How do I get the AI to accept Demand Conversion?

The AI weighs it. Its reasons: Both …, and you are …, Difference between the recipient's and your Diplomacy Skill, The recipient is Cynical +30, The recipient is Stubborn -30, Intimidated by you, Terrified of you and Wants to increase House Unity.

Interaction · Religious actions

Demand Conversion

No costThe AI weighs itnot in the character menu

Demand that the recipient converts to your Faith (From … to …)

What you need

You

Your culture is not the target’s
scope:recipient.liege ?= scope:actor

Demand Conversion is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. The AI weighs it. Reasons the AI weighs include The recipient is Cynical (+30) and The recipient is Stubborn (-30). Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/00_culture_interactions.txt.

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How do I get the AI to accept Demand Conversion?: The AI weighs it. Its reasons: Both …, and you are …, Difference between the recipient's and your Diplomacy Skill, The recipient is Cynical +30, The recipient is Stubborn -30, Intimidated by you, Terrified of you and Wants to increase House Unity.

Will they accept?

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	-10
Their opinion of you	varies
Both …, and you are … when `root.prestige_level > 0` The target’s culture is your	varies
Difference between the recipient's and your Diplomacy Skill	varies
The recipient is Cynical when The character you target: Has the Trait: Cynical	+30
The recipient is Stubborn when The character you target: Has the Trait: Stubborn	-30
Intimidated by you when The character you target: `has_dread_level_towards = { target = scope:actor level = 1 }`	intimidated_external_reason_value
Terrified of you when The character you target: `has_dread_level_towards = { target = scope:actor level = 2 }`	cowed_external_reason_value
Wants to increase House Unity when Your Government is Clan Is of the same house as the target	varies

Acceptance (ai_accept) (60 lines of game script)

base = -10
opinion_modifier = {
	opinion_target = scope:actor
	who = scope:recipient
	multiplier = 1
}
modifier = {
	desc = ASK_FOR_CONVERSION_SAME_CULTURE_PRESTIGE_LEVEL
	add = {
		value = 10
		multiply = scope:actor.prestige_level
	}
	scope:actor.prestige_level > 0
	scope:recipient.culture = scope:actor.culture
}
modifier = {
	desc = ASK_FOR_CONVERSION_RECIPIENT_DIPLOMACY
	add = {
		value = scope:actor.diplomacy
		subtract = scope:recipient.diplomacy
		multiply = 5
	}
}
modifier = {
	desc = ASK_FOR_CONVERSION_RECIPIENT_IS_CYNICAL
	add = 30
	scope:recipient = {
		has_trait = cynical
	}
}
modifier = {
	desc = ASK_FOR_CONVERSION_RECIPIENT_IS_STUBBORN
	add = -30
	scope:recipient = {
		has_trait = stubborn
	}
}
modifier = {
	add = intimidated_external_reason_value
	scope:recipient = {
		has_dread_level_towards = {
			target = scope:actor
			level = 1
		}
	}
	desc = INTIMIDATED_REASON
}
modifier = {
	add = cowed_external_reason_value
	scope:recipient = {
		has_dread_level_towards = {
			target = scope:actor
			level = 2
		}
	}
	desc = COWED_REASON
}
evaluate_action_increasing_house_unity = {
	VALUE = 100
}

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

What happens

If they accept

The character you target › Every spouse:
- Where:
  - One of these
    Is a courtier of you
    or
    Is a courtier of the target
    or
    Is a vassal (or below) of you
    or
    Is a vassal (or below) of the target
  - Your culture: Any parent culture:
- If
  culture = domicile.domicile_culture
  Then
  Their domicile:
  set_domicile_culture = scope:actor.culture
- Adopts the … Culture
If
- The character you target:
  Is a ruler
  Any close or extended family member:
  court_owner ?= scope:recipient
  Their culture is the same as that of actor
  Is played by the AI
Then
- The character you target › All … Family Members that … employs:
  Where:
  court_owner ?= scope:recipient
  Their culture is the same as that of actor
  Is played by the AI
  Your culture: Any parent culture:
  If
  culture = domicile.domicile_culture
  Then
  Their domicile:
  set_domicile_culture = scope:actor.culture
  Adopts the … Culture
The character you target:
- If
  culture = domicile.domicile_culture
  Then
  Their domicile:
  set_domicile_culture = scope:actor.culture
- Adopts the … Culture
The character you target › Every vassal:
- Only some of them (the filter is in the script below)
- Starts the interaction “Demand Conversion”

• 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) (2 lines of game script)

is_shown = scope:actor.culture != scope:recipient.culture
scope:recipient.liege ?= scope:actor

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

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (5 lines of game script)

on_accept = new_culture_created_vassal_conversion_effect = {
	CONVERTEE = scope:recipient
	CONVERTER = scope:actor
	CULTURE = scope:actor.culture
}

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

Category: Religious actions
In the menu: no (opened from elsewhere)
ID: request_culture_conversion_interaction

Source: game/common/character_interactions/00_culture_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).