[MOD] The Dragonkin Secret Society

[Kilkakon]

The Dragonkin is a society mod for Crusader Kings 2. A secret society; those who join wish to embrace their draconic heritage and transform into real dragons! The society grants several powerful boons: themed around draconic relics, hoarding gold and dragon culture.

According to legend, dragons once roamed the earth long ago. They were terrible creatures, bringing fire and ruin to all that opposed them. Such beasts no longer exist today, yet some claim to have ancestry tied to these ancient dragons. Could it be true? There are whispers of a community of draconic descendants who seek to fulfil their heritage. When dragons roam the Earth again, will they bring life or destruction?

Features

• Amass a treasure hoard and hidden vault!
• Hunt down and find ancient draconic relics!
• Unlock dragon abilities such as fiery breath and dragon heart!
• Transform into a dragon and enforce draconic rule over the peasants!

Spoiler: Screenshots

Spoiler: Missions

• Amass Wealth: Collect 500 gold to get the greedy trait (or stewardship if already greedy) and some Resolve
• Pick Intrigue Focus: Switch to Intrigue to get some Resolve
• Induct Descendant: A rare mission that allows you to attempt to induct a descendant into the society
• Resist Evil: Rarely offered unless necessary, an opportunity to use the Resist Evil ability and get some Resolve
• Decipher Secrets: An event chain mission, similar to Studying the Stars
• Embrace True Form: Transform into a Dragon!

Spoiler: Powers

Secretkeeper

• Search for Draconic Artifact: Enables the decision to search for a draconic artifact, in exchange for Resolve. Chances of success and failure vary depending on the amount of Resolve invested. Characters of Dragon culture can discover additional artifacts.
• Construct Hidden Vault: Enables right-clicking any Castle holdings you own to increase their gold income for fifty years, in exchange for Resolve.
• Resist Evil: Enables the decision to go into seclusion for a short time to remove negative traits.

Draconian

• Unlock Dragon's Breath: Enables right-clicking on your character's portrait, in order to gain a special Commander trait, in exchange for Resolve.
• Unlock Dragonheart: Enables right-clicking on your character's portrait, in order to gain a powerful character modifier, in exchange for Resolve.

Dragon

• Burn Dragon Incense: Enables right-clicking on your character's portrait, in order to gain Martial, Intrigue, Learning or Fertility, in exchange for Resolve. Chances of side effects scale with Intrigue.
• True Form: Upon reaching rank 3, your next mission will allow you to transform into a dragon.

Dungeon Master/Matriarch

• Enforce Dragon Culture: Enables right-clicking the title shield of a county to convert the local population to Dragon culture.
• Remove Lawless Presence: Enables right-clicking the title shield of a Dragon culture province to remove negative modifiers.

Installation Links

• Subscribe to the mod on the Steam Workshop
• or Download from Kilkakon.com

Acknowledgements

• City graphics from Heroes of Might & Magic 3
• Dragon logo by unknown artist
• Other assets from Crusader Kings 2, with adjustments by Kilkakon as needed
• Big thanks to Maal for the template I used to create this society

Videos

I've started up an LP to show off the new features, as well as have some fun with Iron Century! Daily uploads until it's done. Naturally it'll take a while to show off everything but hope you'll enjoy it all the same.

Feel free to discuss the mod on my Discord Server if you have feedback or questions.

 

[Truewhit]

I was always curious why no one has made a society mod where you turn into a monster like a vampire or unicorn or whatever. Good job!

 

[Kilkakon]

I was always curious why no one has made a society mod where you turn into a monster like a vampire or unicorn or whatever. Good job!

Thank you! Yeah it was a fun concept for me to work on, plus I wanted to make sure the society a practical alternative to the usual Hermetic/Warrior Lodge options.

 

[Arko]

a nice way to bring in animal races into the game!

 

[FranzWersmith]

Thanks for the Creative Mod.
Icing on the already lovely Cake would be: Dynamic Dragon Portraits.

 

[Kilkakon]

Thanks for the Creative Mod.
Icing on the already lovely Cake would be: Dynamic Dragon Portraits.

I would love some more portraits, it would be hard to match the original art style. Specifically I would want some whelps to replace the eggs as while the eggs are a fun easter egg (heh) it makes more sense for the children to be hatched already as they are being interacted with in events and such

 

[Zephyrum]

Well, the dragon artwork already is a bit mismatching compared to the "standard" CK2 artwork, so I for one wouldn't mind external artwork if it means more variety than "egg", "red" and "black".

 

[Ixalmaris]

You might want to ask the people who do the Mythos 2 mod if you can use their portraits.
They have in my opinion very good dragons.

 

[Truewhit]

I think it might be too easy for the AI to join. 180 people are a part of this group in my game. Prehaps add a genetic trait called dragon blood that allows people to join? Or force people to have the traits greedy and mystic?

 

[SuperGamer1098]

Not sure on the specifics of interactions with dragons in the GoT mod, but one of my cousins joined this society and then turned into a dragon, triggering the GoT events where I could either attempt to tame him myself or call for courtiers to try to tame him.

 

[Truewhit]

Not sure on the specifics of interactions with dragons in the GoT mod, but one of my cousins joined this society and then turned into a dragon, triggering the GoT events where I could either attempt to tame him myself or call for courtiers to try to tame him.

Hilarious.