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Scripted effect

add_random_blackmailable_secret_effect

add_random_blackmailable_secret_effect = { BLACKMAILER = … }

game/common/scripted_effects/00_secret_effects.txt, line 2469 (109 lines). Parameters: $BLACKMAILER$.

add_random_blackmailable_secret_effect is a scripted effect in Crusader Kings III, written at line 2469 of its file. A call passes 1 parameter: BLACKMAILER. The game's script calls it in 1 place, among them Servants and Masters (event intrigue_scheming.3013). Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/scripted_effects/00_secret_effects.txt.

What it does

  • 1 of 6 things will happen:
    • 21%:
      • add_secret = { type = secret_deviant }
    • 36%:
      • add_secret = { type = secret_homosexual }
    • 7%:
      • add_secret = { type = secret_cannibal }
    • 14%:
      • add_secret = { type = secret_non_believer }
    • 7%:
      • add_secret = { type = secret_incest }
    • 14%:
      • add_secret = { type = secret_witch }

• the game's own tooltip text · ◦ our reading of the script line · code the script where neither exists

“They” is whatever it runs on (the scope it is called in). The scripted triggers and effects it calls link to their own pages; $PARAMETERS$ stay as written: each call fills them in.

The script as written (109 lines of game script)
add_random_blackmailable_secret_effect = {
	save_scope_as = target

	random_list = {
		3 = { #Secret Deviant
			trigger = {
				secret_type_is_blackmailable_simple_trigger = {
					TYPE = secret_deviant
					TARGET = scope:target
					BLACKMAILER = $BLACKMAILER$
				}
			}
			add_secret = {
				type = secret_deviant
			}
			random_secret = {
				type = secret_deviant
				save_scope_as = new_secret
			}
		}
		5 = { #Secret Homosexual
			trigger = {
				secret_type_is_blackmailable_simple_trigger = {
					TYPE = secret_homosexual
					TARGET = scope:target
					BLACKMAILER = $BLACKMAILER$
				}
			}
			add_secret = {
				type = secret_homosexual
			}
			random_secret = {
				type = secret_homosexual
				save_scope_as = new_secret
			}
		}
		1 = { #Secret Cannibal
			trigger = {
				secret_type_is_blackmailable_simple_trigger = {
					TYPE = secret_cannibal
					TARGET = scope:target
					BLACKMAILER = $BLACKMAILER$
				}
			}
			add_secret = {
				type = secret_cannibal
			}
			random_secret = {
				type = secret_cannibal
				save_scope_as = new_secret
			}
		}
		2 = { #Secret Non-believer
			trigger = {
				secret_type_is_blackmailable_simple_trigger = {
					TYPE = secret_non_believer
					TARGET = scope:target
					BLACKMAILER = $BLACKMAILER$
				}
			}
			add_secret = {
				type = secret_non_believer
			}
			random_secret = {
				type = secret_non_believer
				save_scope_as = new_secret
			}
		}
		1 = { #Secret Incest
			trigger = {
				secret_type_is_blackmailable_simple_trigger = {
					TYPE = secret_incest
					TARGET = scope:target
					BLACKMAILER = $BLACKMAILER$
				}
			}
			add_secret = {
				type = secret_incest
			}
			random_secret = {
				type = secret_incest
				save_scope_as = new_secret
			}
		}
		2 = { #Secret Witch
			trigger = {
				secret_type_is_blackmailable_simple_trigger = {
					TYPE = secret_witch
					TARGET = scope:target
					BLACKMAILER = $BLACKMAILER$
				}
			}
			add_secret = {
				type = secret_witch
			}
			random_secret = {
				type = secret_witch
				save_scope_as = new_secret
			}
		}
	}

	assert_if = {
		limit = {
			NOT = { exists = scope:new_secret }
		}
		text = "No secret added by add_random_blackmailable_secret_effect - Always check the target with random_blackmailable_secret_can_be_added_simple_trigger first!"
	}
}

As written in game/common/scripted_effects/00_secret_effects.txt.

Where it is used

Every place in common/, events/ and history/ that calls add_random_blackmailable_secret_effect.

Events (1)

Source: game/common/scripted_effects/00_secret_effects.txt and every file of common/, events/ and history/ that calls it, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2.

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