			barony ?= {
				trigger_if = {
					limit = {
						exists = barony.lessee
					}
					NOT = {
						barony.lessee = {
							government_has_flag = government_is_monastic_holy_order
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	OR = {
		spiritual_fulfillment < 0
		AND = {
			highest_held_title_tier >= tier_kingdom
			NOT = {
				any_patroned_holy_order = {
					leader = {
						government_has_flag = government_is_monastic_holy_order
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	is_imprisoned = no
}
is_shown = scope:puppet_or_actor ?= {
	highest_held_title_tier >= tier_county
	is_landed = yes
}
scope:puppet_or_actor.faith ?= {
	any_faith_holy_order = {
		leader = scope:recipient
	}
}
scope:recipient = {
	is_ruler = yes
	in_diplomatic_range = scope:puppet_or_actor
	government_has_flag = government_is_monastic_holy_order
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/00_religious_interactions.txt.

Can be sent when (is_valid…) (47 lines of game script)

scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	is_imprisoned = no
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = no_valid_temple_holdings_to_lease_tt
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		any_held_title = {
			tier = tier_county
			any_county_province = {
				has_holding_type = church_holding
				NOT = {
					is_county_capital = yes
				}
				trigger_if = {
					limit = {
						exists = barony.lessee
					}
					NOT = {
						barony.lessee = {
							government_has_flag = government_is_monastic_holy_order
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = monastic_holdings_in_hostile_realms_tt
	scope:puppet_or_actor.faith = {
		any_faith_holy_order = {
			leader = scope:recipient
			any_leased_title = {
				NOT = {
					county.holder = {
						OR = {
							is_at_war_with = scope:puppet_or_actor
							any_liege_or_above = {
								is_at_war_with = scope:puppet_or_actor
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/00_religious_interactions.txt.

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (37 lines of game script)

on_send = hidden_effect = {
	scope:target = {
		set_variable = {
			name = pending_monastic_order_lease
			value = scope:recipient
			days = 30
		}
	}
}
on_accept = scope:puppet_or_actor.faith = {
	random_faith_holy_order = {
		limit = {
			leader = scope:recipient
		}
		save_scope_as = monastic_order
	}
}
scope:target.county = {
	save_scope_as = target_county
}
show_as_tooltip = {
	lease_to_monastic_order_interaction_effect = yes
	scope:recipient = {
		custom_tooltip = monk_can_use_lease_for_actions_tt
		custom_tooltip = monk_can_use_lease_region_for_actions_tt
	}
}
scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	trigger_event = {
		id = holy_order.2040
	}
}
on_decline = scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	trigger_event = {
		id = holy_order.2041
	}
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/00_religious_interactions.txt.

Category: Religious actions
In the menu: under More…
ID: lease_title_to_existing_monastic_order_interaction

Source: game/common/character_interactions/00_religious_interactions.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2. “You” is the character who sends it (scope:actor, or a puppet acting for you); “the character you target” is the recipient. “…” marks words the game fills in at play time (a name, a title).