How to convert province religion quickly?

[klirko]

I am playing as Asturias and I own most of Iberia, the date is 903 and I still haven't converted more than a quarter of my realm. I see everyone else converting entire duchies super quick. An example is Seljuks when they take Armenia. So what do I do?

[smoky mcpot]

Get the owner to convert and the county usually changes with them.

sometimes it doesn't but i suspect that is due to a fake conversion.

[klirko]

Originally posted by smoky mcpot:

Get the owner to convert and the county usually changes with them.

That's unfortunate then since I only did Holy Wars.

[smoky mcpot]

Originally posted by Meatwad:

Originally posted by smoky mcpot:

Get the owner to convert and the county usually changes with them.

That's unfortunate then since I only did Holy Wars.

by owner I obviously mean the count or Duke that owns the county or duchy.

[Freedom]

Originally posted by Meatwad:

Originally posted by smoky mcpot:

Get the owner to convert and the county usually changes with them.

That's unfortunate then since I only did Holy Wars.

If you do not plan to keep the county, give it to a knight without your religion. Than ask him/ to convert. Cheese, but meh. Sometime converting a county on Iberia can take decades. If you get a resist, gah... If you plan to keep it, do the same thing, than revoke. Best to revoke when your ruler is old. The penalties do not carry over.

[smoky mcpot]

It also helps if your religion has high fervor.

[klirko]

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Originally posted by smoky mcpot:

It also helps if your religion has high fervor.

Would making a new religion help? Catholicism has been failing because of the Norse and the fact that the only 4 Catholic Kingdoms are fighting each other only.

Will this also automatically convert the provinces?

[smoky mcpot]

I created my own religion for 3050 piety and I was some how able to make declining a demand convertion a crime for some religons but not all so that gives you chance to imprison some people.

But if you want fervor to stay high dont declare holy wars as that brings it down and dishonest priests make it go up.

BTW there is a lifestyle perk that halves the cost of creating a religion in one of the learning trees so make sure to get that if you are going to make your own.
For 3050 piety I was able to alter and chose EVERYTHING I WANTED.

[smoky mcpot]

when you are in the create section it will tell you how many of your vassals will convert with you.

[klirko]

Originally posted by smoky mcpot:

I created my own religion for 3050 piety and I was some how able to make declining a demand convertion a crime for some religons but not all so that gives you chance to imprison some people.

But if you want fervor to stay high dont declare holy wars as that brings it down and dishonest priests make it go up.

BTW there is a lifestyle perk that halves the cost of creating a religion in one of the learning trees so make sure to get that if you are going to make your own.
For 3050 piety I was able to alter and chose EVERYTHING I WANTED.

Thank you, I did it and some provinces converted and also provinces convert in only 2 years now.

[Wanderer]

What i did was, having your bishop as your friend which gives you a boost to convert, and the 2 life focus choices in the education tree or whatever its called in english. One choice is to make it i think 30% faster, and the other removes the penalty of zeal. Doing this you can convert a province in 3-7 years. If christianity is holding jerusalem you get another 0.20 bonus i think.

[smoky mcpot]

Originally posted by Wanderer:

What i did was, having your bishop as your friend which gives you a boost to convert, and the 2 life focus choices in the education tree or whatever its called in english. One choice is to make it i think 30% faster, and the other removes the penalty of zeal. Doing this you can convert a province in 3-7 years. If christianity is holding jerusalem you get another 0.20 bonus i think.

When I changed my religon I selected the option to be able to choose my own Bishop councillor and with a 40+ learning bishop and 100 fervor I was converting counties in less than a year in a lot of cases two max.