Special name for religious councillors of theocracy/religious head rulers

[Sunshine Moon]

The 'Court Chaplain' position was, of course, originally devised as a spiritual advisor for a playable secular ruler. But personally I feel that the standard titles sound a bit off when referring to a ruler who is already a religious power as well as a temporal one. A Prince-Bishop hardly needs a singular 'court chaplain', and a Fylkja may well be enough versed in seidr she doesn't need a dedicated court seer.

Of course, such figures are likely to surround themselves with their peers and others in their field, and the Learning councillor is important gameplay-wise, so I'm not suggesting any major change. Just that if a ruler is theocratic or a religious head, the councillor should get an altered name, to imply they're more of a deputy or agent of their will enacting the ruler's religious authority, rather than their personal expert on spiritual matters.

(I'm not 100% on how this would apply to a Caliph; if it wouldn't, then despite my mention of the Fylkirate above, it would be simple to say 'but only to religious heads who aren't of the Temporal type')

 

[Rags17]

This might be helpful - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_household

The Roman Curia is the royal court of the Papacy, in CK2 terms it is the collection of advisers and Councilors to the Pope, who is the title holder of the Papacy. Using the list of Papal family, the best candidates might be Almoner, Theologian of the Pontifical Household or President of the Pontifical Academy

The above naturally only apply to Catholic (Papal) household but the idea could be extended to lower titles or even to otehr religions. The Court Chaplin could be renamed non-denominationally as High Almoner, Master Theologian or Keeper of the Faith. I think that the Muslim equivalents could include Hafiz or Chief Qadi, which are currently just honorary titles.

 

[Tryvenyal]

I agree! The flavour here is lacking!

And this should not be only learning chouncillor but based on highest stat of the ruler(if above a certain threshold), the equivalent councillor should have a less prestigious title.

Or maybe.. All councillers with a lower skill in the area than the ruler should have less prestigious title and ... maybe a malus personal malus in some way...