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Tinto Flavour #18 - 16th of May 2025

Hello, and welcome one more week to Tinto Flavour, the happy Tuesdays & Fridays in which we take a look at the content of Europa Universalis V!

Today, we will be taking a look at the flavour content for the Sultanate of Delhi, the most powerful Indian country in 1337 - but not without a few curveballs to tackle. Let’ start without further ado:

A series of swift and legendary conquests in the last century gave birth to our great Sultanate of Delhi. With territories under our jurisdiction that span from Deccan to the fertile fields of Lahore, none other has dared measure up to the prestige and status of our accomplishments.

However, it has become apparent that we have overextended our authority across such a big Sultanate that it is nowadays quite difficult to control. Our enemies are many, and they covet to undo our great heritage. To the east, our subjects in Bengal have started questioning their masters, while our southern territories have long disputed our hold over them. And the Hindu countries of Southern India may further entrench their resistance to our rule, led by the rising power of Vijayanagar.

We trust the guidance of Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq, whose watchful eye may safeguard our lands and prevent our downfall...
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Country Selection.png

As usual, all UI, 2D and 3D are WIP.

Delhi.png

Delhi Subjects.png

Delhi Diplomacy.png

The starting situation of Delhi. There’s a bug with the coloring of subjects of subjects, but Gaur has a subject itself, Taraf.​

This is the starting Government setup content for Delhi, and other Indian Muslim Sultanates, as well:
Delhi Estates.png


Reform Indian Sultanate.png

Mamluk Barracks.png

Reform Taluqdar Nobility.png

Taluqdar.png


Dharmic Dhimmi Communities.png

Protected Faith.png

The last one was already shown, but it’s super important for Delhi’s starting setup, as only 2% of its pops are Sunni, the state religion, as shown in the Country Selection screenshot.​

Related to this, a tab that we usually don’t show, the Rebels one, as it’s also quite relevant to Delhi’s start:
Rebels.png

This is not final, but gives an idea that managing Delhi at the start may not be easy…​

Delhi also starts with a Work of Art:
Qutb Minar.png

And here are some of its advances:
Advances Origin of Hindustani.png

Advances Indo-Persian Culture.png

Advances Turkic Conqueror Roots.png

Advances Reintegrate Provinces.png

Advances Afghan Nobility.png

Delhi’s advances are quite interesting - the country will need those modifiers…​

But the most interesting for Delhi is its narrative content, because soon after the game starts, a situation will pop up, ‘The Fall of Delhi’:
Fall of Delhi1.png

Fall of Delhi2.png

Fall of Delhi3.png

Fall of Delhi4.png

Fall of Delhi5.png

Fall of Delhi6.png

Fall of Delhi Share of Power.png

Fall of Delhi Panel.png

So, when the situation is active, several events may trigger, which may influence the ‘Share of Power’ of the situation:
Fall of Delhi7.png

Fall of Delhi8.png

This modifier scales based on how many countries support the Opposing side.​

This might end up being the situation some months after it starts, if the player is not careful enough:
Fall of Delhi9.png

The situation may last for years, even decades, creating a very challenging gameplay for Delhi, with even more events popping up:
The Mad Sultan.png


Habshi.png

Habshi2.png

The end requirements of the situation are the following, with different possibilities:
Fall of Delhi End Requirements.png

One of them is a disaster that may trigger to Delhi, making the situation even worst:
Dissolution of Delhi.png

Dissolution of Delhi2.png

Dissolution of Delhi3.png

While this disaster is active, some historical revolters may appear: the Bahmanis, Malwa, Gujarat, or Jaunpur. The player can choose to either keep playing as Delhi or to start playing with one of them.

Besides that, Delhi has dozens of other non-Situation, non-Disaster related events, such as:
The Old Seat of the Sultanate.png


Ghulaman.png

Tughlaq Salves.png


Hisar e Firuza.png

… And much more, but that’s all for today! This will be the schedule for next week:
  • Monday -> Tinto Maps Feedback about India
  • Tuesday -> Tinto Flavour about Sweden, hosted by @Johan
  • Wednesday -> Tinto Talks about Unit Graphics, hosted by @SaintDaveUK
  • Thursday -> Second ‘Behind the Scenes’ video!
  • Friday -> Tinto Flavour about Muscovy/Russia
Cheers!
 
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Delhi is a fun nation and this looks fun to play both trying to keep it around it and rebelling against it.

1.) I wonder if Muhammad's reforms can work out with luck, paitence, and skill? as he was mad but a number of his ideas weren't bad in principal. just in how they were implemented and enforced.

2.) Anything about Sufism? Sufism was a big thing for many indian muslim rulers. Will some of the various sufi saints be characters that can pop up. the Chishti Order in particular got a lot of royal patronage by the sultanate of delhi and later the mughals.

3.) Will Ibn Battua show up? he famously stayed in Mahummad's court and even worked IIRC as a qadi for the sultan for a while.
 
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Could you post a map of an example of how India might end up looking after Delhi falls?
 
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I mean, survive the initial disaster and you're on track for a world conquest? I didn't know Delhi was this big. Learn something new every day thanks to Paradox!
 
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Can Dehli become an Empire(tier 4) from the start? I mean they are the second biggest country on the planet with more than 40M pops, what's stopping them to rank up before the situation triggers?
If they can then might as well having them start with an Empire rank, it shouldn't be a problem since it was known as the Empire of Dehli/Hindustan by the people of the time, this is also the reason why I think that having Hindustan being a separate tag is weird
 
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How do scaled modifiers like the Opposers Interference work?
 
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Ollfardh said:
I mean, survive the initial disaster and you're on track for a world conquest? I didn't know Delhi was this big. Learn something new every day thanks to Paradox!
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en.wikipedia.org

Tughlaq dynasty - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

It was very big yes, albeit short-lived like many other empires of the past. I hope there will be some kind of dynamic mechanic so any potential large empires that happen during the game can get potential generic dissolution disasters too.
 
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We get EU5 things every day of the week now!?!? Does life get better than this? Is the speed of announcements indicative of potentially another large announcement in the near future? Involving some type of date perhaps?
 
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SlothEmperor said:
Sorry to be that guy that posts about another thread, but are you planning any changes to Sikhi following Wednesday's tinto talks? There are some important changes that need to happen there and it would be comforting to know that you guys are on it.

Portraying major religious figures like the Gurus is not something paradox have had to do before (there is no Jesus, Muhammed, Buddha etc. in any paradox game) so I hope you are taking this responsibility with as much care and respect as you can.
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We read and evaluate all the feedback we receive in any Tinto Talks, Tinto Maps, or Tinto Flavour post; so we might make tweaks and changes based on it, yes. We also like to handle issues like this carefully, so I can't give you a 'we'll do XYZ' reply to this yet, only that we will consider it.
 
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