As I said in OP, if you are Roman Emperor you cannot designate heir for your top tittle. I haven't reformed a lot of pagan faiths, but when I do reform a pagan faith, I tend to pick the same four options every time (Unyielding - Enatic Clans & Unique - Autonomous). Another approach is to try new mechanics (to pick Haruspicy, Animism, Veneration) or to add useful abilities to existing faiths (e.g. Bn (Bon) is an indigenous religion of the Tibetan plateau, added in patch 2.8. If you want internal stability, pick Hierocratic and enjoy your excommunications. Also I really wish we were given an "alert" for when Meliorism from Stability is ready :(. Hellenism (Priests cannot marry and cannot inherit), Incompatible with Religious Tax and Civilized doctrines, Incompatible with Sons of Ragnarok doctrine. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in medival Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet. Because raiding counts as war, and they have county conquest casus belli that require no reason for war, however, few rulers need find themselves short on wars for long. Pagan non-nomads normally requires the Old Gods or Holy Fury DLC to be playable. This applies even when one is the attacker, and on territory held by another lord; Only the dominant religion of the province you are standing upon matters. I have the piety, holy sites, and MA to reform, but would like advice on the "best" options for reformation. Sky Burials. Orthodox. Crusader Kings is a historical grand strategy / RPG video game series for PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S developed & published by Paradox Interactive. Dawnbreakers is underrated as a way to practice eugenics when combined with meritocracy. Access to Hermetic society (but Hermetics still suffer -10 temple opinion). Once your a blob as the Roman Empire, you can stamp out any realm only with retinues/holy order and need not raise vassal levies, making civilized doctrine kind of useless). Tier 1: No changes here from previous list. The strongest position for the faith is at the 867 bookmark, where the Tibetan Empire has fractured and Bn kings of Guge & -Tsang hold large areas of the Tibetan plateau under their control. D. Nature: If you picked peaceful nature, I suggest you pick Autonomous leadership(since Peaceful doctrine anyway disables GHW). Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Generic Pagan rulers cannot be created with Ruler Designer but there are few events in game which spawn Pagan courtiers to game, which permit granting of titles or education of children. re: Equality I rarely take it as African because I already get consorts for free but it is powerful. Though, Unyielding isnt perfect. Proselytizing allows for faster conversion and you can also try to convert AI leaders with your court chaplain/diviner (or whatever the position is called). Feudal rulers bordering rivers will eventually increase their fort level to the point that Germanic pagans can no longer navigate those rivers. If there is levy size & attack bonus from unreformed religion, levy & garrison bonus from Unyielding nature or offensive bonus of Unrelenting doctrine in the first doctrine slot, it is lost. It is not normally playable (even with Ruler Designer), but can be played using mods or by exploiting loopholes. Reforming also provides access to the full set of feudal succession laws. 2019, Foreign missionaries become more effective, venerate a given ancestor, in a process similar to sainthood, https://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/index.php?title=Pagans&oldid=43605, Play Hierocratic/Autocephalous is also doable but the religious head can be a real moron and not call GHW as soon as it becomes available. The love of battle among these pagans means that rulers incur no relation penalty with their vassals for having troops raised. This gives me some new options to consider. Warmongering: I think most of us are familiar with it, because unreformed Germanics and Tengri have it. Finding one of the few Hellenic characters, and having them educate your child or granting them a title: This page was last edited on 16 August 2022, at 07:19. They keep access to county conquests and raids. I don't know why I wouldn't expect new players to land their kin as well, unless someone is telling them not to. Women can take up to 3 consorts. Generic Paganism and Hellenism, obivously. Defining features in-game: Low-tech non-pagans have very low Supply Limit in Pagan counties. Possibility for a woman to take consorts is disallowed even if other traits should unlock it. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. They also gain access to Great Holy Wars if the Catholics have unlocked Crusades or the Muslims have unlocked Jihads. Please help with verifying or updating older sections of this article.At least some were last verified for version 3.0. Germanic pagans do especially well since they get free ships, can navigate rivers, and are close to prime raiding targets. If a king of a faith stays true to the old ways, and many vassals convert to the new religion, this can cause tremendous upheaval in a nation, and lead to multiple, simultaneous and devastating deep revolts. Also you cannot create warrior lodge. Autonomous leadership also enables four branches: With the new reformation system, some synergies occur which present new abilities or opportunities to characters of this specific reformed religion. No Revolt Risk for different religion in county. I've gained several kingdoms w/o trying to; I was just trying to get their bloodlines in my main line. But you're right, in some situations it's really powerful. The last playable Germanic ruler available is Arnfast of Vsterbotten, who dies in 1309. Also you can give away the title, the best way would probably be as a viceroyalty. Pagans being attacked in a holy war by Christians or Muslims may choose to save their realms and end the war by accepting the faith of the invaders. "IN THEORY" 95% of the time it works every time. Rulers do not receive opinion penalties for raised vassal levies. Which religion is best? You trade some of your offensive/defensive capability for stability, faster conversion, and Great Holy Wars to combat Crusades and Jihads. Medieval Dynasty: How to Make a Rabbit Trap, Medieval Dynasty: Can you become King? A religion's nature determines its attitude toward warfare and religious conversion. Also, as tech advances, rival feudal realms can take advantage to construct better buildings for greater economic and military power. If that bloodline gets passed down it's a great way to boost up prestige in the early reign of your descendants. Women can take up to 3 consorts. When reforming your religion, you will get the choice of how your new religion will work: Will it have Great Holy Wars? Messalianism because it's the single most outlandish religion in the game. To get Yourself venerated not only You need to give away Your temporal title (if You took it), it also makes You want to take some of the more questionable traits like "Craven" for Unyielding. Others have concvinced me that Hellenic is the best overall. Youre all but guaranteed the successor you want, and unlike Open succession you dont have to worry about your AI heir doing stupid things when you land them. Answered, CK2 (Crusader Kings II): Immortality Event ID and Guide, CK2 (Crusader Kings II): Strange Chest Item and Event Results. Penalty to moral authority (-15%) and to mission. AI rulers are less likely to start wars, plots and factions. Totems and Dievas have that good succesion law going for them. Pont Valentr Press J to jump to the feed. You can join the Hermetics (without unpausing) via temporary conversion to an appropriate religion (eg. In addition, all pagan faiths can be reformed. Combined with not paying any penalty for raising their vassals' levies, this means offensive pagans can muster forces far beyond what their technological levels would suggest. Before patch 3.0, Hellenic paganism also fell into this category. You have the pentarchy system, a patriarch if you are king tier or higher, no pope who steals your money, no overpowered crusades and the like etc. This means you may invade territory held by another faith, but still gain the defensive bonus so long as the battle takes place upon land of your faith. Germanic faith is the faith of Scandinavian & Saxon people, worshiping deities like Odin/Wotan. Having a hard time picking between prepared invasions and Meritocracy, either epic land grabs, or being able to designate best heir.. The version without a religious head and Great Holy War becomes a heresy and is called the "Old" version of the religion. I find one of the most boring parts of Pagan games is that theres no other friendly or same religion nations, pagan games often end up just being your country vs the world in holy wars. With bad technology. Temporal rests power with you, and gives you bonuses, and you can . Matrilineal marriages are disabled. Reforming a faith costs 750 piety. This shows another bonus from raiding culture; with the combination of Equality and concubinage, kidnapping male princes also allows for strong claims for heirs on raided lands, and the prestige of having noble male consorts for female rulers. The faith is in a strong position in the 769 start as north Africa is mainly ruled by tiny Muslim realms which can easily be conquered after consolidating your position in the south. Raiding unavailable if culture doesn't allow raiding.Hunting focus is unavailable.Holy wars and great holy wars are unavailable, but county conquest CB is available.Dueling comes with a Piety cost.Cannot create warrior lodge if it does not already exist.AI rulers will not convert provinces. The default succession law for tribal unreformed pagans is elective gavelkind. ), creating negative synergy (though you can combine Unyielding with Animistic but dont cause Animistic is awful). Aztec religion has no special mechanics, having the usual set of Offensive Pagan mechanics. Some Religions (Germanic) keep +30% Levies when they reform and will only loose it through unyielding. This attrition only applies in provinces of the same religion as their ruler, so Germanic pagans won't lower their enemies' supply limits in Slavic territory. Unlocks Raiding if unavailable (eg Hellenic). Pagans can grant themselves divorces at will, but with a significant cash payment for the divorce and a -30 relation penalty to the divorcee's family. By choosing to reform your pagan religion, you will lose all the old advantages such as attrition for enemies and subjugation wars, but gain all the bonuses of a civilized nation. Historically, the pagan faiths were gradually supplanted by Christianity, Islam, Dharmic religions, and Eastern religions, but this does not necessarily happen in the game. By doing a Pagan Reformation, the player decides to change the way their religion works for their CK2 playthrough. All other ideologies are trash. Tax on subjects of different religious group is allowed. Levy size & attack bonus from unreformed Tengri faith will be lost. In 800 CE. Priests cannot marry and cannot inherit. +40% garrison size at county of this religion. Intermarry Eastern group, Zoroastrian group. it isnt meant to be celtic pagan or any pagan religion in particular. Acquiring the faith to begin with requires you to convert religions or use Ruler Designer, and its holy sites are split up between the Italia, Britannia, Spain, Francia, and Maghreb. The principal ability of defensive pagans (Romuva, Slavic, Suomenusko & African) is a tremendous boost in combat when fighting on home ground. Lose piety when at war against faithful.Penalty to Spymaster steal technology. Animistic has same problems as unrelenting, it gives rite of passage event when reaching adulthood which has some flavour. Seers (court chaplains) have a significant penalty to the chance to convert provinces on top of their likely-lower moral authority, and vassals cannot be demanded to convert. Only if I could mark "Helpful" multiple times Is making your concubine who was a "raid-captured daughter of enemy duke" your vassal queen, and then murdering her an exploit? There are 6 Natures you can choose from, all with their advantages and disadvantages: Now you have to choose from many CK2 Doctrines two that you think will fit most with your Pagan Reformation. First two cancel themselves if they are picked together. The Short Reign penalty is reduced to merely double the normal amount for Germanic pagans among the same Germanic faith, but Old Germanic pagans will have the full -45 penalty in addition to the heretic penalty. However, the religion's holy sites are scattered far and wide making reformation very hard. Sometimes simple solutions are the best. Prisoners of different religions can be sacrificed for Piety. Pagans may fight back in the name of the old gods, and even seek to eliminate the monotheists from Europe. Sorry for the confusion. "Offensive" pagans get a bonus to their levy size (+30% levy size for Germanic, for example). AI rulers will try to convert their provinces. Partially redundant with Sea-Bound doctrine. As for best leadership, it depends. Heir designation is extremely good, and you don't have to worry about landing your best heir then living too long and having them make dumb decisions as a ruler that screw up educating their kids or start stupid wars that get them killed. AI looters prefer coastal counties. Germanic rulers lose their retinue size bonus and now get penalties for raised levies like other rulers. Diviner read signs before a war to try to improve troop morale. Enatic law is enforced, open succession law is unlocked. You are using an out of date browser. No penalty for female rulers. (Such as reconquering Slavic lands as a Slav from Christians.) The reformed Pagan religions are usually pretty nice. True, but I wanted to avoid cheese/gamey mechanics when making this tierlist. This allows defensive pagans to defeat enemy armies twice their size with ease. With Divine Marriage and Hierocratic leader as a vassal, you can repeatedly divorce and marry the same close relative, each time gaining free money or prestige, and piety. The faith is widespread in early starting dates, and some of the realms, such as Croatia, are already feudal rather than tribal. The other pagan faiths have a duke-level religious leader who becomes a vassal of the reforming ruler, similar to the Orthodox religion's patriarch. Thread starter Mr. Moonlight; Start date Sep 13, . Sometimes simple solutions are the best. Hellenic Paganism : A. Unyielding is a must for small Pagan surrounded by powerful Abrahamic realms. For the reference https://ck2.paradoxwikis.com/Pagans#Reformation, Nature: Two tiers here. I feel it is a waste of slot and good for role play only. AI rulers will only convert same-group provinces. Kiev in 769 is notably a start whose default ruler, Dobrava Turov, is a woman. JavaScript is disabled. Havent seen many posts about reforming the Bon religion. Disagree. However, the longer the faith goes unreformed, the weaker it becomes. Funny thing about equality is that you can give consorts to your wife hehe. Zun can also be reformed like other pagan faiths. Depending on the spread of the faith before reformation, heresy may or may not become a major issue. Romuva does not disappear from the world at any starting date, but will eventually be pushed back by Christians. What, in your opinion, is the best aim training? Holy sites: Djimi, Draa, Gao, Kano and Wagadu. Low MA will hurt you bad tho unless you're in middle east. Anyway, good list and I have to say I agree on most of the points! Diviner read signs before a war to try to improve troop morale. AI rulers are less likely to start wars, plots and factions. 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