Can We Tone Down the AI Self-Mutilation from Ancestor Worship?

[junassa]

I hate landing my heirs, mainly because the AI does really stupid things, like get in wars they can't possibly win, give really stupid education to their own heirs, etc. Now there's a fresh new (to me, anyway) hell: the AI maiming themselves.

So with African pagan (not sure if this is applicable to other religions with ancestor worship) you get options of things you want your ancestors to help you with (wisdom, friendship, fighting, etc.) then you get an option of what you're going to sacrifice to get that boon: body part, prisoner, or gold. Almost invariably my close kin, particularly children, will pick the body part option (or at least I think so, it doesn't seem to come from any battles as I have them as commanders but usually keep them out of any real fights).

 

[viola]

I think what you're talking about is the Ancestor Worship decision, which is available for African, Romuva, Suomenusko, Slavic and Tengri pagans. The only body part you can give up as far as I know is one eye, and if you notice you'll see a lot of one-eyed people in Eastern Europe in the early start dates because of it.

 

[Zoomun]

I think what you're talking about is the Ancestor Worship decision, which is available for African, Romuva, Suomenusko, Slavic and Tengri pagans. The only body part you can give up as far as I know is one eye, and if you notice you'll see a lot of one-eyed people in Eastern Europe in the early start dates because of it.

You can sacrifice more than just your eye. Ancestor worship is the most reliable way to get the achievement for being one-handed, one-eyed and one-legged

 

[Semigall]

Why would that choice be bad ? It's a good way to off characters you want to be rid off. Maybe AI also figured he wants a more capable dude on throne

My record to off tribal character was about a week - yanked my eye out like you told, then went to lodge duel, got another injury and a day or two later - dead.

 

[junassa]

Why would that choice be bad ? It's a good way to off characters you want to be rid off. Maybe AI also figured he wants a more capable dude on throne

My record to off tribal character was about a week - yanked my eye out like you told, then went to lodge duel, got another injury and a day or two later - dead.

It's bad for the reasons I gave. My son nearly died from this idiocy before getting a lodge bloodline. I had to re load like 10 times to keep him upright. On one re load the moron took out his last eye so he was blinded and had -88 pc; another he lost his leg. On the save I kept he died a few months after getting a bloodline due to infection or something like that.

 

[Ols]

It's bad for the reasons I gave. My son nearly died from this idiocy before getting a lodge bloodline. I had to re load like 10 times to keep him upright. On one re load the moron took out his last eye so he was blinded and had -88 pc; another he lost his leg. On the save I kept he died a few months after getting a bloodline due to infection or something like that.

Don't land him. I don't think they can take decisions if they're not landed prior to inheritance. If you're a pagan you should be running gavelkind which is basically optimised for you not landing any of your children (and killing/exiling your brothers) before your death.