
Royal court positions are available to rulers of Kingdom or Empire title rank.Beginner's Guide DLC Guide Mods CK2 Wiki CK3 Wiki Paradox Forums Discord NEW PLAYERS! README! Any underage child in court including oneself.15% Chance for a child development event each year.Can take the ruler's place in trial-by-combat duels.Enables the Have Child Study Language interaction.Is permitted to be a combatant based on gender and clerical status.
50% Chance to prevent an Assassination Murder scheme. +10% to +25% Monthly court grandeur change. +10% to +20% Monthly court grandeur change. +1% to +5% Monthly court grandeur change. Enables the Commission Artifact decision. 0 to −80% Chance to lose artifacts in raids and sieges. Aptitude goes through 5 levels, each level requiring 20 points of aptitude:įamily members of the same culture gain +20 aptitude if the culture has the Family Business tradition.Ĭommon court positions are available to every ruler. The bonuses of a court position depend on the courtier or vassal's aptitude. Characters who are imprisoned cannot be given court positions with the exception of executioners. If a guest with claims is about to leave, the liege will be given the option to convince the guest to stay for one year.Ĭourt positions are specialized roles that can be granted to courtiers and direct vassals and grant increasingly powerful benefits but cost a monthly salary in gold and cannot be revoked or replaced without paying 200 prestige. With the Royal Court DLC, sufficiently high Lodging Standards make it possible to overcome the base reluctance. The base reluctance is -50 and, in the base game, typically cannot be overcome without a hook. Unlanded characters can be asked to visit a court with the "Invite to Court" interaction. The fewer courtiers a character has the more guests it will receive. Guests are more likely to visit a court if they have a definite reason, such as the ruler being strong enough to press their claims, or the ruler or one of its adult children being unmarried. Guests can also be directly recruited by paying a variable amount of Gold - the base amount is 10 gold, and increases if the guest has claims, useful traits or high skills. They can be convinced to stay permanently in the realm by being given a seat on the council, a court position or a landed or minor title, or by using the seduction scheme. During this time they will interact with other members of the court and may take part in random events. Guests are unlanded characters that stay at a ruler's court for three years and then have a monthly chance to leave. If a ruler declares war upon a Warden who has someone from their family as hostage it will lose a level of fame, 250 Prestige and 25 Opinion with all family members and suffer the following penalties for 5 years: If the hostage's liege declares war it will bring the option to kill the hostage and gain 10 Dread or spare it and gain 10 Opinion with the hostage. When the hostage reaches the age of 16 there is a chance to gain a Perpetual Hook on them. +0.25 to +0.5 Monthly Renown depending on the Level of Splendor of the hostage's dynasty if they are part of a different dynasty. +0.1 to +1 Monthly Piety depending on difference in title rank if the hostage's faith is considered Hostile or Evil. +0.1 to +1 Monthly Prestige depending on difference in title rank. A character having a hostage will be called its Warden and will gain the following rewards: Hostages can be offered, demanded or exchanged both to prevent a war or to help end it. Hostages are landless children that are a Close Family member of another ruler who sends them to another ruler's court as an assurance of peace or submission. Liege or another courtier is a close family member In addition the chance to leave can be modified by the following: The chance is decreased by −0.1% for each 10 points of opinion above 0 and increased by +0.1% for each 10 points of opinion below 0. If a courtier does not have a court position or minor title they have a 2% chance to leave each month.
They can be appointed as councilors, commanders, knights or vassals. Courtiers are unlanded characters living at a ruler's court.