The Obligatory CK2 Strange Screenshot Thread

[alxeu]

Help! All three of us are possessed, somehow.

Honestly, I don't know how all three brothers got possessed, but I don't care! Free relations boost with my brothers, woo!

Erm... which kin did she slaughter? Her children are alive, and she has no parents or siblings.

 

[Helios Panoptes]

Erm... which kin did she slaughter? Her children are alive, and she has no parents or siblings.

Anymore.

 

[Steel_atlas]

Maybe not strange, but hella lucky.

Been bashing my head against the Zoroastrian and Zunist starts, so went for a break with 867 Byzantium to snag that SPQR achievement. After some bumbling in marrying the King of Italy's daughter and Leon taking an unfortunate axe to the face in battle, I got Basil's Italian Catholic grandson on the throne.

Well, no biggy, fight off some rebellions and set up my heir to be trained by the Patriarch to be a good Greek Orthodox so things'll settle down....and y'know, just for giggles I'll have my chaplain 'Research Culture' for the few years before my heir becomes a man.

Well hello there.

Sorta confused, Cathar will give you Holy Wars against Catholics but will PO your orthodox vassals still and you wont be able to revoke their titles like Iconoclast (An Orthodox Heresy).

If your the king of Italy you can dejure attack Rome.

 

[Rationalsanity]

Help! All three of us are possessed, somehow.

Honestly, I don't know how all three brothers got possessed, but I don't care! Free relations boost with my brothers, woo!

Erm... which kin did she slaughter? Her children are alive, and she has no parents or siblings.

I'm more surprised that all 3 brothers are still alive after a decade of gameplay!

And good lord do they need to fix Crusade weights.

 

[Helios Panoptes]

Sorta confused, Cathar will give you Holy Wars against Catholics but will PO your orthodox vassals still and you wont be able to revoke their titles like Iconoclast (An Orthodox Heresy).

If your the king of Italy you can dejure attack Rome.

I'm not the King of Italy yet, dear old mom is still alive (albeit in an Italian jail at 65-ish) so I haven't inherited her claim yet. I'm the legit Emperor, though, so I can still freely revoke the duke vice-royalties.

Edit: Also, oddly enough, between my 20 diplo, +25 from crushing a major revolt, and +25 for educating my heir as Greek, I'm just asking my vassals to convert and they are.

 

[Andre Massena]

Help! All three of us are possessed, somehow.

Honestly, I don't know how all three brothers got possessed, but I don't care! Free relations boost with my brothers, woo!

Erm... which kin did she slaughter? Her children are alive, and she has no parents or siblings.

It's tough to be a Jimena

 

[Catman115]

I'm not the King of Italy yet, dear old mom is still alive (albeit in an Italian jail at 65-ish) so I haven't inherited her claim yet. I'm the legit Emperor, though, so I can still freely revoke the duke vice-royalties.

Edit: Also, oddly enough, between my 20 diplo, +25 from crushing a major revolt, and +25 for educating my heir as Greek, I'm just asking my vassals to convert and they are.

Isnt the requirement to restore Roma that you be an Orthodox faithful/Orthodox heretic, no Catholics allowed?

 

[JustSmall]

Isnt the requirement to restore Roma that you be an Orthodox faithful/Orthodox heretic, no Catholics allowed?

I think those are the requirements to mend the schism, but to form the Roman Empire you only have to be Christian (could be Catholic, Orthodox, Miaphysite, or even Messalian, etc.).

 

[Will Steel]

'Direwolf'? I thought this word didn't exist outside of Age of Empires 2. Hilarious!

Erm... which kin did she slaughter? Her children are alive, and she has no parents or siblings.

Lowborn is considered a 'dynasty' by the game (House Lowborn). So every lowborn is actually a member of same dynasty, and considers himself/herself a relative of other lowborns.

And thus, when a lowborn kills another lowborn, the game automatically decides that the murderer has killed his/her own dynasty member and gives them the kinslayer trait.

 

[classicist]

'Direwolf'? I thought this word didn't exist outside of Age of Empires 2. Hilarious!

I somewhat hoped it didn't exist outside that... alas, George R. R. Martin's books seem to have caused another wave in the popularity of the term. The screenshots seem to be taken from the vanilla version, which begs the question: why was 'Direwolf' as a nickname preferred over dozens of actually attested ones which remain unincorporated into the game?

 

[SehnVretor]

I somewhat hoped it didn't exist outside that... alas, George R. R. Martin's books seem to have caused another wave in the popularity of the term. The screenshots seem to be taken from the vanilla version, which begs the question: why was 'Direwolf' as a nickname preferred over dozens of actually attested ones which remain unincorporated into the game?

I've checked, it appears 'Direwolf' is not a vanilla nickname.

Anyway, aside from its inappropriateness in this game, why do you object to the word as such, if I may ask?

 

[alxeu]

'Direwolf'? I thought this word didn't exist outside of Age of Empires 2. Hilarious!

It isn't vanilla, as others have said. I have some graphic mods on, as well as Nicknames+, of which the only purpose is to add more nicknames, like Sancho "Direwolf" Jimena.

 

[Andre Massena]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf

 

[es333]

That moment when your levy is exactly 1999 and fits onto your 20 ships and you go raiding. Also, my son, grandson and great-grandson are all geniuses, so the game is going nicely.

 

[Redwulf_Storm]

That moment when your levy is exactly 1999 and fits onto your 20 ships and you go raiding. Also, my son, grandson and great-grandson are all geniuses, so the game is going nicely.

They will all soon perish. Prepare thyself.

 

[es333]

They will all soon perish. Prepare thyself.

I don't know if you're referring to my troops or my lineage. I successfully looted Rome and Italy with the troops and the funny thing is, my original character is still alive at 73 years old and elective gavelkind actually wants me to skip my son and go straight to my grandson when my king dies. I'm ok with that. Right after that happens, I will form the empire of Mali and try to get 3 holy sites in Scandinavia to get organized norse religion. For some reason, Denmark and Norway and Christian. I will abandon the holy sites after I have done it, I guess, never tried it before.

 

[Redwulf_Storm]

I don't know if you're referring to my troops or my lineage. I successfully looted Rome and Italy with the troops and the funny thing is, my original character is still alive at 73 years old and elective gavelkind actually wants me to skip my son and go straight to my grandson when my king dies. I'm ok with that. Right after that happens, I will form the empire of Mali and try to get 3 holy sites in Scandinavia to get organized norse religion. For some reason, Denmark and Norway and Christian. I will abandon the holy sites after I have done it, I guess, never tried it before.

Plans, and plans within plans. A genius web you spin. Prepare for thy end comatose in bed. Again and again. And the imbeciles, the imbeciles will win.

In truth I am happy for you, enjoy your genius ruler(s) I have not had one in well over 500 hours of play time (I think I had one two years ago), whenever I am about to they die. Looks like a really fun game, hope to hear more updates! Good luck!

-Remember it is not genius that rules, but the location and number of mouse clicks.
Click wisely!

 

[es333]

Plans, and plans within plans. A genius web you spin. Prepare for thy end comatose in bed. Again and again. And the imbeciles, the imbeciles will win.

In truth I am happy for you, enjoy your genius ruler(s) I have not had one in well over 500 hours of play time (I think I had one two years ago), whenever I am about to they die. Looks like a really fun game, hope to hear more updates! Good luck!

-Remember it is not genius that rules, but the location and number of mouse clicks.
Click wisely!

I started as a Norse/Germanic Midas Touched, wounded ugly dwarf genius ruler of a small county in Western-Africa. My first-born son was a dwarf and a genius, my grandson was just a genius and now one of my great-grandsons is a genius. Character creator is extremely fun for me, I don't need mods if I have that.

 

[Redwulf_Storm]

I started as a Norse/Germanic Midas Touched, wounded ugly dwarf genius ruler of a small county in Western-Africa. My first-born son was a dwarf and a genius, my grandson was just a genius and now one of my great-grandsons is a genius. Character creator is extremely fun for me, I don't need mods if I have that.

Thank you! You have reminded me of my WOL strategy I forgot about. Just have a bunch of bastards till one of them is a genius and legitimize only them! Muahahaha! Genius Bastards here I come!

 

[Scotty the Scot]

Erm... which kin did she slaughter? Her children are alive, and she has no parents or siblings.

Why do you think she has no parents or siblings? *creepy music*