
Martial lifestyle · perk tree
Authority tree (Overseer)
9 perks. Each costs one Martial perk point: 1,000 experience, earned at a base 25 a month while a Martial focus is chosen — 9 × 1,000 ÷ 25 = 360 months, about 30 years for the whole tree before modifiers. The last perk gives the Overseer trait.
Tree layout
Positions and links as in the game's files. A perk needs every perk linked above it.
Focus
Authority Focus
Not Adventurer governmentTo rule is to make all the aspects of a realm move in unison and work together.
- Martial+1
- Monthly county control growth+0.3/month
- Dread Gain+20%
Other Martial trees
All trees: Diplomacy · Martial · Stewardship · Intrigue · Learning · Wandering
Perks
Serve the Crown
Starting perk of the treeserve_the_crown_perk
Not Adventurer government
- Monthly county control growth+0.3/month
Adventurer government
Impressment
Needs Serve the Crowna_mans_home_perk
- Adventurer governmentDoubles the effect of Siege Replenishment
Adventurer government
Not Adventurer government
Governments using domicile but not adventurer
- Domicile Income+10%
Loot & Plunder
Needs Serve the Crownstrict_organization_perk
- Not Adventurer governmentIncrease Control in County Progress Gain: +20%
- Adventurer governmentFinishing a Siege awards x20 times the Holding's Loot value as Provisions
Enduring Hardships
Needs Impressmentenduring_hardships_perk
- Not Adventurer governmentEnemy Occupations do not lower Control
Not Adventurer government
Adventurer government
Hard Rule
Needs Loot & Plunderhard_rule_perk
- Not Adventurer governmentFaction Military Power Threshold for Vassals: +20
- Adventurer governmentMercenary Contract and Offer Military Assistance Gold Rewards: +25%
- Dread Gain+20%
Not Adventurer government
Adventurer government
Prepared Conscription
Needs Enduring Hardshipsprepared_conscription_perk
- Adventurer governmentRefill Men-at-Arms Provision cost: -25%
Not Adventurer government
- Friendly Territory Levy Reinforcement Rate+100%
- Army Gold Maintenance-15%
Adventurer government
Nomadic government
- Upgrade Nomadic Horde Regiment Cost-20%
Soldiers of Lesser Fortune
Needs Hard Rulesoldiers_of_lesser_fortune_perk
- Adventurer governmentReinforcements from Scrape the Barrel: +400%
Not Adventurer government
Adventurer government
Absolute Control
Needs Soldiers of Lesser Fortune and Prepared Conscriptionabsolute_control_perk
- Adventurer governmentBonus Modifiers from the Steadfast Camp Temperament now also scale by Dread (1 per 20 Dread)
- Not Adventurer governmentVassals no longer refuse Directives
Governments using domain limit
Overseer
Needs Absolute Controloverseer_perk
- Gains the
Overseer trait
Source: game/common/lifestyle_perks/00_martial_2_authority_tree_perks.txt, game/common/lifestyles/00_lifestyles.txt, game/common/focuses/00_lifestyle_focuses.txt and the English localisation, Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3. Effects shown in the game only for certain governments, faiths or cultures carry that condition; “In some cases” marks a condition the files test that is not spelled out here.