Law · Succession Laws
Theocratic Elective
Theocratic Elective is a succession law in Crusader Kings III: The Cardinals of the College of Cardinals elect a Title Heir from among their own number; every Cardinal is both an Elector and a candidate. Cardinals with the highest Papabile Score are likely to receive more votes. Modifiers: Rite Creation and Reformation Cost +300%, Travel Speed +15, Travel Safety +15, Enemy hostile scheme success chance max -20%, Enemy hostile scheme success chance growth -2%. Passing it costs 500 prestige before modifiers. Patch 1.20.0.3, from game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.
The Cardinals of the College of Cardinals elect a Title Heir from among their own number; every Cardinal is both an Elector and a candidate. Cardinals with the highest Papabile Score are likely to receive more votes.
Modifiers
How succession works
- Order of succession
- election
- Election
- theocratic elective
- faith
- same faith
- resign outside realm
- yes
The values are the game's own keys from the law's succession block.
The succession laws
- 1Confederate Partition
- 2Partition
- 3High Partition
- 4Primogeniture
- 5Kurultai
- 6Ultimogeniture
- 7House Seniority
- 8Acclamation Succession
- 9Appointment Succession
- 10Camp Succession
- 11Theocratic Elective
- 12Clerical Appointment
- 13Theocratic
- 14Military Order
- 15Cultural Military Order
- 16Monastic Order
- 17Female Monastic Order
- 18Male Monastic Order
- 19Mercenary Company
- 20Republican
- 21Antagonistic Succession
- 22Competitive Succession
- 23Impassive Succession
- 24Friendly Succession
- 25Harmonious Succession
- 26Herder Succession
- 27Celestial Appointment Succession
- 28Celestial Commander Succession
- 29Japanese Regency Succession
- 30Ritsuryō Appointment Succession
- 31Ritsuryō Military Succession
- 32Mandala Succession
- 33Meritocratic Appointment Succession
- 34Meritocratic Commander Succession
- 35Meritocratic Regency Succession
Who can pass it
Can pass (can_pass) (1 line of game script)
always = yes
As written in game/common/laws/00_succession_laws.txt.
Can have (can_have) (1 line of game script)
should_use_theocratic_elective_succession_law_trigger = yes
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.