I wanna be a peasant in Crusader Kings 3.

[Revshawn]

I know I'm gonna get all of these complaints such as: "How is that fun gameplay?" I don't care. I wanna be a peasant. I wanna grow my crops and battle the elements through a good harvest season or a bad season and receive gold as a result to reinvest into better quality pitchforks. I want to be drafted by the local rulers into a levy in times of war and have a kill counter. I want to be a veteran of war and eventually become a advanced troop type, a general, or a knight and if I survive long enough, be rewarded by my good work from the Monarch and receive a baron or a county of my very own. I want to be the lover of the local duchess, whom cheats on her husband for me because her husband is small where it counts.

Forget making baronies playable, I wanna start from the damn dirt. The absolute bottom of medieval society. I want to look at that little Sims picture and see a single masculine figure, heroically holding his pitchfork and wearing a linen coif to protect my bald middle-aged head from the sun. Raising bands of other peasants to defend our lands from raiders like the historical Russian Tsar Ivaylo did to defend his cabbages from the Golden Horde. Crusader Kings 3 is supposed to be focused around characters right? A peasant is a character! Therefore you should be able to play as a peasant. No excuses!

That is all.

Seriously though. Playing as a peasant in a Crusader Kings 3. Get drafted into a levy. Now you're on a Crusade. Now you're a count in Antioch because you did a lot of heroic things in the Crusade and most of the nobility died in the war so your King started drawing from his military ranks.

Cmon now. Don't tell me that wouldn't be fun!

 

[Antoine]

There's a mod to play unlanded characters in CK2, there'll likely be one in CK3 (and also allowing to play barons), but don't expect the devs to include this possibility as it's just not what the game is about.

 

[Orkonkel]

This wouldn't be fun

 

[Woifee]

Sure, but this kind of thing wouldn’t fit into CK2. This would be an RPG without magic and stuff.

 

[Revshawn]

This wouldn't be fun

I shall save up my profits for the next five harvests so I can stab you with an advanced pitchfork of reckoning +2.

 

[Heiliges Thüringens Reich]

Nah

 

[CaptinObvious]

Stardew Valley?

 

[Ultima_Ratio]

Mount & Blade is your friend.

 

[Antediluvian Monster]

You can play as a farmer in late iron age (1000-1200 AD) not-Finland in this classic roguelike: http://www.unrealworld.fi

Erm, there is no way to upgrade pitchfork for there is no pitchfork. But you can upgrade your shovel and grainflail. You also can't be drafted by your lord since there are no lords, but you can gather a company of fellow braves and go fight the not-Russians. And trap lynxes and then sell their furs for an expensive mail coat.

 

[randomgamer71]

Stardew Valley?

A medieval Stardew Valley would be cool.

 

[Revshawn]

Mount & Blade is your friend.

You're damn right friend. I've been playing the Bannerlord beta for the past two weeks. Has been pretty legendary. But honestly, being a normal soldier in a Lord's army in Mount and Blade Warband and getting promotions/demotions have been some of the best fun I've had in that game. It's a great way to start that game out!

You can play as a farmer in late iron age (1000-1200 AD) not-Finland in this classic roguelike: http://www.unrealworld.fi

Erm, there is no way to upgrade pitchfork for there is no pitchfork. But you can upgrade your shovel and grainflail. You also can't be drafted by your lord since there are no lords, but you can gather a company of fellow braves and go fight the not-Russians. And trap lynxes and then sell their furs for an expensive mail coat.

Hmm. Interesting! I'll check it out.

 

[prismaticmarcus]

I shall save up my profits for the next five harvests so I can stab you with an advanced pitchfork of reckoning +2

they're miles away. you'll die of the flu before you can make it there

 

[fall back]

This isn’t for ck3 but I think that moders could make it but it would be better suited as its own thing m&b is the closest thing that exists to this

 

[Ezumiyr]

I think that moders could make it

Make what?
Playing a peasant in CK3 would be boring no matter what.
This game is focused on characters, yes, but characters belonging to dynasties of rulers.

Playing a landless courtier or adventurer is something I can imagine in a CK game.
A peasant... would have absolutely nothing to do. And even if something happens to you, like being enrolled for a war, you would just die and survive just to return to doing nothing.

 

[guinea prince]

Ngl, it'd be a fun concept. Wouldn't fit with the mechanics of CK, but I can see a new "be peasant, till dirt, raise Learning to 1, be conscripted" game being enjoyable.

 

[TheFeudalBavarian]

you can play stardew valley or kingdom come deliverance.....

 

[LukeCreed13]

I already imagine the monthly stats.
Monthly income: +0.001 (placeholder of course, any expert feel free to correct and tell us the equivalent of what a peasant got each month)
Monthly prestige: +0.0 of course, you're a peasant after all. Event prestige though, that's another thing.
Monthly piety: depends entirely on traits and events, no churches to build, no Pope to become friendly with afterall

 

[mrinku]

I appreciate the sentiment, but it won't happen from Paradox.

But I also agree that it could be an interesting game, using the CK2 framework. A LOT of work to mod it down to that level, though, as the bulk of the game events won't be appropriate and new, third estate suitable ones will need to be written. Peasants still have most of the relationship stuff that nobles do, though.

 

[Alex|zander]

Sounds good. I could rally my fellow exploited peasants to overthrow the baron, then I could rally the the barons to overthrow the duke, then I could rally the dukes to overthrow the King and establish Communism in my realm.

 

[Denkt]

There was a few peasants that rose in the ranks to the level they would be represented as characters in CK3 but these was quite rare and since the game is about dynasties it would be kind of hard to play as a former peasant since you would need to start as that character.