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Regional Immersion and Cultural Enrichment (RICE)

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RICE, or Regional Immersion and Cultural Enrichment, is a mod that adds immersion to different regions, cultures, and religions in CK3. As a spiritual successor to my Immersion Packs for CK2, it is a collection of "flavor packs" similar to PI's official flavor pack DLCs. RICE's guiding philosophy is to keep a focused scope that won't change gameplay significantly, but instead adds flavor across the world that is grounded in historical authenticity, especially for lesser-known places and peoples.

RICE IS IRONMAN COMPATIBLE BUT *NOT* ACHIEVEMENT COMPATIBLE. It works on existing saves, but some features won't appear unless it's a new game. (Also make a backup copy of your save just in case.)

Feel free to use my work in your mods - all I ask is that I am credited and (if possible) to give me a heads up. If you liked the mod, feel free to favorite and rate it up!





RICE is designed with compatibility in mind, and runs fine with most mods - for more info for various mods, please see this webpage[cybrxkhansmods.godaddysites.com]. I avoid editing vanilla files to prevent conflicts with other mods. For example, new cultures are added via hidden events at game start instead of directly through history code. Compatches are available for:

• Ethnicities and Portraits Expanded (not required but ensures RICE uses new ethnicities).
  
• Unique Building Plus

Special content is also provided if you play with The Fallen Eagle.

I WILL NOT maintain compatches for most mods that may need one. Feel free to make your own (let me know so I can link it here). If you're a modder, don't hesitate to contact me on the forums or Discord about compatibility!




Each RICE flavor pack adds features to a region, culture, or religion, that range from new decisions to new buildings, dynasty legacies, and more, as well as flavor events and music. Please see the Flavor Pack Guides[cybrxkhansmods.godaddysites.com] for more info on new features, tips and tricks, and selected lists of academic sources I used for further reading.

There are currently 25 new flavor packs, as shown on this map:





RICE uses the normal English text as a placeholder so you won't see gibberish for other languages, except Chinese and Korean, which have submods.

• Chinese - please use this submod by 牛奶大魔王 (thanks to Jujiote for the previous translations!)
  
• French - several translators including Mouchi have translated parts of the mod
  
• German - Dillo has translated much of the mod; Dani has a machine translation sub-mod (Note: link isn't working atm), place it above in load order so it doesn't override Dillo's translations
  
• Italian - please use this submod by The_Invisible1
  
• Korean - please use this submod by 티에

"For what the crowd calls courage - bravely dashing into the fight or plunging into an abyss of destruction - is only a species of courage, whilst the genus, far above all species, is to scorn death, whether by word or deed."

- Al-Biruni (973 - c.1050 CE), Khwarezmian polymath and scholar

Please note some changes only take effect with new games. As changelog is too big to list here, please see change notes here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/changelog/2273832430

• Very Immersive Events and Tales (VIET) - hundreds of new flavor events to spice up the game
  
• In Taberna (CK2 Edition) - the classic song from CK2 returns to CK3
  
• Recruit Courtiers - simple decision to spawn male or female courtiers in your court for a small price, similar to CK2
  
• Rename Egaliatarian Ethos to Cosmopolitan
  
• Rename Tribal Era to Late Antiquity

Thanks to all I worked with, took stuff from, and provided me encouragement and feedback over the years. Huge thanks also to the translators who put up with my erratic update schedule.

Special thanks in particular to:

• Atreides for bookmark icons
  
• B7E7 for collaboration and various cultures/faiths from BlackEmperor's Africa Plus
  
• Bonseny for the amazing VIET and RICE logos and the beautiful 3D art assets
  
• Celticus for a lot of useful help and suggestions
  
• Fische for the Dragon Blood art icon and Vertimnus for donating it to me (originally made for Sinews of War)
  
• George Hammond for some music (see here[fanlink.to] for more of his work)
  
• Henry for the Better Bedouin Culture mod
  
• KeizerHarm for UI work
  
• Lahom for most of the Native American names
  
• Макс for Erzya and Moksha names and info
  
• Naatturi for faiths and other features from the Ukonusko Overhaul mod
  
• Nezaros for reformed religion template
  
• Nix for Evenki names
  
• PinkPanzer for some decision art
  
• Shatzi for more Breton content
  
• The Not So Lonely Arrikirri and Tundragrass for suggestions and sources on the Zunbils
  
• YTnuBF for Native American ethnicities from the Amerindian Steppe Tribe mod