How do I get the AI to accept Donate to Monastic Order?

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, Your desperate pleading +150, 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 +25, Same Rite +25, Different Rite -25, Your Rite prohibits the order's Tenet -100, The recipient is your Rival -200, Your Tier, Your Level of Devotion, You … Sinful Traits -50, 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

Donate to Monastic Order

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

In exchange for Gold, the recipient's monastics will pray for your salvation and Spiritual Fulfillment

What you need

You

To send it

If
- You have Treasury
- Your Government is a Theocratic-type Government
Then
- treasury >= monastic_donation_treasury_value
Otherwise
- gold >= monastic_donation_value
… must have at least one leased Temple Holding outside of Realms you are at War with
… Monastic Order has no Leased Temple Holding within Order Vicinity
Does not have the Modifier: Promised Pilgrimage
Also needed: not imprisoned

To see it in the menu

If played by the AI:
- short_term_gold > major_gold_value
- Spiritual Fulfillment less than 0
Your faith › Any faith holy order:
- leader = scope:recipient
Your government does not have the government is monastic holy order flag

The character you target

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

Donate to Monastic Order is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. You need: Is not imprisoned and Does not have the Modifier: Promised Pilgrimage. 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 20 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 Donate to Monastic Order in CK3?: You: Is not imprisoned and Does not have the Modifier: Promised Pilgrimage. (patch 1.20.1.2)
How do I get the AI to accept Donate to Monastic Order?: 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, Your desperate pleading +150, 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 +25, Same Rite +25, Different Rite -25, Your Rite prohibits the order's Tenet -100, The recipient is your Rival -200, Your Tier, Your Level of Devotion, You … Sinful Traits -50, 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	0
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
Your desperate pleading when The option “ceremonial humbling” is chosen	+150
Opinion	varies
Your zealousness when `ai_zeal != 0`	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`	+25
Same Rite when `scope:recipient.rite ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.rite`	+25
Different Rite when Your rite: `divergence(scope:recipient.rite) >= medium_rite_divergence_value`	-25
Your Rite prohibits the order's Tenet when Your rite: `has_tenet_status = { tenet = scope:recipient.holy_order.order_tenet status = prohibited }`	-100
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
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) (235 lines of game script)

base = 0
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
}
modifier = {
	add = 150
	scope:ceremonial_humbling = yes
	desc = monastic_humbling_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
	}
	ai_zeal != 0
	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 = 25
	desc = INTERACTION_LEASES_HOLDINGS
}
modifier = {
	add = 25
	exists = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
	scope:recipient.rite ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
	desc = I_HAVE_THE_SAME_RITE
}
modifier = {
	add = -25
	exists = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
	exists = scope:recipient.rite
	scope:puppet_or_actor.rite = {
		divergence(scope:recipient.rite) >= medium_rite_divergence_value
	}
	desc = I_HAVE_A_DIFFERENT_RITE
}
modifier = {
	add = -100
	exists = scope:recipient.holy_order.order_tenet
	scope:puppet_or_actor.rite ?= {
		has_tenet_status = {
			tenet = scope:recipient.holy_order.order_tenet
			status = prohibited
		}
	}
	desc = MONASTIC_DONATION_ORDER_TENET_PROHIBITED
}
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 = 20
	}
	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: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

You:
- change_spiritual_fulfillment = { … }
- add_piety = { … }
- If
  Has Treasury
  Government is a Theocratic-type Government
  Then
  pay_treasury_to_gold = { … }
  Otherwise
  pay_short_term_gold = { … }
- If
  The option “ceremonial humbling” is chosen
  Then
  Gain -750 Prestige
  Level of Fame -1
  Gains the modifier “Monastic Intercession” for 5 years
  Character starting spiritual fulfillment +5
  Zealot Vassal Opinion +10
  Clergy Opinion +10
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: … can use Gold to construct Buildings in their Leases, spread their Tenet and Rite, increase Development, and gain new Leases
Event holy_order.2030

If they refuse

Event holy_order.2031

Options when sending

Use a Hook
Plead desperately for special intercession
Make a sizeable donation

Events it fires: holy_order.2030, holy_order.2031

• 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) (22 lines of game script)

is_available = trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		is_ai = yes
	}
	short_term_gold > major_gold_value
	spiritual_fulfillment < 0
}
is_shown = scope:puppet_or_actor ?= {
	faith ?= {
		any_faith_holy_order = {
			leader = scope:recipient
		}
	}
	NOT = {
		government_has_flag = government_is_monastic_holy_order
	}
}
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…) (49 lines of game script)

scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	is_imprisoned = no
	trigger_if = {
		limit = {
			has_treasury = yes
			government_has_flag = government_is_theocracy
		}
		treasury >= monastic_donation_treasury_value
	}
	trigger_else = {
		gold >= monastic_donation_value
	}
}
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
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = monastic_holdings_too_distant_tt
	scope:puppet_or_actor.faith = {
		any_faith_holy_order = {
			leader = scope:recipient
			holy_order_range_trigger = {
				CHARACTER = scope:puppet_or_actor
			}
		}
	}
}
scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	NOT = {
		has_character_modifier = promised_pilgrimage_to_clergy_modifier
	}
}

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

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (17 lines of game script)

on_send = 
on_accept = show_as_tooltip = {
	donate_to_monastic_order_effect = yes
	scope:recipient = {
		custom_tooltip = monk_can_use_money_for_actions_tt
	}
}
scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	trigger_event = {
		id = holy_order.2030
	}
}
on_decline = scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	trigger_event = {
		id = holy_order.2031
	}
}

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

Category: Religious actions
Again on the same character: after 5 years
In the menu: under More…
ID: monastic_donation_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.