Crusader Kings II

Crusader Kings II

Patron Deities
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Johnathan Crow  [developer] Apr 1, 2014 @ 11:36pm
Suggestions
Please recommend deities for different pagan religions, and possible modifiers for them (but keep in mind that I am aiming to add options for all religions before I go back and change existing religions) . Any balance suggestions are welcome too.

Edit: it would be best to play the mod or check the changelog and suggest changes after, as some suggestions already seem to be in place.
Last edited by Johnathan Crow; Apr 10, 2014 @ 11:12am
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Ser Masquerade Apr 2, 2014 @ 12:45pm 
I'm pretty sure you already thought of this but the greek gods are one, the germanic gods, you could do the roman gods when someone creates the roman empire.
Johnathan Crow  [developer] Apr 2, 2014 @ 6:37pm 
Yeah, I was hoping for some specific god suggestions for the trickier religions. They need to be an actual in game religion though (like Norse, Romuva, Hellenic, etc).
ShamanMcLamie Apr 3, 2014 @ 8:26pm 
Hi, you may have heard of this mod, It's called Ancient Religions Reborn, it currently adds two druidic religions and greatly expands the Hellenic Religion with their own events, and what not. I was wondering if you could add these features into your mod atleast for Hellenics. I can't get the mod to work probably because it's incompatible with the new Patch for Rajas of India.

Here is a link to the mods site.
http://patmboxe.wordpress.com/ancient-religions-reborn/
Johnathan Crow  [developer] Apr 3, 2014 @ 8:37pm 
Yeah, it's a great mod. Unfortunately the scope of my mod is much smaller than Ancient Religions, so it wouldn't make sense to seek permission and include parts of it. Have you considered rolling back to patch 2.0.4 using the Steam beta option? That way you can play Ancient Religions for the time being (as long as you don't mind missing the newest patch features, a lot of which are currently bugged anyway). Otherwise, I'm sure the wait won't be too long (I checked the forum thread, and the author mentioned a possible update next week).

I will try to make my mod compatable with the next version of Ancient Religions when it comes, and will hopefully add patron deities for the druidic religions too.
Vaiar Apr 3, 2014 @ 9:08pm 
I would suggest adding Svarog for slavic religions (maybe +1 stewardship -1 intrigue) and eventually Lado, who could give +1 martial and - 1 intrigue. The first one is god of sun and craftsmanship, so it's rather obvious. The second one is sometimes identified as Mars or nordic Tyr.
Brighteyes Apr 3, 2014 @ 10:03pm 
For the Norse the big three to do would be Odin, Thor, and Freyr. Hindus get 6 to choose from, so 6 for the Pagans sounds good too. The other three Norse options should be Freyja, Baldr, and Loki. Though Heimdallr, Frigg, Hel, and Tyr are also good options.
Johnathan Crow  [developer] Apr 3, 2014 @ 10:34pm 
Norse is already done for now, and yes, I have decided on 6 across the board too. Odin, Thor, Freyja, Loki, Forseti and Njordr were chosen not just due to their importance, but because they fit the stat bonuses/maluses I wanted to apply.
Rynewulf Apr 10, 2014 @ 10:59am 
If you decide to do Hellenic I would suggest Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Apollo and I'm not sure about the 6th. You could go for any out of Artemis, Demeter, Hera, Aphrodite, Hermes, Ares, Hepaistos or Dionysos. Or maybe you could go 3 Greek deities and 3 Roman deities due to in-game Hellenism encompasing both.
Johnathan Crow  [developer] Apr 10, 2014 @ 11:13am 
Thanks, but you really ought to at least check the description and/or changelog first, as Hellenic deities are already in. Also, I've opted for Roman names because vanilla CK2 prefers it.
Rynewulf Apr 11, 2014 @ 9:40am 
It's in the changelog? *Goes to check* So it is. Whooooops! Sorry about that. So you've done Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Hellenic, Norse, Slavic, Romuva, Tengri, West African: are you planning to do anything with Islam and/or Judaism? Or is your plan to eventually expand mechanics or something? Eg some sort of event chain adventure that leads to the choosing of a patron deity.
Johnathan Crow  [developer] Apr 11, 2014 @ 9:51am 
I've also done Suomenusko, and Aztec is coming next update. I will have to read up on Islam and Judaism so that I implement the mechanic appropriately.

As for expasion: I'm currently calling this phase one, which is to get the basic feature implemented for everyone ASAP. In phase two, I will be working on balance and more interesting modifiers. In phase three, I hope to start adding simple flavour events based on the patrons chosen, as well as any interesting features/ideas I can think of (I'm open to suggestions).

That said, it's not strict; I've actually started to implement the ability to rechoose a patron after a either a certain length of time, or after a certain age. That might not make it in to the next update, but will probably come before phase three.
Johnathan Crow  [developer] Apr 23, 2014 @ 9:58pm 
It seems that adding patrons for Islam and Judaism wouldn't be appropriate.
Lieutenant Dan Jan 18, 2015 @ 6:36pm 
Maybe you could have Bodhisattvas as patrons in Buddhism? They're kind of the saints of Buddhism with Avalokiteshvara being associated with compassion, Manjushri with wisdom, Akasgarbha and learning, etc.
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