Can you be a prophet or a preacher?

[Carlux]

Can you play as a landless character and be a prophet or a preacher of a religion?

I would like to be a landless character born in Europe and travel to Northern Europe to preach Catholicism.

 

[Hope and Piece]

I believe there is a near perfect match for your request.
An adventurer that qualifies can take the "The <faith> path" if they qualify.
Requiring the theologian Trait and Paragon level of devotion while being at a holy site of your faith.
Doing so allows you to attempt to spread your religion (the locals and rules may not appreciate you though)

 

[ShepherdOfCats]

The decision has one critical requirement though. You have to start at a holy site of your faith, ruled by a ruler of your faith, and the county has to follow your faith.

However, the perk that lets you convert rulers has some kind of funny options.

I was of course, Hellenic, so, to convince rulers, I could "speak in Hermes's tongue" (causes severe stress to paranoid characters) or "Demonstrate Zeus's wealth." (throw gold at them)

And the fact that I was using this on Catholic rulers who would almost certainly not be convinced by the preachings of a dead religion . . . just had me chuckling whenever I did it. It's like the pope woke up the next morning and 2/3's of his realm had converted.

 

[NGC224]

Can you play as a landless character and be a prophet or a preacher of a religion?

I would like to be a landless character born in Europe and travel to Northern Europe to preach Catholicism.

Yeah, I did this. Out of morbid curiosity converted most of India, parts of Persia, the Christian part of Spain, England and Ireland into what's essentially a "Christianity for the modern audiences". Attempts to convert the Byzantine Empire and France failed. The strategy is as follows:

- Go Scholar, Theologian perk tree. Amass piety and prestige by doing contracts, collect hooks on kings.
- Found a religion of your choice (or don't, if you're going with an existing one).
- Pick a base realm you're going to operate from (should contain a Holy Site of your faith).
- Convert ruler. If the holy site is under a lower level vassal, convert the whole ladder from the top down.
- Wait for the county to flip, this can take up to a couple decades. While waiting, attempt to convert any "low hanging fruit" available.
- When the holy site county flips, head there and begin your "Path of Ascension". First, consolidate your base by converting the entire realm to ensure that the king you converted earlier won't be replaced by a heathen heir. Then, expand - venture forth and preach

I managed to hit the gold when a Ghaznavid conqueror converted. He ruled most of today's Iran and Pakistan with an iron fist and was quite long-lived. It ensured that most of his vassals were forced to convert too, and it was kind of a positive feedback loop from there.

 

[Pendables]

I tried a game like that when RtP first released but it felt more like using console commands to make the AI convert than being a preacher.

 

[Carlux]

Yeah, I did this. Out of morbid curiosity converted most of India, parts of Persia, the Christian part of Spain, England and Ireland into what's essentially a "Christianity for the modern audiences". Attempts to convert the Byzantine Empire and France failed. The strategy is as follows:

- Go Scholar, Theologian perk tree. Amass piety and prestige by doing contracts, collect hooks on kings.
- Found a religion of your choice (or don't, if you're going with an existing one).
- Pick a base realm you're going to operate from (should contain a Holy Site of your faith).
- Convert ruler. If the holy site is under a lower level vassal, convert the whole ladder from the top down.
- Wait for the county to flip, this can take up to a couple decades. While waiting, attempt to convert any "low hanging fruit" available.
- When the holy site county flips, head there and begin your "Path of Ascension". First, consolidate your base by converting the entire realm to ensure that the king you converted earlier won't be replaced by a heathen heir. Then, expand - venture forth and preach

I managed to hit the gold when a Ghaznavid conqueror converted. He ruled most of today's Iran and Pakistan with an iron fist and was quite long-lived. It ensured that most of his vassals were forced to convert too, and it was kind of a positive feedback loop from there.

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Can you create/modify a religion as a landless character?

 

[NGC224]

Can you create/modify a religion as a landless character?

Yes, you can.

 

[megamanx06]

Can you create/modify a religion as a landless character?

To clarify, anyone can create a new faith with enough piety, but there is no way to modify an existing faith. So if you want to be an actual Catholic, you're stuck with the existing version.
(Though with Catholicism specifically, there is still a way to keep the pope as your head of faith when you create a new custom faith)
Edit: Also there is no way to move holy sites. New faiths will keep the holy sites of the old faith it is based on