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Interaction · Religious actions

Grant Clerical Title

from 50PietyvariesTreasury or GoldBy God AloneAccepted automatically in some cases

Grant an existing Clerical Title to the recipient, deposing its current Holder if the seat is not vacant Deposing an Archbishop who follows another Rite demands greater Learning than theirs, far more Piety, and weakens your Faith's Fervor

What you need

You

To send it

To see it in the menu

  • Your faith: Has a Doctrine or Tenet with Has Clerical Region
  • Is an Adult

  • If

    a check the game hides

    Then

    • religious_head_or_challenger = this

    Otherwise

    • faith.main_rite.head_of_rite ?= this

The character you target

To send it

  • Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated

  • Also needed: available (an adult, not imprisoned, not incapable)

To see it in the menu

  • Their faith is the same as that of actor

  • One of these

    • Is a member of the Clergy

    • or

      Is not a ruler

  • One of these

    • Is not landed

    • or

      Government is a Theocratic-type Government

  • None of these

Which title you can pick

  • The target:
    • Is a Clerical Title
    • Is not the Head of Faith
    • Clerical region size more than 0

    • If

      a check the game hides

      Then

      • Their holder:
        • Is played by the AI
        • Their faith is the same as that of actor
        • Their faith › No religious head challenger:
          • holder ?= scope:pam_antipope_holder_check

      Otherwise

      • title_capital_county.holder.faith = scope:actor.faith

    • If

      • The character you target: Is landed

      Then

      • scope:recipient.capital_county.clerical_region_title ?= this

  • If

    • You › Their faith › Any religious head challenger:
      • holder ?= scope:pam_antipope_holder_check

    Then

    • If

      a check the game hides

      Then

      • scope:target.holder.religious_head_or_challenger ?= scope:actor

      Otherwise

      • scope:target.title_capital_county.holder.religious_head_or_challenger ?= scope:actor

    Otherwise

    • always = yes

Grant Clerical Title is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. You need: Is available (an adult, not imprisoned, not incapable), Must match the Clerical Gender Doctrine of this Rite and As a Challenger Head of Faith you may only grant a Clerical Title that already answers to you. The character you target needs: Is available (an adult, not imprisoned, not incapable) and Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated. Accepted automatically in some cases. It costs Piety (from 50), Treasury or Gold (varies). It needs By God Alone. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.

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What are the requirements for Grant Clerical Title in CK3?
You: Is available (an adult, not imprisoned, not incapable), Must match the Clerical Gender Doctrine of this Rite and As a Challenger Head of Faith you may only grant a Clerical Title that already answers to you. The character you target: Is available (an adult, not imprisoned, not incapable) and Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated. (patch 1.20.1.2)
How much does Grant Clerical Title cost?
Piety (from 50), Treasury or Gold (varies) (patch 1.20.1.2).

Will they accept?

Accepted automatically when:

  • The character you target: Is played by the AI

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

ReasonAmount
Base+100
Acceptance (ai_accept) (1 line of game script)
base = 100

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

What happens

If they accept

  • You:

    • If

      a check the game hides

      Then

      • … is deposed: … receives … and all of … lands

      Otherwise

      • … receives …
    • Gain a Debt of Investiture on the pam new archbishop
    • The pam new archbishop gains the opinion “Grateful” (+50) of them
  • The pam old archbishop: Opinion: Resentful (-40)

  • If

    • The pam old archbishop:
      • rite != scope:actor.rite

    Then

    • Your faith: Fervor decreases by -5
  • The pam new archbishop:

  • If

    Then

• 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) (23 lines of game script)
is_available = faith ?= {
	has_doctrine_parameter = has_clerical_regions
}
is_adult = yes
pam_is_clerical_title_authority_trigger = yes
has_pam_dlc_trigger = yes
is_shown = scope:recipient = {
	this != scope:actor
	faith ?= scope:actor.faith
	OR = {
		is_clergy = yes
		is_ruler = no
	}
	OR = {
		is_landed = no
		government_has_flag = government_is_theocracy
	}
	NOT = {
		any_held_title = {
			has_clerical_region = yes
		}
	}
}

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

Can be sent when (is_valid…) (37 lines of game script)
scope:actor = {
	is_physically_able_adult = yes
}
scope:recipient = {
	is_physically_able_adult = yes
	NOT = {
		has_trait = excommunicated
	}
}
custom_tooltip = {
	text = pam_interaction_clerical_gender_tt
	scope:actor.rite = {
		rite_has_allowed_gender_for_clergy = scope:recipient
	}
}
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		scope:recipient = {
			is_landed = yes
		}
	}
	custom_tooltip = {
		text = grant_ecclesiastical_title_landed_recipient_tt
		exists = scope:recipient.capital_county.clerical_region_title
	}
}
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		scope:target.holder ?= {
			rite != scope:actor.rite
		}
	}
	custom_tooltip = {
		text = grant_ecclesiastical_title_learning_tt
		scope:actor.learning > scope:target.holder.learning
	}
}

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

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (19 lines of game script)
on_accept = scope:recipient = {
	save_scope_as = pam_new_archbishop
}
if = {
	limit = {
		exists = scope:target.holder
	}
	scope:target.holder = {
		save_scope_as = pam_old_archbishop
	}
}
pam_grant_ecclesiastical_title_interaction_effect = yes
on_decline = scope:actor = {
	send_interface_toast = {
		type = event_toast_effect_bad
		title = ecclesiastic_title_refusal_toast_tt
		left_icon = scope:recipient
	}
}

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

Category
Religious actions
Cost: Piety
from 50
Cost: Treasury or Gold
varies
Again on the same character
after 5 years
DLC
By God Alone
In the menu
under More…
ID
grant_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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