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Interaction · Religious actions

Create Clerical Title

variesPietyBy God AloneAccepted automatically

Establish a new Clerical Title within the recipient's Realm It is seated on the De Jure Capital of the Title you pick and covers every De Jure County of that seat's De Jure Kingdom that no Clerical Region holds yet

What you need

You

To send it

To see it in the menu

  • Is played by a person
  • If

    a check the game hides

    Then

    • religious_head_or_challenger = this

    Otherwise

    • faith.main_rite.head_of_rite ?= this
  • Your faith: Has a Doctrine or Tenet with Has Clerical Region
  • Is an Adult

The character you target

To send it

  • Is an Adult
  • If

    a check the game hides

    Then

    • religious_head_or_challenger = scope:puppet_or_actor

    Otherwise

    • faith.main_rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:puppet_or_actor
  • Also needed: not imprisoned

To see it in the menu

  • Is a ruler
  • Their faith is the same as that of actor
  • Any held title:
    • Title tier at least Duchy
    • is_landless_type_title = no
    • title_capital_county ?= { … }

Which title you can pick

Create Clerical Title is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. You need: Is not imprisoned, Is at not War, Is not incapable and 2 more. The character you target needs: Is not imprisoned and Is an Adult. Accepted automatically. It costs Piety (varies). It needs By God Alone. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.

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Quick answers (3)
What are the requirements for Create Clerical Title in CK3?
You: Is not imprisoned, Is at not War, Is not incapable, No eligible courtiers or realm priest to hold the created Clerical Title and The De Jure Capital of this Title must be of the petitioner's Faith, held within their Realm, and not already inside a Clerical Region. The character you target: Is not imprisoned and Is an Adult. (patch 1.20.1.2)
Will the AI accept Create Clerical Title?
Yes: it is accepted automatically.
How much does Create Clerical Title cost?
Piety (varies) (patch 1.20.1.2).

Will they accept?

The other character has no choice: the game accepts it automatically.

What happens

Effects

  • The character you target:
    • If

      • The new ecclesiastical holder:
        • Is not a courtier of the kingdom holder
        • Is not a ruler

      Then

      • add_courtier = scope:new_ecclesiastical_holder
    • If

      • The new ecclesiastical holder: Is not a councillor of the kingdom holder

      Then

      • assign_councillor_type = { type = councillor_court_chaplain remove_existing_councillor = yes target = scope:new_ecclesiastical_holder }
  • You:
  • The new ecclesiastical holder:

• 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) (31 lines of game script)
is_available = is_ai = no
pam_is_clerical_title_authority_trigger = yes
faith ?= {
	has_doctrine_parameter = has_clerical_regions
}
has_pam_dlc_trigger = yes
is_adult = yes
is_shown = scope:recipient = {
	is_ruler = yes
	faith ?= scope:actor.faith
	NOT = {
		this = scope:actor
	}
	any_held_title = {
		tier >= tier_duchy
		is_landless_type_title = no
		title_capital_county ?= {
			NOT = {
				exists = clerical_region_title
			}
			OR = {
				holder ?= scope:recipient
				holder ?= {
					any_liege_or_above = {
						this = scope:recipient
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

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

Can be sent when (is_valid…) (47 lines of game script)
scope:actor = {
	is_imprisoned = no
	is_at_war = no
	is_incapable = no
}
scope:recipient = {
	is_imprisoned = no
	is_adult = yes
	pam_actor_is_clerical_title_authority_of_this_trigger = yes
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = create_new_ecclesiastical_title_no_eligible_kingdom_tt
	scope:recipient = {
		any_held_title = {
			pam_valid_new_clerical_region_anchor_trigger = {
				PETITIONER = scope:recipient
			}
		}
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = create_new_ecclesiastical_title_no_eligible_holder_tt
	OR = {
		scope:recipient = {
			OR = {
				any_courtier = {
					can_be_court_chaplain_trigger = {
						COURT_OWNER = scope:recipient
					}
				}
				cp:councillor_court_chaplain ?= {
					faith = scope:recipient.faith
					NOT = {
						any_held_title = {
							has_clerical_region = yes
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
		any_courtier = {
			can_be_court_chaplain_trigger = {
				COURT_OWNER = scope:actor
			}
		}
	}
}

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

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (1 line of game script)
on_accept = pam_create_new_ecclesiastical_title_interaction_effect = yes

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

Category
Religious actions
Cost: Piety
varies
DLC
By God Alone
In the menu
main list
ID
create_new_ecclesiastical_title_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.

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