Only The Good Die Young

[Cagliostro]

I was browsing the event files trying to see what effect sainthood had (as far as I can see, it's "none"), and I came across the following quirk, which I believe should be considered a bug:

If a character qualifies for canonization, the event firing for canonization is more likely to fire if they have higher piety. However, this means that they are also more likely to *die* the higher piety they have!

Some specious arguments could be made that higher piety leads to early death, but even if that *were* the case, it shouldn't lead to an early death only if the character is eligible for canonization...

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

I am not sure which event you are specifically talking about, the events that give dead people the beatified trait or the event that gives you the saint trait.

The events (998 and 1000 in character_health_events) that give you the beatified trait, will only fire when you are above 45. And as far as I can see it doesn't really lower your health, but when you die, it is more likelier that you get the trait when you have a high piety

The saint event, 1156 in religious_events can only fire for a son whose father is beatified and you can only become saint if you are already dead.



Or you might be talking about a whole different event.

 

[Cagliostro]

Beatification, as an event, only happens with death. The event, id 1000, which gives you beatification, is more likely to fire (i.e., will fire earlier) if you have a higher piety. This event causes the death of the character.

}
modifier = {
condition = { type = piety value = 50 }
factor = 0.9
}
modifier = {
condition = { type = piety value = 100 }
factor = 0.9
}
modifier = {
condition = { type = piety value = 300 }
factor = 0.9
}
modifier = {
condition = { type = piety value = 1000 }
factor = 0.5

immidiate = {
effect = { type = death }
effect = { type = add_trait value = canonized }
}
}

Hence, past the age of 45, you are more likely to die earlier if you qualify for sainthood and have a high piety. The odds of triggering a death-causing event *drop* if you are ineligible for this event (by not qualifying - being a muslim, etc.) or are 'less' eligible for this event (by having a high health, which is reasonable, or by having a low piety, which is not). Piety, in this case, helps you along the path to death.