I'am also have suggestion add more flavour events for Pagan Emperors, such as restoring Altar of Victory, renew Olympics, rebuild Serapeum in Alexandria.
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For the Eranshahr government? Sure, if you share them we can take a look.
Pagan emperors as in Hellenic emperors of the Roman Empire, I presume. Honestly there is already a lot of flavour as it stands for a not so plausible scenario which happens very rarely, and which has gotten a lot of attention both in ACR and vanilla, so I'm personally not going to spend any time on that, but if anyone else wants to release a sub-mod with even more or contribute they can naturally do that. You could perhaps consider a common decision to reestablish all Hellenic cults and practices which could cover both the Olympics (which to my knowledge not even Julian attempted to restore) and the Altar of Victory. But I still think the issue is that in 476 it is a big challenge to go back to Hellenism, largely because it is in terminal decline and that it had little influence. Therefore priority goes to more plausible scenarios. That being said, these are good ideas, but they would be more plausible when the mod starts in 395.
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Many of the minor honorary titles can be given by WRE emperor only for landless courtiers, and this is usually makes no sense. So, i propose you add possibility give these titles for all vassals.
And how about changing traits of the Hispanic usurper Burdunellus? He have a content trait ( this is was making to prevent rebellion most of vassals against Visigothic king ). But historically Burdunellus revolted against them.
It is intended for historical reasons. The list is too long to go through them one by one, but that is the reasoning.
Makes sense, that should indeed be changed.
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus and Boethius deserve some traits. I propose add Mastermind Theologian or Grey Eminence, scholar or poet (or both), just, erudite and genius for Boethius, roman nostalgia, grey eminence, quick and gregarious for Quintus Aurelius Symmachus.
Yes, we should add those, but I think it is either poet or scholar, not both.
As far as I understand, you did not give the romans their historical lands in southern Gaul because these lands not de-jure part of e_italia. Branch of the Ennodii family (children and grandchildren of african proconsul Felix) have claim on Aquae Sextiae. I propose give Aquae Sextiae to Camillus, senior member of this branch, and through this represent roman presence in the area at 476 bookmark.
Under ''historical lands'' i meant Provence, which historically was owned by Western Roman empire in this time. Odoacer transferred Provence to visigoths in 477.
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I suggest to create more decisions that grant bloodlines like those of Rome and the Mongols, and here a few ideas: Egyptian Kingdom/Empire (requirements vary on size), Carthaginian Empire Hannibal Reborn, "Seleucid" Empire (Greco-Persian ruling e_persia or something like that), World Conquerer (conquered every province), Pendragon Bloodline, Reincarnation of Attila (reforming the Hunnic Empire), Assyrian Empire creator. Those are just ideas i had you may implement them as you wish i just thought those would be awesome to have.
Please add Julian the Apostate to the title history of The Hellenic Pontificate.
It might seem unimportant but consider that a resurgent Hellenic religion would probably paint him as some great Hero fighting the evils of the Gallileans.
It might seem unimportant but consider that a resurgent Hellenic religion would probably paint him as some great Hero fighting the evils of the Gallileans.
I saw from a distance what happened with the WRE (since Romulus managed to keep) and the ERE from afar, I realized that they do not usually give the titles of viceroys in addition, in the case of the ERE, since it is with more territories, the Emperor did not give back the viceroys who went to him when the governors died, he kept the titles, and this causes many problems, he usually gives to someone but as a normal title and not as viceroy, how to implement a system similar to the HIP of the Byzantine Empire? With the imperial administration where the player and the AI can only give viceroy titles and when a viceroy dies appears events suggesting to who give the viceroy, to the heir, another viceroy, some minor duke and so on.
I have a couple of suggestions for more realistic Roman provinces, I hope a couple of them will be implemented in the 1.0 version of the mod 
-Pannonia should have the two counties South of the Danube which are currently de jure part of Dacia since the Roman limes was located at the Danube and a resurgent Roman empire would have surely reclaimed them. A new duchy called "Pannonia Valeria" could be created to facilitate that. Also I noticed that there's two counties in the game named Gorsium within Pannonia, so renaming the Northern one into Aquincum would make sense imo, since it was a large Roman settlement in the area.
-Moesia inferior should not be able to be conquered via the Roman reconquest CB, since it leads to the ERE expanding further North than it naturally would. Instead the parts of the kingdom South of the Danube could be given to the kingdom of Thrace, and the remaining parts made into a new kingdom not connected to the Roman empire (possibly Sklaveni?). The name Moesia Inferior could still be used as a duchy level title within the kingdom of Thrace.
-Taurica should not be a de jure part of the ERE, since it also leads to the ERE expanding too far into the steppes. The Southern half of the Crimean peninsula (Cherson) could potentially be de jure part of Pontus, or the entire kingdom could be a de jure part of the Empire of Scythia, I'm not too sure which would be better in this case.
-Colchis should be a de jure part of the Empire of Armenia instead of the ERE, since it was never an integral long term part of the Roman empire, and Roman control in the area was tenous at the best of times. Also it inevitably leads to the ERE swallowing up potentially interesting Georgian Zoroatrian and Armazi starts, which could easily be avoided.
-Pontus should be expanded Southwards and include the kingdom of Galatia and the Westernmost duchy of Armenia (I sadly forgot the exact name, I think Coloneia?) as de jure parts, since that was the state of the province in late Antiquity. Also it would make the borders a lot smoother in the area.
-Oriens should include the duchy of Arabia Magna as a de jure part, both to make the borders smoother, more historically accurate and prevent Sassanid de jure claim attacks over traditionally Roman territory. Possibly the kingdom of Cilicia could be integrated into Oriens as well, since it historically was part of it, but it might make Oriens too powerful, so I'm unsure if it should be done.
-Achaea should be integrated into Macedonia, since it was part of Macedonia during late Antiquity. Also the island of Crete could be added to Macedonia for the same reason.
-Egypt's de jure borders should be expanded Southwards to include the cities of Syrene and Berenice, which were historically part of Roman Egypt.
-Tripolitania should be split into new, smaller counties along the Mediterranean coastline (in the same style as the two current Vandal counties in Tripolitania) and large desert counties in the hinterland. The kingdom should be devided between Africa who will be getting the coastline and Garamantia, who will be getting the hinterland. This would reflect historical control of the coastline better. The coastline could be made into a new duchy named Tripolitania.
-The kingdoms of Brittany and Burgundy should be made de jure parts of Lugdunensis, since they both contain only one duchy and are also historically tied to the region.
-The last one may be rather small, but would nonetheless make the mod better: The border of England could be pushed slightly further South to the historical location of Hadrian's wall along the river Tyne. The land to the North could be made into a new duchy of Caledonia, so players who wish to give England its modern borders can do so.
I hope you like my suggestions and of course I'd love to see some of them in the mod some day! Keep up the good work, definitely the best CK2 mod out there.
-Pannonia should have the two counties South of the Danube which are currently de jure part of Dacia since the Roman limes was located at the Danube and a resurgent Roman empire would have surely reclaimed them. A new duchy called "Pannonia Valeria" could be created to facilitate that. Also I noticed that there's two counties in the game named Gorsium within Pannonia, so renaming the Northern one into Aquincum would make sense imo, since it was a large Roman settlement in the area.
-Moesia inferior should not be able to be conquered via the Roman reconquest CB, since it leads to the ERE expanding further North than it naturally would. Instead the parts of the kingdom South of the Danube could be given to the kingdom of Thrace, and the remaining parts made into a new kingdom not connected to the Roman empire (possibly Sklaveni?). The name Moesia Inferior could still be used as a duchy level title within the kingdom of Thrace.
-Taurica should not be a de jure part of the ERE, since it also leads to the ERE expanding too far into the steppes. The Southern half of the Crimean peninsula (Cherson) could potentially be de jure part of Pontus, or the entire kingdom could be a de jure part of the Empire of Scythia, I'm not too sure which would be better in this case.
-Colchis should be a de jure part of the Empire of Armenia instead of the ERE, since it was never an integral long term part of the Roman empire, and Roman control in the area was tenous at the best of times. Also it inevitably leads to the ERE swallowing up potentially interesting Georgian Zoroatrian and Armazi starts, which could easily be avoided.
-Pontus should be expanded Southwards and include the kingdom of Galatia and the Westernmost duchy of Armenia (I sadly forgot the exact name, I think Coloneia?) as de jure parts, since that was the state of the province in late Antiquity. Also it would make the borders a lot smoother in the area.
-Oriens should include the duchy of Arabia Magna as a de jure part, both to make the borders smoother, more historically accurate and prevent Sassanid de jure claim attacks over traditionally Roman territory. Possibly the kingdom of Cilicia could be integrated into Oriens as well, since it historically was part of it, but it might make Oriens too powerful, so I'm unsure if it should be done.
-Achaea should be integrated into Macedonia, since it was part of Macedonia during late Antiquity. Also the island of Crete could be added to Macedonia for the same reason.
-Egypt's de jure borders should be expanded Southwards to include the cities of Syrene and Berenice, which were historically part of Roman Egypt.
-Tripolitania should be split into new, smaller counties along the Mediterranean coastline (in the same style as the two current Vandal counties in Tripolitania) and large desert counties in the hinterland. The kingdom should be devided between Africa who will be getting the coastline and Garamantia, who will be getting the hinterland. This would reflect historical control of the coastline better. The coastline could be made into a new duchy named Tripolitania.
-The kingdoms of Brittany and Burgundy should be made de jure parts of Lugdunensis, since they both contain only one duchy and are also historically tied to the region.
-The last one may be rather small, but would nonetheless make the mod better: The border of England could be pushed slightly further South to the historical location of Hadrian's wall along the river Tyne. The land to the North could be made into a new duchy of Caledonia, so players who wish to give England its modern borders can do so.
I hope you like my suggestions and of course I'd love to see some of them in the mod some day! Keep up the good work, definitely the best CK2 mod out there.
I'm currently mulling over the ingame pagans trying to find out what can be done for the unique Reformation and I've ran into something interesting.
Zalmoxism is so damn esoteric and so little is known about it that people aren't even sure if he was a prophet or a god or even all alone in a pantheon. Since we can't go by historical records as to what could have happened, I'm thinking some liberties could be taken. In particular, I'm thinking Zalmoxism could reform into a monotheistic faith, and that the special doctrine reflects this with a bizarre combination of the syncretic ethic and a standalone boost to proselyting power or moral authority.
I'm also thinking about Cybelians. Do they exist as a separate type of paganism from Hellenic? If they did, I feel like a doctrine that took their extreme reverence for "Motherhood" and combined equality with an eldership succession that (if possible!) only elderly eunuchs and elderly women with children are allowed to vote on. Call it "Cybelene Elective" or something and have interesting voter desires like "I like his children++" "Is a relative of a Galli+" "I trust the chosen successor of a Galli King+++". Also, like, as an aside, disallow temporal succession for Cybelenes because in order to lead the priesthood you would have to be a eunuch (or a woman if the unique doctrine is taken) making it impossible for the title to last more than one or two generations.
I also really wish the Hypsistarians had more flavor, as an aside comment. Honestly I have no idea what could be done to them, though.
Zalmoxism is so damn esoteric and so little is known about it that people aren't even sure if he was a prophet or a god or even all alone in a pantheon. Since we can't go by historical records as to what could have happened, I'm thinking some liberties could be taken. In particular, I'm thinking Zalmoxism could reform into a monotheistic faith, and that the special doctrine reflects this with a bizarre combination of the syncretic ethic and a standalone boost to proselyting power or moral authority.
I'm also thinking about Cybelians. Do they exist as a separate type of paganism from Hellenic? If they did, I feel like a doctrine that took their extreme reverence for "Motherhood" and combined equality with an eldership succession that (if possible!) only elderly eunuchs and elderly women with children are allowed to vote on. Call it "Cybelene Elective" or something and have interesting voter desires like "I like his children++" "Is a relative of a Galli+" "I trust the chosen successor of a Galli King+++". Also, like, as an aside, disallow temporal succession for Cybelenes because in order to lead the priesthood you would have to be a eunuch (or a woman if the unique doctrine is taken) making it impossible for the title to last more than one or two generations.
I also really wish the Hypsistarians had more flavor, as an aside comment. Honestly I have no idea what could be done to them, though.
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Cybelians were just an additional cult in the vast number of cults that encompassed Hellenic polytheism. If you're interested the Hymn to Magna Mater written by Emperor Julian is one of the best sources on this matter. Also, with regards to Zalmoxism, I wouldn't think that it would be monotheistic; it would be a henotheistic cult in the broader Dacian and or Thracian context because monotheism was pretty rare at that time and place.
I'm fairly certain that Cybelenes are represented in game as a heresy of Hellenic or as a separate religion, iirc. That's why I figured it would be interesting to use it as is and make it do potentially interesting things with the pagan Reformation mechanic.
Also with Zalmoxism, I'm mainly trying to figure out what exactly would make for a good reform doctrine. If it's henotheistic then it would make less sense for the moral authority boost as a reform doctrine. Something that should be pointed out is the fact that Zalmoxism is an almost dead religion belonging to the almost dead culture that is the dacians at game start. So I would imagine they would benefit from some mildly powerful reforms just like how Hellenic is in vanilla.
Maybe a reform doctrine that implies syncretization with Turkish and Gothic faiths and Arianism? Mechanically I can say without a doubt that a reformed Zalmoxism should have syncretic as one of its key traits, but you can't have a unique doctrine that only has one trait
For your information, Cybelian is a Hellenic heresy, and Hellenism starts out as pre-reformed.
Well dang there that suggestion goes right down the late-classical era latrine.
I really wish I could help more, but when it comes to the specifics of these beliefs my knowledge is kaput. It's especially frustrating because Semitic, Solar African, Sarmatian, and Tamazight all desperately need more flavor and at the very least a unique doctrine would be satisfying.
I think I'll go looking for info on historical non-Roman sun worship to see where I can take Solar African. I think there may actually be a few Berberic tribes alive today that still follow a paganism akin the Tamazight, so that would be a good start there. As for Semitic, maybe *they* would be better suited for a base moral authority boost under the claim of being "The Fathers of Abraham". Finally, I know absolutely nothing about the Sarmatians aside from the fact that I wish they survived to the modern era so we could have the bizarre situation of an isolated Iranian language just kinda existing in Austria.
I really wish I could help more, but when it comes to the specifics of these beliefs my knowledge is kaput. It's especially frustrating because Semitic, Solar African, Sarmatian, and Tamazight all desperately need more flavor and at the very least a unique doctrine would be satisfying.
I think I'll go looking for info on historical non-Roman sun worship to see where I can take Solar African. I think there may actually be a few Berberic tribes alive today that still follow a paganism akin the Tamazight, so that would be a good start there. As for Semitic, maybe *they* would be better suited for a base moral authority boost under the claim of being "The Fathers of Abraham". Finally, I know absolutely nothing about the Sarmatians aside from the fact that I wish they survived to the modern era so we could have the bizarre situation of an isolated Iranian language just kinda existing in Austria.
One very minor thing, but switching Hellenism's UI to that of the Middle-Eastern, Hexagonal Paganism, just having it with the barbarian round shields or the Christian squares seems odd.
Also separating out types of Pagan might be a good idea, since atm when colitions form you get Gamamties and the Angles in the same one which makes no sense.
Also separating out types of Pagan might be a good idea, since atm when colitions form you get Gamamties and the Angles in the same one which makes no sense.