How do I get the AI to accept Convert to Reformed Faith?

The AI weighs it. Its reasons: Clergy acting towards a secular Ruler +20, Relative Level of Devotion, Weak Hook used +50, The recipient … a Head of Rite -200, Head of Rite +25, We practice Fervent Proselytism +25, You … the recipient's Religious Superior +50, Herald +75, Heresiarch +30, Doctrinal Clarity +20, The recipient is a Heresiarch -100, … Opinion of …, We are Close Family +20, We are Extended Family +10, You … the recipient's lover +25, You … the recipient's friend +25, Zealous -40, Difference between the recipient's and your Learning Skill, Intimidated by you, Terrified of you, Difference in Tier, Our only tie is a shared Realm border -40, Our only tie to the recipient is through the church, with no shared Realm or border -60, We share no court, Realm, or Clerical Region, and no County in the recipient's Realm borders one of our Rite -150, The recipient's Realm Capital follows the same Rite +15, The recipient is less spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite +25, The recipient is more spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite -25, You … the ruler of a Clerical Title +20, There are Counties following the same Rite in Liege's Realm, You and the recipient are not in the same realm -40, You … not their Liege -200, The recipient has already converted to another rite -100, The recipient's Rite was founded recently -50, High Spiritual Fulfillment +15, Low Spiritual Fulfillment -10, You have been anointed to proselytize +25, You have been anointed to proselytize +10, The Faith is being reformed across the Realm +500 and The recipient will never convert willingly -1,500.

Interaction · Religious actions

Convert to Reformed Faith

No costThe AI weighs itnot in the character menu

Urge the recipient to adopt your Rite.

What you need

You

Your faith is not the target’s

Convert to Reformed Faith is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. The AI weighs it. Reasons the AI weighs include Clergy acting towards a secular Ruler (+20), Weak Hook used (+50), The recipient … a Head of Rite (-200) and 29 more. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.

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How do I get the AI to accept Convert to Reformed Faith?: The AI weighs it. Its reasons: Clergy acting towards a secular Ruler +20, Relative Level of Devotion, Weak Hook used +50, The recipient … a Head of Rite -200, Head of Rite +25, We practice Fervent Proselytism +25, You … the recipient's Religious Superior +50, Herald +75, Heresiarch +30, Doctrinal Clarity +20, The recipient is a Heresiarch -100, … Opinion of …, We are Close Family +20, We are Extended Family +10, You … the recipient's lover +25, You … the recipient's friend +25, Zealous -40, Difference between the recipient's and your Learning Skill, Intimidated by you, Terrified of you, Difference in Tier, Our only tie is a shared Realm border -40, Our only tie to the recipient is through the church, with no shared Realm or border -60, We share no court, Realm, or Clerical Region, and no County in the recipient's Realm borders one of our Rite -150, The recipient's Realm Capital follows the same Rite +15, The recipient is less spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite +25, The recipient is more spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite -25, You … the ruler of a Clerical Title +20, There are Counties following the same Rite in Liege's Realm, You and the recipient are not in the same realm -40, You … not their Liege -200, The recipient has already converted to another rite -100, The recipient's Rite was founded recently -50, High Spiritual Fulfillment +15, Low Spiritual Fulfillment -10, You have been anointed to proselytize +25, You have been anointed to proselytize +10, The Faith is being reformed across the Realm +500 and The recipient will never convert willingly -1,500.

Will they accept?

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	+50
The recipient … a Head of Rite when `scope:recipient.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:recipient`	-200
Head of Rite when `root.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:puppet_or_actor`	+25
We practice Fervent Proselytism when `root.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` Your rite: The rite has Your Head of Rite gains +25 acceptance when swaying Characters to this Rite	+25
You … the recipient's Religious Superior when `scope:recipient.superior ?= scope:puppet_or_actor`	+50
Herald when Has the Trait: Herald	+75
Heresiarch when Has the Trait: Heresiarch	+30
Doctrinal Clarity when Has the Modifier: Doctrinal Clarity	+20
The recipient is a Heresiarch when The character you target: Has the Trait: Heresiarch	-100
… Opinion of …	varies
We are Close Family when The character you target: Is close family of you One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+20
We are Extended Family when The character you target: Is not close family of you Is extended family of you One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+10
You … the recipient's lover when The character you target: Has you as lover One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+25
You … the recipient's friend when The character you target: Has you as friend One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+25
Zealous when The character you target: Has the Trait: Zealous	-40
Difference between the recipient's and your Learning Skill	varies
Intimidated by you when Your government is not Adventurer The character you target: `has_dread_level_towards = { target = scope:puppet_or_actor level = 1 }`	intimidated_halved_reason_value
Terrified of you when Your government is not Adventurer The character you target: `has_dread_level_towards = { target = scope:puppet_or_actor level = 2 }`	cowed_halved_reason_value
Difference in Tier when One of these Highest held Title is more than scope:recipient.highest held title tier Rank or Highest held Title is less than scope:recipient.highest held title tier Rank The character you target: If You › Any held title: Is a Clerical Title Then Is a ruler Otherwise `limit = { … }` Is a vassal of you	varies
Our only tie is a shared Realm border when One of these Your Government is a Theocratic-type Government or Your Government is Ecclesiastical or Your government has the government is monastic holy order flag Your capital county: `squared_distance = { target = scope:recipient.capital_county value <= squared_distance_large }` Any neighboring realm owner: The character you target: None of these One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	-40
Our only tie to the recipient is through the church, with no shared Realm or border when One of these Your Government is a Theocratic-type Government or Your Government is Ecclesiastical or Your government has the government is monastic holy order flag Not all of these Your capital county: `squared_distance = { target = scope:recipient.capital_county value <= squared_distance_large }` You: Any neighboring realm owner: The character you target: Any held title: Is a Clerical Title None of these One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	-60
We share no court, Realm, or Clerical Region, and no County in the recipient's Realm borders one of our Rite when If You: One of these Your Government is a Theocratic-type Government or Your Government is Ecclesiastical or Your government has the government is monastic holy order flag Then The character you target: None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title Not all of these Your capital county: `squared_distance = { target = scope:recipient.capital_county value <= squared_distance_large }` You: Any neighboring realm owner: The character you target: None of these One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	-150
The recipient's Realm Capital follows the same Rite when The character you target: Is a ruler `capital_county.rite = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite`	+15
The recipient is less spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite when The character you target: `rite_fulfillment_score(scope:recipient.rite) < rite_fulfillment_score(scope:puppet_or_actor.rite)`	+25
The recipient is more spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite when The character you target: `rite_fulfillment_score(scope:recipient.rite) > rite_fulfillment_score(scope:puppet_or_actor.rite)`	-25
You … the ruler of a Clerical Title when Any held title: Is a Clerical Title The character you target: None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title	+20
There are Counties following the same Rite in Liege's Realm when Swayed rite county count more than 0 The character you target: Is not an Independent Ruler `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege`	varies
You and the recipient are not in the same realm when None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title `this.top_liege != scope:recipient.top_liege`	-40
You … not their Liege when None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title `NOT = { is_liege_or_above_of = scope:recipient }` The character you target › Any held title: Is a Clerical Title	-200
The recipient has already converted to another rite	-100
The recipient's Rite was founded recently when The target’s rite: Has “rite grace period” (a variable the game's script sets)	-50
High Spiritual Fulfillment when `has_fulfillment_parameter = sp_easier_conversion`	+15
Low Spiritual Fulfillment when `has_fulfillment_parameter = sp_harder_conversion`	-10
You have been anointed to proselytize	+25
You have been anointed to proselytize	+10
The Faith is being reformed across the Realm when The character you target: One of these Is a vassal (or below) of you or All of these `exists = superior` `superior = scope:puppet_or_actor`	+500
The recipient will never convert willingly	-1,500

Acceptance (ai_accept) (26 lines of game script)

base = 50
celestial_hierarchy_acceptance_modifier = {
	ACTOR = scope:puppet_or_actor
	RECIPIENT = scope:recipient
}
religion_sway_to_rite_default_modifier = yes
modifier = {
	desc = ASK_FOR_CONVERSION_REALM_REFORMATION_BONUS
	add = 500
	scope:recipient = {
		OR = {
			target_is_liege_or_above = scope:puppet_or_actor
			AND = {
				exists = superior
				superior = scope:puppet_or_actor
			}
		}
	}
}
modifier = {
	desc = ASK_FOR_CONVERSION_RECIPIENT_WILL_NOT_ACCEPT
	add = -1500
	scope:recipient = {
		has_character_flag = ai_will_not_convert
	}
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.

What happens

If they accept

The character you target:
- set_character_rite = scope:actor.rite

If they refuse

You › The character you target › If played by the AI: Opinion: Annoyed (-10)

• 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) (1 line of game script)

is_shown = scope:actor.faith != scope:recipient.faith

As written in game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (4 lines of game script)

on_accept = scope:recipient = {
	set_character_rite = scope:actor.rite
}
on_decline = pam_sway_to_rite_on_decline_effect = yes

As written in game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.

Category: Religious actions
Again on the same character: after 5 years
In the menu: no (opened from elsewhere)
ID: convert_on_reform_interaction

Source: game/common/character_interactions/pam_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.