CONTEST! Invade Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods with your very own in-game event

[Belgiumruler]

trigger: character has Paranoid.
event text: I can't sleep, Everbody is an enemy, I don't trust anyone!

option A: Kill my family!
- become cruel
- 2 family members die.
- gain 200 gold
Option B: I will hide in the mountains!
- gains 300 piety
- loose 50 prestige
Option C: It's propably nothing
- 25% chance lose paranoid
- 75% nothing happens

 

[VanMerelbeke]

Resistance while looting

* Event for character looting a holding
* Norse religion

Event Text:
"While looting a holding you and your men have come upon fierce resistance from local warriors. They shoot arrows at anything that moves. Stones and bowls of fire are hurled from the building in which they have fortified themselves. Your men are about to lose confidence..."

Options & effects:

Option A
"There are other treasures to loot"
(the situation has become too dangerous. You and your men abandon the loot)
> lose 5 gold (~simulates the loss of loot)
> lose 50 prestige
> lose 10 piety


Option B
"By the hammer of Thor, crush them!"
(you order your men to crush the resistance)
> lose 10 prestige
> gain 10 piety
> 10% chance of getting wounded


Option C (not available when Craven)
"Odinnnnnnnn !!!!"
(you personally lead the men in the charge crying out the name of Odin and wipe out the resistance!)
> you gain "Brave"
> you gain 50 prestige
> you gain 30 piety
> 20% chance of getting wounded
> 5% chance of getting maimed
> 1% chance of getting killed



(feel free to adjust the percentages and numbers - I just wrote them down without thinking it over too much.
in fact feel free to change anything - I just think to gain brave, tje situation must be dangerous, i.e. some chance of damage/kill)

 

[Laur]

Name: Abbasids and Zoroastrians - conversion/persecution event reflecting the Abbasid Caliphate's increasing intolerance of heretics and heathens in the Muslim world after the IXth century

Trigger: province of Zoroastrian faith under the rule of a Muslim polity (10% chance of firing)
exists Sunni Caliph

Event text: My lord, even though we have protected those fire-worshiping dhimmis, the Great Caliph [name of Caliph], may Allah be pleased with him, has declared a fatwa agains all heretics and unbelievers in our lands. We could "convince" them to embrace our faith and, thus, increase our standing with the Great Caliph, but we will lose an important source of income. Be also forewarned that many of them have succumbed to the heretical belief that the accursed Husayn was the son of Shahrbanu, a Persian princess, and they might fall into his error.

Option A: They must convert at all cost!
Piety + 50
30% gains trait zealous
tax income - 20%
relations with Sunni Caliph +40
Province converts to Sunni

-> 40% chance province converts to Shi'a (more Persians believe that Husayn, the Shi'a Imam, whose martyrdom is celebrated on the Day of Ashura, was the son of Caliph Ali from his marriage with Shahrbanu, a Persian Sassanid princess, and chose to embrace Shi'ism)
prestige - 50
relations with Sunni Caliph -40

Option B: we will protect the fire-worshipers in exchange for their coin
Gold + 50
Tax income + 20%
Piety - 50
relations with Caliph - 40
30% gains trait cynical
10% gains trait greedy

 

[Jon873]

2nd go.

Trigger:
Large military victory has been scored

Event Text:
As you fight the enemy, you couldn't notice that one of your men saved you. He should be honored as per Viking traditions!

Option A: Yes, I agree.
+35 Prestige for that courtier
+20 relationships with that courtier

Option B: No, I disagree.
-15 prestige for that courtier
-10 relationships with that courtier

 

[Calantyr]

Trigger: A male Norse/Pagan character is in the Byzantine Empire as either a council advisor (stealing tech, etc), leading an army, or similar. Must have at least 10 Martial.

Event Text: You are overawed by the splendor and wealth of this land. Though its people may be soft you could gain great riches by displaying your might.

Option A: Show these softies how it's done!
+ Create the Varangian Guard and become it's leader if it does not exist. Convert to Emperor's religion and gain Varangian trait.

Option B: Where do I sign up?
+ Gain the Varangian trait and go on pilgrimage for 5 years. Gain modifier that slowly increases wealth and/or prestige.

Option C: I would rather burn the place down.
+ Gain 50 prestige and 25% chance of Wroth trait.

 

[D.PHa]

HornHelm

Horns, they look dreadful aye!

Trigger:
looting lands where people have bulls(don't know exactly if there are any other than southernmost countries in Europe)

Event Text:
My men slayed this raging beast(random, restless bull) while looting.Those horns look dreadful, aye! It had ripped one man dead and wounded two.. Maybe I should chop off, them horns, and put 'em on my helm. Let my enemies tremble!

Option A: I'll find some smith!
Gets trait HornHelm, general opinion -5,
some bonuses while leading battle

Option B: Nah.. I'm dreadful enough




Text might be modified to add more flavor of course

 

[Indulis_S]

Norse and Romuva.

Trigger: Winning the first battle as a leader.

Event Text: As you win your first battle as a grown man you decide to honor the gods by planting a great oak tree in the nearby field.
Option A: You plant it by yourself.
Prestige +50
Piety +25
Option B: You plant it with your wife.
Prestige +25
Piety +50
Opinion of you changed by +10

 

[Portal]

Trigger: Random chance to fire for Pagan characters.

Event Text:

The dragon's tail streaks through the sky above CAPITAL_PROVINCE. It shines bright like blood, even during day, and can be seen throughout all the realms of Man. The priests say it is a sign...

Option A: [IF = Heir is MALE, and a CHILD]

The sky dragon crowns my son. He shall be the greatest conquerer ever to live upon our world... some day.

25% heir gains trait AMBITIOUS. 50% chance gain trait PROUD. 5% chance heir gains trait GENIUS. 5% heir gains trait QUICK. 5% chance heir gains trait STRONG. Heir +50 Prestige.

Option B:

The priests are wrong. Whatever it is, it is sure to have a natural cause.

Gain trait CYNICAL. -25 Piety, +50 Prestige, 30% chance gain trait Scholar.

Option C:

A sign indeed, to signal my conquest.

30% chance gain traits AMBITIOUS, MYSTIC (if no other lifestyle trait). +25 Prestige, +25 Piety.

Option D:

A sign of the end times! The nonbelievers will be wiped from the face of the earth!

+50 Piety, -25 Prestige, gain trait ZEALOUS.

 

[Abnwtwtud]

An Interrupted Party

Trigger:
Random Event for Norse Pagans
Must be Lustful, Drunkard, or Slothful
Must be located in home province, not in command of an army

Event Text:
It was a fine evening and much mead had been consumed by you and your men, as singing echoed throughout the building. Unfortunately your pleasure was interrupted by a commotion at the front of the hall. The door is opened and you are approached by a madman, ranting and raving about the noise. He claims that you have made it impossible for him to sleep with all of the clamor and celebration and that he will tell his mother about you.

Options:
Option A: "All right, we will keep down the noise"
Effect:
Lose Prestige - 25
25% chance of gain the trait Kind

Option B: "I am not afraid of you or your mother, continue the revelry!"
Effect:
Gain Prestige + 10
25% Chance of gain the trait Cruel

Option C: "Forget your mother, come and drink with us instead!"
Limit: Must have Gregarious
Effect:
+20 Prestige
Gain Charitable

Option D: "How dare you interrupt my drinking! Die, dog!"
Limit: Must have Wrothful Trait
Effect:
Gain Prestige + 25
50% chance of getting the "Cruel" trait

 

[Mixxer5]

Trigger: Any pagan lands (narrative event starting rebellion) after ruler converts to christianity (or other "stable" religion). Pagan religion must be majority.

Event:
Title: Pagan Reaction!
Text: [pagan religion name] in your country grew restless since you decided to became one of ["normal" religion name]. They feel that new ways you introduced are highly offensive to their customs. It's not yet rebellion but theres seems no way to avoid it!

Choice A: Deus vult! [or another corresponding text for other religions)

Big revolt risk to all pagan provinces mentioned in event (Slavs and Romuva won't revolt together for example). All pagan characters despise ruler (-50 to relations). +50 to piety, +50 to prestige. Non- pagan characters get big + to relations.

Choice B (ruler can't be zealous): Screw ["normal" religion name] I'm [pagan religion]!

Ruler converts to mentioned religion, gets + to relations with pagan characters and malus with non-pagan. All "normal" religion provinces get big revolt risk. -50 to piety, -50 to prestige. Pagan religion gains religious authority, "normal" religion loses it.

Choice C (cynical ruler): I can be [pagan religion] I don't really care.

Ruler converts to mentioned religion, gets + to relations with pagan characters and malus with non-pagan (smaller than above). All "normal" religion provinces get big revolt risk (smaller than above). -100 to piety. Both pagan and "normal" religion lose small amount of religious authority. Ruler gets "the pragmatist" nickname.

Choice D (zealous ruler): In [Allahs, Gods, etc.] name! Those heathens shall pay with their blood!

+100 to piety, +100 to prestige. Big bonus to relations with non-pagans, huge malus to relations with all pagans (-200), every pagan province revolts- if there was "normal" religion ruler, he's overthrown. "Normal" religion gets + to religious authority, pagan religion loses it. Ruler gets "defender of faith" nickname.

Choice E (just+zealous ruler): They're Gods childrens as we are! They only wandered from path. Stop persecutions!

+50 to piety, +50 to prestige. 50% chance of getting "humble" trait. Small malus to relations with pagans, moderate to relations with zealous (but not just) non-pagan rulers. Small revolt risk to all pagan provinces. Ruler gets "the tolerant" nickname.

Choice F (cynical + just): Religion is only a tool to persecute people. It shall not stand! Persecutors shall be persecuted now!

[most inventive of my ideas ]

Every temple holding is converted to city (25%) or castle (75%). Every bishop is banished to papacy (or its counterpart). -200 to piety, +200 to prestige. +100 to relations with cynical characters, -200 to relations with zealous characters, -50 to all others characters. 50% chance for revolt in every holding formerly with temple (new revolt system allows non landed characters to lead these revolts. If they win, they become bishops and gain whole province). Every mentioned religion loses a bit authority. Ruler gets "the atheist" nickname.


And "bonus event". It probably doesn't have even small chance to make it, but it'd be amazing if it would :

Trigger: One of Popes vassals (no other character). Decision.

Event title: The very old gods. [narrative]

Description: Shrine of Jupiter is dimly illuminated with slowly burning candles. On the altar lies remnants of sacrificed lamb. You slowly rise from the floor, wiping sweaty forehead. Through the window you can see rising sun and quietly mutter prayer to Sol. From centuries your family has secretly worshiped Roman pantheon, fearing that pope will somehow get to know. But now you don't feel fear, you are strangely calm instead. You know what your purpose is now- no more secrets, no more fear. It's time for rightful rulers of Rome to regain their heritage. Luckily last years have been good for you. You've managed to convince [name of second Papal vassal] to become your friend... And your brother in faith. Your purpose is simple- take control of Eternal City, restore its former glory... And rebuild Roman Empire. You don't yet know how you are going to defeat impostor- Holy Roman Emperor, but you know that knowledge will come with time. Right now- its time to take Rome!

Decision: Roman eagle shall fly again!

Effects: Main character gets "Jupiters avatar" trait (+10 to all skills, immortality- can't be killed in battle, bonus to conversion, bonus in battles, can't get any bad trait), ambitious and diligent trait. Characters culture and religion changes to Roman. Ruler gets claim on Rome. Jupiter chosens holy order is formed. In holding new building is built "Legion barracks" +1000 to heavy infantry, +200 to light infantry, +300 to archers, +500 to light cavalry (after conquest of Rome it should be relocated there). Instantly war is declared upon pope.

 

[Sigrak]

Trigger:
Character adheres to the Tengri faith.
Character does not have the trait Cynical.
Character has the trait Pneumonic OR Has Consumption OR Has Measles OR Has Smallpox.
Character has an heir.

Event Text: "Your shamans have been consulting the spirits on how to cure you. The moment they suggest sacrificing your heir in return for restoring your health you begin to feel better and the shamans then inform you of what they suggested..."

Option A: "The demands of the spirits are clear! Bring us a poisoned drink!"
+20 piety
50% chance for the trait Pneumonic/Has Consumption/Has Measles/Has Smallpox to be removed
<heir> dies.

Option B: "No! I do not believe the shamans!"
-20 piety
30% chance to gain the trait cynical.

I got the inspiration from this:

According to The Secret History of the Mongols, Tolui sacrificed himself in order to cure Ögödei from a very severe illness during a campaign in China. The shamans had determined that the root of Ögödei's illness were China's spirits of earth and water, who were upset that their subjects had been driven away and their land devastated. Offering land, animals, and people had only led to an aggravation of Ögödei's illness, but when they offered to sacrifice a family member, Ögödei got better immediately. Tolui volunteered and died directly after consuming a cursed drink.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolui#Death_and_legacy

According to some sources, Tolui sacrificed his own life, accepting a poisoned drink in shamanist ritual in order to save Ögedei who was suffering from illness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ögedei_Khan#Character

 

[Pinstar]

Character Event: Cravings

Trigger: Character is a female ruler, (Doesn't trigger for unlanded women). Must have trait "pregnant". MTTH would be such that about 1 in 10 pregnancies would see this event fire.

Event: Years ago, you had a most curious dish with strange spices, flavorful noodles, a warm salty broth and chunks of...well you weren't sure what it was but it was good. Lately, while heavy with child, you've been craving this dish again. The feeling is maddening. Describing the dish to your cooks leaves them clueless and the visitor who brought this dish has long since departed. What do you do to fill this craving?

A: (Requires Wroth or Cruel) "You stupid cooks, make me this dish or I'll have your heads!"
10% chance they figure out the dish, giving the woman the "Happy Momma" temporary modifier +5 general opinion for the remainder of the pregnancy.
75% chance they fail and are imprisoned. Capital province gains +5% revolt risk for 1 year. Woman gains "Hungry Momma" temporary modifier -5 general opinion for remainder of pregnancy.
10% chance they make something even better. Woman gets the "Maternal Bliss" temporary modifier, +10 general opinion for the remainder of the pregnancy
5% the mother dies! (Poison)
B: (Cannot be Greedy) Offer a bounty on the dish, and award a healthy sum to the cook who produces the dish.
Lose X gold (a moderate amount, similar to throwing a feast). Gains temporary trait "Happy Momma" +5 general opinion for the remainder of the pregnancy.

C: (Cannot be Temperate) Just eat anything and everything, eat until you are too full to even think about food again.
50% chance to gain the trait Gluttonous

D: (Requires Temperate) "I should not be obsessing so much about food"
Gain 10 piety

E: (Cannot be Ambitious) "I guess I'll never get to eat that dish again..."
Gain temporary modifier "Hungry Momma" -5 general opinion for the remainder of the pregnancy. 50% chance to gain Content.

F: (Requires Lunatic) "Silly me! It was here all along, hanging over the windows. This is delicious! Why are you all looking at me like that?"
Gain the "Happy Momma" temporary modifier +5 general opinion for remainder of pregnancy.
50% chance to gain the ill trait.

G: (Requires Gluttonous AND Wroth) Go on a rampage in search of the dish.
Each member of the court has a 10% chance of receiveing the wounded trait (Including the female ruler)
25% chance of gaining the Lunatic trait
Mother gains the "Hungry Momma" temporary trait, -5 to general opinion for the remainder of the pregnancy.

 

[Indulis_S]

Romuva only
Trigger: Ruler is older than 20 and has piety more than 0
Event: As you gaze at the night sky you see the northern lights that can only mean one- a great battle is happening in the afterworld. You kneel down and star to pray for your ancestors
A: You kneel down and honor the great battle with a prayer
gain 50 piety.

 

[CWHJBrand]

Trigger: Norse Character, ill, son is heir

Event text: This illness has ravaged your body since weeks. The fever gets higher and higher. One evening comes your son to you and reminds you that only those who die by the sword will get entrance to valhalla. The sick and old will spend their afterlife in hel.

Option A: "Bring me my sword!"
Effect: Character dies

Opion B: "It`s only a flu!"
Effect: If Character dies in case of the illness his heir/son will get -100 prestige as son of a coward. If the illness is cured nothing happens

 

[Beowulf1066]

Trigger- You have completed a raid and the loot has been taken to a friendly port.


Event- A celebration is held amongst the surviving vikings after their successful raid. Your men cheer as the riches are dragged upon the shore and dumped at your feet. As the leader of this raid, it falls upon you to distribute the loot.


Option A- You divide the wealth evenly amongst your men

+25% chance to recieve "charitable" trait
+15% chance to receive "just" trait
Gain moderate amount of loot

Option B- You single out the warriors who fought heroically

Members of your court who are either brave and/or strong will receive +50 to relations with you
Gain the title "Ring-Giver"
Gain moderate amount of loot

OR
You gain between 1-3 landless characters with decent marital stats, are loyal and are either brave and/or strong.
Gain the title "Ring-Giver"
Gain moderate amount of loot

Option C- You distribute the wealth but take a very large portion of the loot for yourself

-15 to relations
+50% chance to receive "greedy" trait
Gain extra loot

 

[FrostPegasus]

Trigger: Finished looting a province.

Event Text: As you loot the last remaining holdings in province name, your men slaughter some animals for food. In the corner of your eye you see the entrails of a sheep spill out in a very peculiar fashion, is this an omen?

Option A: By Odin, we should have never come here!
- 25 gold
+ 25 piety

Option B: By Odin, that looks delicious!
+ 50 prestige
- 10 piety

 

[VanMerelbeke]

Insult when looting event

* Event for character sieging or looting a holding (I dont know if Mongols will be allowed to loot in your expansion?)
* must have Mongol culture or Tengri religion


"Your enemies are defeated and your armies begin to loot the [holding]. You thank Tengri for your glorious victory. Soon the peace is disturbed once again. The apparent leader of the [holding], whilst holding a religious symbol, curses your name and the name of our God, Tengri! As you approach the man, he repeats this curse and spits at you..."

Option A
"You will burn for Tengri!"
(you will reward Tengri with the sacrifice of this man)
> gain 20 piety

Option B
"I will take your head for this!"
(your personal insult is avenged)
> gain 20 prestige

Option C (character must have "cruel" trait)
"Cut out his tongue!"
(that man should not have spoken and will never speak again. Your insult is avenged)
> gain 30 prestige
> gain trait "impaler"

Option D (character must have "wroth" trait and must not have "zealous")
"Kill them all! Leave no woman and child alive!"
(you kill the man and order the slaughter of the entire infidel [holding])
> gain XX gold (extra loot from sacking the holding. not sure as to how much XX should be)
> lose 50 piety (this isn't exactly a very pious thing to do)
> 10% of gaining the trait "possessed"
> 10% chance of gaining incapable (see source below )


Source from Wikipedia about Tengriism:
"The spirits can harm people or act as agents in transmitting a message or prophecy about the future. In the Secret History of the Mongols it is said the spirits of the land and water of Northern China were angry about the slaughter of the local population and harmed the Mongol Ogedei Khan with an illness that left him in bed unable to speak. In the Secret History, a spirit called Zaarin transmits a prophecy about the future rise of Genghis Khan."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengrism#Principles_of_Tengrism

 

[Remitonov]

Trigger: Norse player character claims Constantinople from Christendom as part of his realm. Reformed Norse only.

Event Text: Rejoice! With the power of the Æsir at your behest, the legendary walls of Miklagarðr falls at your feet. What was once the heart of the Christ-God's domain is now at your whims and mercy. As you venture into the gilded Hagia Sophia, your priest is overwhelmed by its splendour. He immediately asks to perform a vast Blot in its halls in preparation for its conversion to the House of Odin.

Option A: And it shall be grand!
-Eight prisoners are sacrificed
-Lose 200 gold
-Gain 500 prestige
-Gain 400 piety
-80% of gaining the 'Zealous' trait
-70% of gaining the 'Proud' trait
- +30 relations with Court Chaplain (Norse equivalent)

Option B: A waste of hard-earned coin...
- -20 relations with Court Chaplain (Norse equivalent)
- 50% chance of gaining the 'cynical' trait
- 20% chance of gaining the 'Greedy' trait
- Lose 100 prestige
- Lose 100 piety

Option C: This place is grand indeed... Gather the loot!
- -50 relations with Court Chaplain (Norse equivalent)
- 80% chance of gaining the 'Greedy' trait
- Gain 100 prestige
- +8% revolt risk in Constantinople/Miklagarðr
- Gain 250 gold
- 3% risk of destroying an upgrade in Constantinople

Option D: Perhaps the Christ-God favours me instead...
- (Player character) converts to the majority Christian faith or heresy in Constantinople (Orthodoxy, Catholicism or Miaphysism)
- -100 relations with Court Chaplain (Norse equivalent)
- Gains weak claim on the Byzantine Empire
- Lose 500 piety
- Gain 100 prestige

 

[ziamatt]

Trigger: Character controls four holy sites, fifth holy site is held by religious enemies, not at war with the character who holds the last holy site

Event text: We are so close, and yet so far. Our people dream of seizing the final holy site and treading the heathens into dust!

Option A: We will win them over eventually.
+15 Piety
15% chance gain trait Patient
15% chance gain trait Coward

Option B: They are correct, we must have the holy sites! We march to war!
+15 Prestige
15% chance of gain trait Zealous
15% chance of gain trait Wroth

Option C: Holy sites? Don't both me about such nonsense!
-20 Piety
25% chance of gain trait Cynical

Option D: These holy sites are such a big deal we should be charging admission.
You can choose this option because you have the Greedy trait
+100 gold
-30 Piety

 

[malcheus]

pleasing the gods
Trigger:
Early spring, ruler has a daughter

Event Text:
Another winter has passed and the people have suffered from it by seeing their children freeze to death and their granaries emptying further every day. Alas, winter is over and spring has begun, now is the time to please the gods so they may grant a plentiful harvest come summer. Hence, the village shaman enters your longhall, demanding a human sacrifice to please the gods. And nothing would please the gods more than the blood of a princess, wouldn't it?

Option A: Go away you ridiculous man!
-50 piety

Option B: To the swamps!
-Oldest daughter <16 years old dies
+100 piety
+5 vassal opinion

Option C: They will have to contend with a low-born!
+2% revolt risk in one of your provinces
+5 vassal opinion

(loosely based on some human sacrifices found in peat-bogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yde_Girl, eventhough this happened long before CKII )