Papal state

[Portoop]

We should increase the power of the pope state, it should be able to organize crusades, and also use religion well, I think it should be able to send offers and letters to pagans or Muslim leaders (for example Fatih Sultan Mehmet or the Golden Horde etc.)

to convert to Christianity Also, in the event of the Protestants or Hussites taking over Rome or the spread of these sects in Rome (as was the case after the Mongol attack in the Abbasid Caliphate), it would be very delicious for the pope to go to Spain in the early period, or to South America in the late period. It suddenly came to my mind, someone had mentioned this subject in previous conversations, but I forgot the name

 

[SAmaster]

I think by the 1300's there weren't any more 'serious' crusades to be had. There was the Crusade of Varna, but that was more of a regional anti-Ottoman coalition. I think most of the mechanics from EUIV fit here.

 

[SuperLexxe]

I think by the 1300's there weren't any more 'serious' crusades to be had. There was the Crusade of Varna, but that was more of a regional anti-Ottoman coalition. I think most of the mechanics from EUIV fit here.

I think the most "major" crusade was that of Smyrna. The united naval campaign against the Turks was very successful, until the French galleys withdrew. There were always plans for Jerusalem or Egypt, but with the English and French bickering, most crusades lacked vital manpower. If they didn't, maybe there would have been a major crusade.

The Iberians didn't really think about crusades in the Eastern Meditteranean seriously, because their crusade was at home.

Then there were inter-Catholic crusades. For example the Pope declared a Crusade on Aragon at one point.

 

[perceval350]

I would also really like for the papacy to have some really unique gameplay around international mediation. The papacy could have special mechanics that allows it to involve itself in major catholic conflicts (like special diplo action : threaten excommunication, force a truth...). The incentive for the papacy to act as a diplomatic mediator would be that it would increase its legitimacy as the head of the catholic church (if there is a value to represent papal influence on the church, then if the pope successfully prevents a war or stops a war, it could increase its influnce/legitimacy)

 

[Ispil]

Oh do not even get me started on Papal mechanics.

You've got... jurisdictional debates between dioceses, the endless fighting to be made a cardinal between all the bishops and archbishops, arguments over who gets to be suffragan over whom, decisions as to whether to suppress a particular diocese, fielding complaints about particular bishops and archbishops, figuring out where to sell indulgences when needing to raise money, getting into arguments with monarchs over the extent that they versus you get control over bishop/archbishop appointments, trying to encourage foreign states to convert, trying to push for mending schisms, push influence in other Christian churches to try to get them to acknowledge Roman supremacy, hold ecumenical councils...

I could go on.

 

[ImperatorRoman]

I imagine a lot of these things will be tied to the Catholic Church IO in game, rather than to the Papal State. After all, embassies were sent/received by the Apostolic See and not by the Papal States as such. Even today, ambassadors are accredited to the Holy See and not to the Vatican City State.