What are the requirements for Sway to Rite in CK3?

You: Does not have the Trait: Incapable and Is an Adult. The character you target: Is an Adult and Does not have the Trait: Incapable. (patch 1.20.1.2)

How do I get the AI to accept Sway to Rite?

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 +50, The recipient … a Head of Rite -200, Head of Rite +25, We practice Fervent Proselytism +25, You … the recipient's Religious Superior +50, Herald +75, Heresiarch +30, Doctrinal Clarity +20, The recipient is a Heresiarch -100, … Opinion of …, We are Close Family +20, We are Extended Family +10, You … the recipient's lover +25, You … the recipient's friend +25, Zealous -40, Difference between the recipient's and your Learning Skill, Intimidated by you, Terrified of you, Difference in Tier, Our only tie is a shared Realm border -40, Our only tie to the recipient is through the church, with no shared Realm or border -60, We share no court, Realm, or Clerical Region, and no County in the recipient's Realm borders one of our Rite -150, The recipient's Realm Capital follows the same Rite +15, The recipient is less spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite +25, The recipient is more spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite -25, You … the ruler of a Clerical Title +20, There are Counties following the same Rite in Liege's Realm, You and the recipient are not in the same realm -40, You … not their Liege -200, The recipient has already converted to another rite -100, The recipient's Rite was founded recently -50, High Spiritual Fulfillment +15, Low Spiritual Fulfillment -10, You have been anointed to proselytize +25, You have been anointed to proselytize +10, You … the Head of Faith +100 and The recipient will never convert willingly -1,500.

Interaction · Religious actions

Sway to Rite

from 50PietyAccepted automatically in some cases; otherwise the AI weighs it

Urge the recipient to adopt your Rite.

What you need

You

To send it

Does not have the Trait: Incapable
Is an Adult
In some cases (on a condition the game doesn't show) › You:
- piety >= pam_sway_ruler_to_my_rite_cost_value

To see it in the menu

If played by the AI:
- Is an Adult
- Is not incapable
Your faith is the same as that of recipient
rite != scope:recipient.rite

The character you target

To send it

Is an Adult
Does not have the Trait: Incapable
… is a Head of Rite
… is a Head of Faith

To see it in the menu

Is a courtier of you

Sway to Rite is a religious character interaction in Crusader Kings III. You need: Does not have the Trait: Incapable and Is an Adult. The character you target needs: Is an Adult and Does not have the Trait: Incapable. 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 (+50), The recipient … a Head of Rite (-200) and 29 more. It costs Piety (from 50). Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/character_interactions/pam_interactions.txt.

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Quick answers (3)

What are the requirements for Sway to Rite in CK3?: You: Does not have the Trait: Incapable and Is an Adult. The character you target: Is an Adult and Does not have the Trait: Incapable. (patch 1.20.1.2)
How do I get the AI to accept Sway to Rite?: 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 +50, The recipient … a Head of Rite -200, Head of Rite +25, We practice Fervent Proselytism +25, You … the recipient's Religious Superior +50, Herald +75, Heresiarch +30, Doctrinal Clarity +20, The recipient is a Heresiarch -100, … Opinion of …, We are Close Family +20, We are Extended Family +10, You … the recipient's lover +25, You … the recipient's friend +25, Zealous -40, Difference between the recipient's and your Learning Skill, Intimidated by you, Terrified of you, Difference in Tier, Our only tie is a shared Realm border -40, Our only tie to the recipient is through the church, with no shared Realm or border -60, We share no court, Realm, or Clerical Region, and no County in the recipient's Realm borders one of our Rite -150, The recipient's Realm Capital follows the same Rite +15, The recipient is less spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite +25, The recipient is more spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite -25, You … the ruler of a Clerical Title +20, There are Counties following the same Rite in Liege's Realm, You and the recipient are not in the same realm -40, You … not their Liege -200, The recipient has already converted to another rite -100, The recipient's Rite was founded recently -50, High Spiritual Fulfillment +15, Low Spiritual Fulfillment -10, You have been anointed to proselytize +25, You have been anointed to proselytize +10, You … the Head of Faith +100 and The recipient will never convert willingly -1,500.
How much does Sway to Rite cost?: Piety (from 50) (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	-15
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	+50
The recipient … a Head of Rite when `scope:recipient.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:recipient`	-200
Head of Rite when `root.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:puppet_or_actor`	+25
We practice Fervent Proselytism when `root.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` Your rite: The rite has Your Head of Rite gains +25 acceptance when swaying Characters to this Rite	+25
You … the recipient's Religious Superior when `scope:recipient.superior ?= scope:puppet_or_actor`	+50
Herald when Has the Trait: Herald	+75
Heresiarch when Has the Trait: Heresiarch	+30
Doctrinal Clarity when Has the Modifier: Doctrinal Clarity	+20
The recipient is a Heresiarch when The character you target: Has the Trait: Heresiarch	-100
… Opinion of …	varies
We are Close Family when The character you target: Is close family of you One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+20
We are Extended Family when The character you target: Is not close family of you Is extended family of you One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+10
You … the recipient's lover when The character you target: Has you as lover One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+25
You … the recipient's friend when The character you target: Has you as friend One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	+25
Zealous when The character you target: Has the Trait: Zealous	-40
Difference between the recipient's and your Learning Skill	varies
Intimidated by you when Your government is not Adventurer The character you target: `has_dread_level_towards = { target = scope:puppet_or_actor level = 1 }`	intimidated_halved_reason_value
Terrified of you when Your government is not Adventurer The character you target: `has_dread_level_towards = { target = scope:puppet_or_actor level = 2 }`	cowed_halved_reason_value
Difference in Tier when One of these Highest held Title is more than scope:recipient.highest held title tier Rank or Highest held Title is less than scope:recipient.highest held title tier Rank The character you target: If You › Any held title: Is a Clerical Title Then Is a ruler Otherwise `limit = { … }` Is a vassal of you	varies
Our only tie is a shared Realm border when One of these Your Government is a Theocratic-type Government or Your Government is Ecclesiastical or Your government has the government is monastic holy order flag Your capital county: `squared_distance = { target = scope:recipient.capital_county value <= squared_distance_large }` Any neighboring realm owner: The character you target: None of these One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	-40
Our only tie to the recipient is through the church, with no shared Realm or border when One of these Your Government is a Theocratic-type Government or Your Government is Ecclesiastical or Your government has the government is monastic holy order flag Not all of these Your capital county: `squared_distance = { target = scope:recipient.capital_county value <= squared_distance_large }` You: Any neighboring realm owner: The character you target: Any held title: Is a Clerical Title None of these One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	-60
We share no court, Realm, or Clerical Region, and no County in the recipient's Realm borders one of our Rite when If You: One of these Your Government is a Theocratic-type Government or Your Government is Ecclesiastical or Your government has the government is monastic holy order flag Then The character you target: None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title Not all of these Your capital county: `squared_distance = { target = scope:recipient.capital_county value <= squared_distance_large }` You: Any neighboring realm owner: The character you target: None of these One of these Is a courtier of you or Is a vassal (or below) of you or `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege` or `capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor` or Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you	-150
The recipient's Realm Capital follows the same Rite when The character you target: Is a ruler `capital_county.rite = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite`	+15
The recipient is less spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite when The character you target: `rite_fulfillment_score(scope:recipient.rite) < rite_fulfillment_score(scope:puppet_or_actor.rite)`	+25
The recipient is more spiritually fulfilled with their current Rite when The character you target: `rite_fulfillment_score(scope:recipient.rite) > rite_fulfillment_score(scope:puppet_or_actor.rite)`	-25
You … the ruler of a Clerical Title when Any held title: Is a Clerical Title The character you target: None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title	+20
There are Counties following the same Rite in Liege's Realm when Swayed rite county count more than 0 The character you target: Is not an Independent Ruler `top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege`	varies
You and the recipient are not in the same realm when None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title `this.top_liege != scope:recipient.top_liege`	-40
You … not their Liege when None of these Any held title: Is a Clerical Title `NOT = { is_liege_or_above_of = scope:recipient }` The character you target › Any held title: Is a Clerical Title	-200
The recipient has already converted to another rite	-100
The recipient's Rite was founded recently when The target’s rite: Has “rite grace period” (a variable the game's script sets)	-50
High Spiritual Fulfillment when `has_fulfillment_parameter = sp_easier_conversion`	+15
Low Spiritual Fulfillment when `has_fulfillment_parameter = sp_harder_conversion`	-10
You have been anointed to proselytize	+25
You have been anointed to proselytize	+10
You … the Head of Faith when `scope:recipient.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:recipient` You: Is the Head of Faith `faith.main_rite ?= rite`	+100
The recipient will never convert willingly	-1,500

Acceptance (ai_accept) (21 lines of game script)

base = -15
celestial_hierarchy_acceptance_modifier = {
	ACTOR = scope:puppet_or_actor
	RECIPIENT = scope:recipient
}
religion_sway_to_rite_default_modifier = yes
modifier = {
	add = 100
	scope:recipient.rite.head_of_rite ?= scope:recipient
	pam_sway_to_rite_head_of_faith_reclaims_trigger = {
		ACTOR = scope:puppet_or_actor
	}
	desc = PAM_SWAY_HEAD_OF_FAITH_REASON
}
modifier = {
	desc = ASK_FOR_CONVERSION_RECIPIENT_WILL_NOT_ACCEPT
	add = -1500
	scope:recipient = {
		has_character_flag = ai_will_not_convert
	}
}

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

What happens

If they accept

In some cases (on a condition the game doesn't show) › You › If sway ruler to my rite cost more than 0:
- add_piety = { … }
You:
- The character you target:
  - set_character_rite = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
  - If played by the AI: Opinion: Pious (+10)
  - If
    Is a ruler
    Is landed
    Your rite: Has “rite founding window” (a variable the game's script sets)
    One of these
    Is a courtier of you
    or
    Is a vassal (or below) of you
    or
    top_liege ?= scope:puppet_or_actor.top_liege
    or
    capital_county.clerical_region_title.holder ?= scope:puppet_or_actor
    or
    Any sub realm county › Any neighboring county: Is of the same rite as you
    Then
    Every held title:
    Only some of them (the filter is in the script below)
    set_county_rite = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
    Every courtier or guest:
    Where:
    is_physically_able_ai = { }
    faith = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite.faith
    rite != scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
    set_character_rite = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
    Every courtier away:
    Where:
    is_physically_able_ai = { }
    faith = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite.faith
    rite != scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
    set_character_rite = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
    Else if
    Is a ruler
    Is landed
    Their capital county:
    this.faith = scope:puppet_or_actor.faith
    this.rite != scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
    Any neighboring county:
    One of these
    this.holder.liege = prev.holder.liege
    or
    this.holder = prev.holder.liege
    Then
    Their capital county:
    set_county_rite = scope:puppet_or_actor.rite
  - If
    The option “pam sway pledge favor” is chosen
    Then
    Gain a Favor on you
- If
  The option “pam sway endowment” is chosen
  Then
  You:
  pay_treasury_or_gold = { target = scope:recipient value = pam_sway_to_rite_endowment_cost_value }
- If
  scope:puppet_or_actor.religion = religion:christianity_religion
  The Christian Church: The current phase counts “Ruler is swayed to a different Rite”
  Then
  The Christian Church: Counts toward the situation's next phase: “Ruler is swayed to a different Rite”
You › If the Personal Tenets unlock tax nonbelievers fulfillment from conversion: Spiritual fulfillment +3

If they refuse

You › The character you target › If played by the AI: Opinion: Annoyed (-10)

Options when sending

Use a Hook

• 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) (14 lines of game script)

is_available = trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		is_ai = yes
	}
	is_adult = yes
	is_incapable = no
}
is_shown = scope:recipient = {
	is_courtier_of = scope:puppet_or_actor
}
scope:puppet_or_actor ?= {
	faith = scope:recipient.faith
	rite != scope:recipient.rite
}

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

Can be sent when (is_valid…) (38 lines of game script)

scope:puppet_or_actor = {
	NOR = {
		has_trait = incapable
		is_adult = no
	}
}
scope:recipient = {
	NOR = {
		is_adult = no
		has_trait = incapable
		custom_tooltip = {
			text = sway_ruler_to_my_rite_interaction_hor_tt
			rite.head_of_rite ?= this
			NOT = {
				pam_sway_to_rite_head_of_faith_reclaims_trigger = {
					ACTOR = scope:puppet_or_actor
				}
			}
		}
		custom_tooltip = {
			text = sway_ruler_to_my_rite_interaction_hof_tt
			OR = {
				scope:puppet_or_actor.religious_head_or_challenger ?= this
				primary_title ?= {
					is_head_of_faith = yes
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
trigger_if = {
	limit = {
		scope:is_puppet_action ?= yes
	}
	scope:puppet_or_actor = {
		piety >= pam_sway_ruler_to_my_rite_cost_value
	}
}

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

Effects (on_send, on_accept, on_decline) (2 lines of game script)

on_accept = pam_sway_to_rite_on_accept_effect = yes
on_decline = pam_sway_to_rite_on_decline_effect = yes

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

Category: Religious actions
Cost: Piety: from 50
Again on the same character: after 5 years
In the menu: main list
ID: sway_courtier_to_my_rite_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.