Hi folks, I hope you all had a good holiday season and a happy new years.

It's officially 2022, which means ROYAL COURT is almost upon us! I want to use this post to lay out some very rough ideas I have concerning the mods' development and the new features included in Royal Court. Think of it as a tentative roadmap.


I have a few rough ideas for artifact, some of them are below. It should be noted that I am not a 3D modeler, so these would reuse art and assets from the vanilla game.


I'm thinking about jewelry that is supernatural and paranormal in nature. For example, think about a cursed ring that drains your enemies' life away (e.g. Gaunt's Ring from Harry Potter); or even jewelry that, once worn, cannot be removed.

These items could also help keep evil away. For example, a necklace that would prevent werewolf transformations, a brooch that would ward vampires away, or even a ring to entrap malicious spirits and souls.


I'm thinking of cursed or 'gifted' weapons. For example, a sword that makes its user the best fighter in the world; or, even a dagger that pushes its owner to murder.

I am also very attracted to the idea of mythological weapons being found across the world: for example, Satan's trident, or a piece of the cross used to crucifix Jesus (which would make its owner immortal, ala the t.v. show GRIMM).


I'd also like to add tomes of knowledge that can be used in situations of paranormal activity. For example, an outbreak of deep ones in Iceland could resort to a ruler finding an ancient tome that documented the same thing happening in Gotland. Another example could be a tome filled with knowledge of ancient vampires and how to hunt them.

Speaking of vampire hunting, it could be a fun possibility to make artifacts out of vampires and werewolves that the player killed. I could even develop it into a whole new skill tree... SUPERNATURAL HUNTER. You slew an ancient vampire? Put their skin on display in your court. You defeated a werewolf? Put their fur on your wall.

I also think I'll look into something about medusa and her people statues. I think if statue artifacts are included in the vanilla game, I may be able to hook up an encounter where characters are turned into stone statue artifacts.

The same thing can even be said for an event for King Midas and the Golden Touch... perhaps.



I'm thinking about making a new court title... something along the lines of paranormal experts. I don't have any specifics worked out, but think about things like mystics and fortune tellers. Having them in your employ could be a boon to your court, or a curse.


Many of the events as they stand in the mod are written to be this type of event, where they are being presented to the ruler who would be holding court. I'm thinking of writing or converting some events to this format since it'd be an easy transition. I won't convert all of the events with this type of writing... as it seems the hold court feature is limited to king+ rulers.


The above ideas are long term. My goals are as follows, once Royal Court updates:

1. Update the mod to be compatible with CK3 1.5. This means resolving any errors or gamebreaking issues and updating the version of the mod. I don't know how badly Royal Court will break this mod... if it will break it at all. I aim to do this the weekend that Royal Court releases.

2. Artifact content update. I may have to break all of the above ideas into separate updates. I will make this decision based on my free time, my desire to mod, and if Paradox publishes any roadmap for CK3 following Royal Court's release.

Thank you for reading, and thank you for playing with my mod - it means the world to me.