What are the requirements for Seek Absolution in CK3?

You: Is played by a person, Is not imprisoned, Your Faith has a current Head of Faith, Has the Trait: Excommunicated, Does not have the Modifier: Recent Excommunication and Does not have the Modifier: Promised Pilgrimage. (patch 1.20.1.2)

Will the AI accept Seek Absolution?

Yes: it is accepted automatically.

Interaction · Religious actions

Seek Absolution

No costAccepted automaticallynot in the character menu

Travel to your Head of Faith and beg to have your Excommunication lifted.

What you need

You

To send it

Is played by a person
Your Faith has a current Head of Faith
If
a check the game hides
Then
- NOT = { religious_head_or_challenger = this }
- NOT = { is_at_war_with = religious_head_or_challenger }
- religious_head_or_challenger = { save_temporary_scope_as = hof is_imprisoned = no }
- You are already petitioning …
If
- NOT = { capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= religious_head_or_challenger }
- NOT = { capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= this }
Then
- Highest held Title is at least Kingdom Rank
Has the Trait: Excommunicated
Does not have the Modifier: Recent Excommunication
Does not have the Modifier: Promised Pilgrimage
If
- NOT = { scope:repentance_hook = yes }
Then
- You: You have 250 Piety
Also needed: not imprisoned

To see it in the menu

religious_head_or_challenger ?= scope:recipient

Seek Absolution is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. You need: Is played by a person, Is not imprisoned, Your Faith has a current Head of Faith and 3 more. Accepted automatically. Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/11_petition_head_of_faith_interactions.txt.

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What are the requirements for Seek Absolution in CK3?: You: Is played by a person, Is not imprisoned, Your Faith has a current Head of Faith, Has the Trait: Excommunicated, Does not have the Modifier: Recent Excommunication and Does not have the Modifier: Promised Pilgrimage. (patch 1.20.1.2)
Will the AI accept Seek Absolution?: Yes: it is accepted automatically.

Will they accept?

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

What happens

Effects

You will travel to … and formally petition … to lift your Excommunication
You:
- Otherwise:
  - If
    Not all of these
    Their rite: The rite has Primary Defenders pay no Piety to Excommunicate same-Faith Attackers
    You: Has the opinion “Declared War” of the other character
    Then
    add_piety = { value = 0 subtract = major_piety_value }
- If
  default_location = var:pending_petition_head_of_faith_recipient.capital_province
  Then
  Event petition_head_of_faith.9000
  Otherwise
  Sets out on a journey (a travel plan)

Options when sending

Use a Hook

Events it fires: petition_head_of_faith.9000

• 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) (5 lines of game script)

is_shown = scope:actor = {
	petition_head_of_faith_religious_authority_is_trigger = {
		CHARACTER = scope:recipient
	}
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/11_petition_head_of_faith_interactions.txt.

Can be sent when (is_valid…) (16 lines of game script)

scope:actor = {
	petition_head_of_faith_repentance_available_trigger = yes
	NOT = {
		has_character_modifier = promised_pilgrimage_to_clergy_modifier
	}
}
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		NOT = {
			scope:repentance_hook = yes
		}
	}
	scope:actor = {
		piety >= major_piety_value
	}
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/11_petition_head_of_faith_interactions.txt.

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (6 lines of game script)

on_accept = custom_tooltip = petition_head_of_faith_repentance_setup_interaction_accept_tt
petition_head_of_faith_prepare_petition_effect = {
	TYPE = repentance
	HOOK = repentance_hook
	PIETY_VALUE = major_piety_value
}

As written in game/common/character_interactions/11_petition_head_of_faith_interactions.txt.

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

Source: game/common/character_interactions/11_petition_head_of_faith_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.