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Law · Succession Laws

Meritocratic Appointment Succession

Meritocratic Appointment Succession is a succession law in Crusader Kings III: A type of Appointment Succession Law. Under Meritocratic Appointment Succession, the Title and its associated Holdings will be inherited by the candidate with the highest Candidate Score. Any Adult in the Realm may strive to attain a Governorship through various means, such as having a significant Merit Rank or spending Influence. Modifiers: Glory Hound Vassal Opinion -10, Courtly Vassal Opinion +5, Player Heir Opinion +20, Eligible Child Opinion -5. Passing it costs 500 prestige before modifiers. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

A type of Appointment Succession Law. Under Meritocratic Appointment Succession, the Title and its associated Holdings will be inherited by the candidate with the highest Candidate Score. Any Adult in the Realm may strive to attain a Governorship through various means, such as having a significant Merit Rank or spending Influence.

Modifiers

How succession works

Order of succession
appointment
appointment type
meritocratic civic governor

The values are the game's own keys from the law's succession block.

The succession laws

  1. 1Confederate Partition
  2. 2Partition
  3. 3High Partition
  4. 4Primogeniture
  5. 5Kurultai
  6. 6Ultimogeniture
  7. 7House Seniority
  8. 8Acclamation Succession
  9. 9Appointment Succession
  10. 10Camp Succession
  11. 11Theocratic Elective
  12. 12Clerical Appointment
  13. 13Theocratic
  14. 14Military Order
  15. 15Cultural Military Order
  16. 16Monastic Order
  17. 17Female Monastic Order
  18. 18Male Monastic Order
  19. 19Mercenary Company
  20. 20Republican
  21. 21Antagonistic Succession
  22. 22Competitive Succession
  23. 23Impassive Succession
  24. 24Friendly Succession
  25. 25Harmonious Succession
  26. 26Herder Succession
  27. 27Celestial Appointment Succession
  28. 28Celestial Commander Succession
  29. 29Japanese Regency Succession
  30. 30Ritsuryō Appointment Succession
  31. 31Ritsuryō Military Succession
  32. 32Mandala Succession
  33. 33Meritocratic Appointment Succession
  34. 34Meritocratic Commander Succession
  35. 35Meritocratic Regency Succession

Who can pass it

Can pass (can_pass) (2 lines of game script)
government_has_mechanic = administrative
is_independent_ruler = no

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Can have (can_have) (2 lines of game script)
government_has_mechanic = administrative
is_independent_ruler = no

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Kept while (can_keep) (15 lines of game script)
government_has_mechanic = administrative
is_independent_ruler = no
custom_tooltip = {
	text = celestial_appointment_allowed_desc
	NOT = {
		vassal_contract_has_flag = meritocratic_military_appointment
	}
}
custom_description = {
	text = succession_laws_must_not_be_forced_partition
	NAND = {
		is_independent_ruler = no
		vassal_contract_has_flag = locked_to_partition
	}
}

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Rulers start with it when (should_start_with) (11 lines of game script)
OR = {
	government_has_flag = government_is_meritocratic
	government_has_flag = government_is_steppe_admin
}
is_independent_ruler = no
custom_tooltip = {
	text = celestial_appointment_allowed_desc
	NOT = {
		vassal_contract_has_flag = meritocratic_military_appointment
	}
}

As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.

Source: game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt, common/law_groups and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. A cost shows the base the files give; “varies” when it depends on your realm.