Converting

[robez]

How exactly does it work?I'l send my bishop to Crimea to convert the heathens and it says that he have a chance of 7.10 to succed.30 years later only a mayor have converted to orthodox,so i try to send him to Lower Dinerp(spelling?),7.10 precent there to and nothing happens for years.Orthodox moral authourity precent is 99.3.

So,my question is,why do the bishops ALWAYS have 7.10 precent to succed,even if i have a very skilled bishop?It kinda ruin my game as Taurica,i have Cuman culture and Tengri religion everywhere and that's a lot of rebellions.

Sorry for the noob question,i have not played this game a lot

 

[mr_human_555]

7.10% per year, yes. Usually the more skilled bishop has higher percentage, so I guess that's pretty high, although I understand why you don't think so.
The chance for converting increases if you convert provinces neighboring Orthodox counties. Alternatively, you can distribute your land to vassals to increase the number of active bishops

 

[JonStryker]

Conversion usually is a very slow process if you do it yourself. If you want to convert a lot of provinces it is faster to give them away. That way the new rulers will send their own court chaplain to convert the provinces.
It seems to me that this speeds up the conversion process.
You can give the provinces to someone who will eventually "return" it to you, like your father, your heir or a eunuch. Furthermore I oftentimes give provinces to lowborn people with the celibacy trait. There is a catch, though: Even with the celibacy trait it is possible for them to father children.

 

[Comradebot]

7.10% per year, yes. Usually the more skilled bishop has higher percentage, so I guess that's pretty high, although I understand why you don't think so.
The chance for converting increases if you convert provinces neighboring Orthodox counties. Alternatively, you can distribute your land to vassals to increase the number of active bishops

That last part is often what I do. I rarely keep new provinces of a foreign religion, and much rather let someone else burn time converting it. The exceptions being exceptional counties like Cairo. I'll be more than happy to personally convert a county that potentially awesome.

And, of course, if I'm so small that passing out counties is just silliness. This strategy only works if I'm so large that it'll put me somewhere near my demesne limit.

 

[mr_human_555]

You can give the provinces to someone who will eventually "return" it to you, like your father, your heir or a eunuch. Furthermore I oftentimes give provinces to lowborn people with the celibacy trait. There is a catch, though: Even with the celibacy trait it is possible for them to father children.

Beware, someone shows that an Eunuch can also have sons through some events (which is a bug).
Alternatively, since I think you're small (Taurica is not that big right?) You can go full tyrant mode: grant as many titles as you want, then once you're satisified with the conversion mass prison & banish all of your vassal