Interaction · Religious actions
Request Cardinalate for Court Chaplain
Petition your Head of Faith to raise … into the College of Cardinals. Only a Cardinal may be elected as the next Head of Faith, and a Cardinal who owes you the hat is a Cardinal worth keeping.
What you need
You
To send it
- Your Faith must have fewer than 70 Cardinals
- Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated
- Is not at war with the target
- … will be blocked from most Interactions with Ecclesiastical Rulers and the Head of Faith until … visit a Holy Site on Pilgrimage or the Promised Pilgrimage Modifier expires
- If your government is not a Theocratic-type Government: … must either: Have a Level of Devotion of Devoted Servant or higher · Have a Realm Priest Puppet · Have a Clerical Ruler Puppet
- Otherwise: Piety level at least 1
cp:councillor_court_chaplain:- Is available (an adult, not incapable, not imprisoned)
- Your Court Chaplain must not be Excommunicated
- Your Court Chaplain must not already be a Cardinal
- ⟨faith⟩
To see it in the menu
- Your faith: Has a Doctrine or Tenet with has clerical electors
- If does not have “great schism decision taken” (a variable the game's script sets): Does not hold Constantinople
NOT = { religious_head_or_challenger ?= this }cp:councillor_court_chaplain:One of these
- Government is a Theocratic-type Government
or
Government is unplayableor
Is not a ruler
- Their faith › No religious head challenger:
holder ?= scope:pam_antipope_holder_check
One of these
root.religious_head_or_challenger ?= scope:recipientor
All of these
NOT = { exists = scope:actor.faith.religious_head }- Your faith is the target’s
- The character you target:
All of these
- Holds Papacy
All of these
exists = title:k_papal_state- title:k_papal_state.holder: Has the Theocratic Elective Law
The character you target
Also needed: available (an adult, not incapable, not imprisoned)
Request Cardinalate for Court Chaplain is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. You need: Your Faith must have fewer than 70 Cardinals, Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated and Is not at war with the target. The character you target needs: Is available (an adult, not incapable, not imprisoned). Accepted automatically in some cases; otherwise the AI weighs it. Reasons the AI weighs include Petitioning the acting Head of Rite rather than a Head of Faith (+15), Heretically Divergent Rite (-50), Different Rite (-25) and 19 more. It costs Piety (varies). It needs By God Alone. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.
Quick answers (3)
- What are the requirements for Request Cardinalate for Court Chaplain in CK3?
- You: Your Faith must have fewer than 70 Cardinals, Does not have the Trait: Excommunicated and Is not at war with the target. The character you target: Is available (an adult, not incapable, not imprisoned). (patch 1.20.1.2)
- How do I get the AI to accept Request Cardinalate for Court Chaplain?
- Accepted automatically in some cases; otherwise the AI weighs it. Its reasons: Petitioning the acting Head of Rite rather than a Head of Faith +15, Heretically Divergent Rite -50, Different Rite -25, Your Level of Devotion is … -25, Your Level of Devotion is greater than the recipient +25, Your Level of Fame is greater than the recipient +15, … Opinion of …, You … Virtuous Traits, You … Sinful Traits, The recipient … Cynical -30, Your Realm holds a Holy Site of the Faith +20, Head of Rite +25, You … family to the recipient +30, You … allied to the recipient +20, You … the recipient's best friend +10, The recipient's Rite prohibits your exposed personal Tenet -60, Weak Hook used +100, Offer Pilgrimage, … Opinion of …, … follows a different Rite -25, … does not match the Clerical Gender Doctrine of … -50, … has Virtuous Traits, … has Sinful Traits, … Education Trait is Learning +10, … is Celibate +15, … is Monk +15, … has no Piety to speak of -25, The College of Cardinals is short of Cardinals +60 and The College of Cardinals is severely short of Cardinals +100.
- How much does Request Cardinalate for Court Chaplain cost?
- Piety (varies) (patch 1.20.1.2).
Will they accept?
Accepted automatically when:
- They use their Hook on …
Otherwise the AI adds these up and accepts above zero; near zero the answer is partly random (ai_maybe). Reasons in italics are the script's, with no label in the game.
| Reason | Amount |
|---|---|
| Base | 0 |
Petitioning the acting Head of Rite rather than a Head of Faithwhen
| +15 |
Heretically Divergent Ritewhen
| -50 |
Different Ritewhen
| -25 |
Your Level of Devotion is …when
| -25 |
Your Level of Devotion is greater than the recipientwhen
| +25 |
Your Level of Fame is greater than the recipientwhen
| +15 |
| … Opinion of … | varies |
You … Virtuous Traitswhen
| varies |
You … Sinful Traitswhen
| varies |
| The recipient … Cynical | -30 |
Your Realm holds a Holy Site of the Faithwhen
| +20 |
Head of Ritewhen
| +25 |
| You … family to the recipient | +30 |
You … allied to the recipientwhen
| +20 |
You … the recipient's best friendwhen
| +10 |
The recipient's Rite prohibits your exposed personal Tenetwhen
| -60 |
Weak Hook usedwhen
| +100 |
Offer Pilgrimagewhen
| pam_offer_pilgrimage_acceptance_value |
| … Opinion of … | varies |
… follows a different Ritewhen
| -25 |
… does not match the Clerical Gender Doctrine of …when
| -50 |
… has Virtuous Traitswhen
| varies |
… has Sinful Traitswhen
| varies |
… Education Trait is Learningwhen
| +10 |
| … is Celibate | +15 |
| … is Monk | +15 |
… has no Piety to speak ofwhen
| -25 |
The College of Cardinals is short of Cardinalswhen
| +60 |
The College of Cardinals is severely short of Cardinalswhen
| +100 |
Acceptance (ai_accept) (109 lines of game script)
base = 0
clerical_petition_to_authority_acceptance_modifier = yes
modifier = {
scope:hook = yes
add = 100
scope:actor = {
NOT = {
has_strong_hook = scope:recipient
}
}
desc = SCHEME_WEAK_HOOK_USED
}
modifier = {
add = pam_offer_pilgrimage_acceptance_value
scope:offer_pilgrimage = yes
desc = OFFER_PILGRIMAGE_INTERACTION_OPTION_REASON
}
opinion_modifier = {
trigger = {
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
}
who = scope:recipient
opinion_target = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
desc = AI_OPINION_REASON
}
modifier = {
add = -25
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain.rite != scope:recipient.rite
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_DIFFERENT_RITE
}
modifier = {
add = -50
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:recipient.rite = {
NOT = {
rite_has_allowed_gender_for_clergy = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
}
}
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_WRONG_CLERICAL_GENDER
}
modifier = {
add = {
add = 10
multiply = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain.num_virtuous_traits
}
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain.num_virtuous_traits > 0
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_VIRTUOUS
}
modifier = {
add = {
add = -10
multiply = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain.num_sinful_traits
}
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain.num_sinful_traits > 0
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_SINFUL
}
modifier = {
add = 10
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain = {
has_education_learning_trigger = yes
}
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_LEARNING_EDUCATION_REASON
}
modifier = {
add = 15
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain = {
has_trait = celibate
}
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_CELIBATE
}
modifier = {
add = 15
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain = {
has_trait = devoted
}
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_DEVOTED
}
modifier = {
add = -25
exists = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain
scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain = {
piety_level = 0
}
desc = COURT_CHAPLAIN_LOW_PIETY
}
modifier = {
add = 60
scope:recipient.faith ?= {
any_clerical_elector_title = {
count < 20
}
}
desc = COLLEGE_OF_CARDINALS_UNDERMANNED_REASON
}
modifier = {
add = 100
scope:recipient.faith ?= {
any_clerical_elector_title = {
count < 10
}
}
desc = COLLEGE_OF_CARDINALS_SEVERELY_UNDERMANNED_REASON
}As written in game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.
What happens
If they accept
If
a check the game hides
Then
- You: … raises … into the College of Cardinals
If
- The new cardinal: Is played by a person
Then
- The new cardinal › If played by a person: Event pam_clergy_events.0043
If
a check the game hides
Then
- … gives up … seat on your Council and becomes your Clerical Ruler Puppet
Otherwise
- … gives up … seat on your Council
- The new cardinal: Opinion: Grateful (+50)
If
- The option “offer pilgrimage” is chosen
Then
- You:
- Gains the modifier “Promised Pilgrimage” for 10 years
- Monthly Piety -25%
- Character spiritual fulfillment loss +25%
- … will be blocked from most Interactions with Ecclesiastical Rulers and the Head of Faith until … visit a Holy Site on Pilgrimage or the Promised Pilgrimage Modifier expires
- Gains the modifier “Promised Pilgrimage” for 10 years
- The character you target:
add_piety_experience = { … }
If they refuse
- If played by the AI: Opinion: Annoyed (-10)
Options when sending
- Use a Hook
- Offer Pilgrimage
Events it fires: pam_clergy_events.0043
• 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 = pam_can_hold_cardinalate_trigger = yes
NOT = {
religious_head_or_challenger ?= this
}
exists = cp:councillor_court_chaplain
cp:councillor_court_chaplain = {
pam_can_receive_cardinalate_trigger = yes
}
has_pam_dlc_trigger = yes
is_shown = scope:actor != scope:recipient
OR = {
scope:actor.religious_head_or_challenger ?= scope:recipient
AND = {
NOT = {
exists = scope:actor.faith.religious_head
}
scope:actor.faith = scope:recipient.faith
scope:recipient = {
pam_leads_college_of_cardinals_trigger = yes
}
}
}As written in game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.
Can be sent when (is_valid…) (60 lines of game script)
custom_tooltip = {
text = appoint_cardinal_interaction_max_cardinals_tt
scope:actor.faith ?= {
NOT = {
any_clerical_elector_title = {
count >= 70
}
}
}
}
pam_not_antipope_when_recipient_is_hof_tt = {
CHARACTER = scope:actor
}
scope:actor = {
NOT = {
has_trait = excommunicated
}
NOT = {
is_at_war_with = scope:recipient
}
custom_tooltip = {
text = actor_promised_pilgrimage_tt
NOT = {
has_character_modifier = promised_pilgrimage_to_clergy_modifier
}
}
clergy_interaction_generic_piety_level_or_puppet_req_trigger = yes
cp:councillor_court_chaplain ?= {
is_available_quick = {
adult = yes
incapable = no
imprisoned = no
hostage = no
}
custom_tooltip = {
text = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_chaplain_not_excommunicated_tt
NOT = {
has_trait = excommunicated
}
}
custom_tooltip = {
text = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_chaplain_not_cardinal_tt
NOT = {
exists = clerical_elector_title
}
}
custom_tooltip = {
text = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_chaplain_follows_pope_tt
pam_pope_is_head_of_faith_or_rite_trigger = yes
}
}
}
scope:recipient = {
is_available_quick = {
adult = yes
incapable = no
imprisoned = no
hostage = no
}
}As written in game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.
Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (99 lines of game script)
on_accept = scope:actor.cp:councillor_court_chaplain ?= {
save_scope_as = new_cardinal
}
if = {
limit = {
exists = scope:new_cardinal
}
scope:actor = {
send_interface_toast = {
type = event_toast_effect_good
title = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_interaction_toast
left_icon = scope:recipient
right_icon = scope:new_cardinal
custom_tooltip = {
text = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_interaction_accept_tt
scope:new_cardinal = {
grant_cardinal_title_effect = {
CARDINAL_COUNTY = capital_county
}
}
}
}
}
if = {
limit = {
scope:new_cardinal = {
is_ai = no
}
}
scope:recipient = {
save_scope_as = head_of_faith
}
scope:new_cardinal = {
pam_notify_player_became_cardinal_effect = yes
}
}
if = {
limit = {
scope:actor = {
NOT = {
exists = puppet:external_theological_agent_puppet
}
}
}
custom_tooltip = {
text = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_becomes_clerical_puppet_tt
scope:actor = {
fire_councillor = scope:new_cardinal
}
scope:new_cardinal = {
pam_make_clerical_ruler_puppet_effect = {
PUPPETEER = scope:actor
}
}
}
}
else = {
custom_tooltip = {
text = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_leaves_council_tt
scope:actor = {
fire_councillor = scope:new_cardinal
}
}
}
scope:new_cardinal = {
add_opinion = {
target = scope:actor
modifier = grateful_opinion
opinion = 50
}
hidden_effect = {
remove_opinion = {
modifier = fired_from_council_opinion
target = scope:actor
}
}
}
}
pam_offer_pilgrimage_effect = {
ACTOR = scope:actor
CLERIC = scope:recipient
}
on_decline = scope:actor = {
send_interface_toast = {
type = event_toast_effect_bad
title = request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_interaction_decline_toast
right_icon = scope:recipient
if = {
limit = {
is_ai = yes
}
add_opinion = {
target = scope:recipient
modifier = annoyed_opinion
opinion = -10
}
}
}
}As written in game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.
- Category
- Religious actions
- Cost: Piety
- varies
- Again on the same character
- after 10 years
- DLC
- By God Alone
- In the menu
- main list
- ID
request_court_chaplain_cardinalate_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. “…” marks words the game fills in at play time (a name, a title).