The Obligatory CK2 Strange Screenshot Thread

[Stefunal]

So I've just started an Iceland run for the "the conqueror" achievement...

Couple of years into the game, my firstborn son got rabies. My court physician, useless as he is, botched the treatment - and because I knew the son was lost anyway I chose not to punish my physician.
Apparently, that lead to a fierce and passionate rivalry between the father and his three-months-old.

So fierce, in fact, that in his triumph over losing his only heir the father dug out his son's skull to pass it on to his sibling's ancestors.

Oh well, something about that baby must've really upset poor Frodi.

 

[tuareg109]

The guy's PC needs to git gud.

This man knows. I'm lucky that it runs at all on this toaster. If I don't pause at all and events don't pause the game, it probably takes 20-60 seconds for a month to pass on FULL SPEED depending on how much of the map is visible. It slows as I expand and when I have a lot of allies in a war.

 

[tuareg109]

It's not that Jews are true believers, but that event-spawned characters whose religion matters are. Some of the event Court Physicians get that modifier too.

True, but event Court Physicians are requested whereas the stewards are forced on you every once in a while. Ridiculous that I have to take a 5 prestige hit (thankfully not much) because some rando can't handle converting. You can say no to the Court Physicians even coming to your court, they're just an option.

 

[AlexArgos]

As a human player you should be able to handle a Jewish Steward. It's the AI characters that mindlessly convert to strange people's religion (or give the heir to the newcomer to educate).

 

[Unready]

Well I mean really all it means is that they know the world is round, which people have known since before the Roman Empire. Tibetans doubtless already knew about the sea east of China, and that there is nothing so far known on the other side of it. Not hard to make the connection that the Aztecs wayyy west of Europe must be from some land east of China and Japan (unless the mythical tales of far western lands/Europe aren't dismissed out of hand).


If the Ottoman Vassal City-State of Constantinople can be the Roman Empire, then you have an even greater claim to it, brother.

As you wish.

 

[Keizer Harm]

As you wish.

What the Tibet?

 

[Unready]

What the Tibet?

Big, very big Tibet. More than half of India.
Stops me from invading India for the present.

 

[Sunspawn]

I don't know what's worse, the blurple k**** or the pink-orange Tibet.

 

[Coga19000]

"Oh sire, let us retreat to our personal chambers and feel each other's lightning on our naked bodies until our fiery passion consuming my mind is quenched."
"Oh woman, you know nobody can resist your devilous charms and especially me! Off for a good tumble!"
"Oh, but sire! *blushes* That would not be virtuous of me! I can't just give in to my insticts like that!"
"Thor damnit, woman! Make up your mind already."

 

[tuareg109]

As a human player you should be able to handle a Jewish Steward. It's the AI characters that mindlessly convert to strange people's religion (or give the heir to the newcomer to educate).

Actually no. What if I'm a count, already have a high-stewardship bishop as steward, and high-traits others as other councilors? Then the random steward is in my court raising the amount of people in court, which at 30 or 40 people (I forget which) decreases chance to have children of everybody. Let's say I'm a duke, and put all my most powerful vassals as councilors, and they fit. Same situation here.
It doesn't matter how unlikely it is that the court will be that large (I like to keep a small, clean court; actually, hence why I don't want the Jewish steward there), it's the principle of the thing. Paradox gives you no savory choice, and I see no reason for the -5 prestige hit. In fact it should be a prestige boost, given how anti-Judaic most people were at the time. Playing as the Latin Empire or HRE it doesn't really matter, it's just a minor annoyance, but as a count with only one or two vassals that's like five months' worth of prestige buildup!

Also, phew was I mistaken about how long it takes for a month to run. It's 15 seconds as the Latin Empire holding Greece, Bulgaria, and half of Anatolia with 65 years from game start.

 

[dibel]

AI Reformed Germanic Umayyad King of Leon and Andalusia. Don't know how this happened or how unusual this is but I am pretty impressed.

 

[Sunspawn]

Seems like a second generation one too, the father was feudal, not iqta.

 

[dibel]

Old man was Old Germanic according to the Dynasty map!

 

[Icarus Birdman]

Well, my character just died having sex with his attractive Chinese wife. She became depressed afterwards as well.

 

[DeltaCortis]

 

[Relinoylli]

Two Lombardy kingdoms, Using the same CoA.

"Kingdom of di Prato Lombardy"...

 

[faiuwle]

And it still has the Lombardy CoA even though it's held by an Italian!

 

[ArcturusWolf]

It seems that my Norse ruler in India has discovered the secret to quantum-state gold storage.

That storage efficiency! 347 gold in a boat that's meant to hold only 40!

 

[alscon]

While I'm fighting against the Muslims to become the Saoshyant, far in the north, strange things are happening...

Fifty years later, there are horse rulers in the kingdoms of Perm, Lappi and Suomi. The Suomi king is a Finnish horse, the human horse Cincinnati of Lapland was just overthrown.

I don't think that's a happy marriage...

 

[Unready]

I don't know what's worse, the blurple k**** or the pink-orange Tibet.

Also I found what they just exchanged religions.

Indians now are Taoists.
Western Protectorate and Tibet are Buddhists.