Interaction · Vassal actions

Council Invitation

No costAccepted automatically in some casesnot in the character menu

What you need

You

ALL_FALSE = { … }
If
a check the game hides
Then
- The target:
  can_fire_position = yes
- None of these
  The target’s councillor: They cannot be fired from … Council

Council Invitation is a vassal character interaction in Crusader Kings III. Accepted automatically in some cases. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/00_vassal_interactions.txt.

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Will they accept?

Accepted automatically when:

It is in … best interests

What happens

If they accept

assign_council_task = { target = scope:recipient council_task = scope:target }
If
- The character you target: Is played by a person
Then
- You: Event council_interaction.0001 (after 1 days)

If they refuse

If
- The character you target: Is played by a person
Then
- You: Event council_interaction.0002 (after 1 days)

Events it fires: council_interaction.0001, council_interaction.0002

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

Can be sent when (is_valid…) (21 lines of game script)

ALL_FALSE = {
	scope:recipient.council_task = scope:target
	scope:actor = {
		is_at_war_with = scope:recipient
	}
}
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		exists = scope:target.councillor
	}
	scope:target = {
		can_fire_position = yes
	}
	NOT = {
		scope:target.councillor = {
			is_blocked_from_being_fired_from_council_trigger = {
				COURT_OWNER = scope:actor
			}
		}
	}
}

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

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (42 lines of game script)

on_accept = scope:actor = {
	if = {
		limit = {
			is_ai = no
		}
		add_character_flag = {
			flag = manual_council_appointment_in_progress
			days = 1
		}
	}
	assign_council_task = {
		target = scope:recipient
		council_task = scope:target
	}
	remove_character_flag = manual_council_appointment_in_progress
}
if = {
	limit = {
		scope:recipient = {
			is_ai = no
		}
	}
	scope:actor = {
		trigger_event = {
			id = council_interaction.0001
			days = 1
		}
	}
}
on_decline = if = {
	limit = {
		scope:recipient = {
			is_ai = no
		}
	}
	scope:actor = {
		trigger_event = {
			id = council_interaction.0002
			days = 1
		}
	}
}

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

Category: Vassal actions
In the menu: no (opened from elsewhere)
ID: invite_to_council_position_interaction

Source: game/common/character_interactions/00_vassal_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.