No chaplain candidates?

[RyanW707]

I'm confused by what seems to be some inconsistent requirements for court chaplain.

Details: I'm Irish tribal Chalcedonian high chief of Connacht, in the 769 start. At the start, I have no court chaplain, nor any candidates for that position. I cannot switch my single bishop from his starting position as chancellor (which he is terrible at) to chaplain. I had an event wherein a courtier was called to build a temple, which he did. Once it was completed and he took his place as the bishop, he was available as a chaplain candidate. Both bishops had a theology education, and neither seems to have any other significant "religious" traits (like Monk), but one could be named chaplain and one could not.

Going through, it looks like few, possibly none, of the tribal Chalcedonians actually have any eligible court chaplains in the 769 start.

If I trigger the schism decision and become Catholic, the chaplain list fills out like it normally looks in vanilla.

Any idea what's going on?

 

[Lieutenant Lyon]

When the game starts, each ruler has a very small court, so there may not be any potential chaplains (I believe the character must have the learning education). While most rulers do have a vassal that can be a priest (that being their temple vassal) that character is placed into some other council position automatically, keeping them from being the chaplain.

If you require a chaplain, use the "acquire a holy man" decision from the intrigue menu. This character will definitely be able to serve as Chaplain.

The reason triggering the schism fills out the chaplain list is most likely because Catholics allow more people to serve as chaplain.

 

[RyanW707]

I get that he doesn't appear in the list while assigned to another position, but why doesn't he have the option to change his council position, or appear as a chaplain candidate after replaced at chancellor by someone else?

I'm now thinking it isn't even a problem with chaplain eligibility. It seems to be some glitch, or at least something doesn't work the way I thought it did, with reassigning council positions. As a test, I imprisoned and banished my bishop-chancellor. The successor to his bishopric was immediately eligible to be chaplain, but if I named him as chancellor, he couldn't then be switched to chaplain.

While my bishop isn't the best scholar, he's smarter than an empty chair. Plus, I'd really rather a chancellor with more than Diplomacy 2.

 

[BigBadCat]

If I remember it correctly, you can't assign character you freshly fired. They have about 1 year cooldown, before they will become eligible candidates for seat. End date for their -5 opinion modifier is good way to say when they are ready.

 

[RyanW707]

Any idea why the "Change council position" interaction isn't available, though?

 

[BigBadCat]

Any idea why the "Change council position" interaction isn't available, though?

No clue.

 

[OdinX]

Could have to do something with laws. If it's set to lifetime appointment, then the only time you can set a council position is at the counilor's death.