History VideoGame / CrusaderKingsIII

* PlayerExclusiveMechanic: {{Inverted}} by knighthood. Human-controlled characters can never be knights, either in their own army or their liege's army. While this is likely a matter of shielding the player from the potentially un-fun scenario of randomly getting slaughtered in a battle, which is an all-too-common fate for knights in battle, it also greatly reduces the value of the prowess stat for player characters.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The Scottish are labelled a North Germanic culture, with the Gaels being a separate culture from them, with the event for the culture forming stating that they are Anglo-Saxons living in the Scottish lowlands. This is quite incorrect. While Anglo-Saxons living in the Scottish lowlands did ''eventually'' become part of the Scottish, the Scottish are a Celtic culture, formed by the Irish Gaels and the native Brittonic Picts, with their name coming from the Latin name for the Gaels of Ireland ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoti Scoti]]). They seem to have mixed the Scottish up with the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language Scots language]], a sister language of English, which is a part of the North Sea Germanic language family[[note]]Which, confusingly, are part of the ''West'' Germanic language family, ''not'' the North Germanic family, which is made up of languages like Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish[[/note]], which wouldn't eclipse Scottish Gaelic until the late Middle Ages, and it wasn't until the reign of David I in 1124 that the any of the nobility favoured a foreign language, much less considering themselves a different culture. In fact, the English-speaking areas were more likely to be considered a separate cultural group from the Scottish, rather than the Gaelic areas.

* AnimalAssassin: One possible assassination method is to have a deadly spider placed in the target's bed.

* MachiavelliWasWrong: PlayedWith: the Dread mechanic allows you to pull this off [[note]] If your Dread is above certain level of their Boldness, characters will be Intimidated and less likely to act against you. If it's high enough they'll be too Terrified to act against you at all. Certain traits like Brave increases Boldness however, making it harder for Dread to affect them[[/note]]. However, when they dies and their heir takes over, most of negative opinion of their prior ruler [[SinsOfTheFather will be applied to the heir]], and since Dread is not inherited, those people might use that as an excuse to topple the heir instead.

* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: Religions are far more customisable in Crusader Kings 3, with tenets and doctrines being alterable. This can lead to some wild interpretations of virtuous behaviour: you can make a religion in which lying and scheming is seen as a virtue, cannibalism is a sacred ritual, and marriage between close relatives is acceptable. Downplayed in that you can't just create a new religion overnight; you need a lot of piety and clout to make it stick, and the more you deviate from your parent faith's core beliefs the harder it will be to sell it to your subjects and the world at large. Also downplayed in that you can't just attach any tenet to any faith as some require the new faith either be part of or not be part of certain other religions or religion groups - for example, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths can never practice human sacrifice, while pagan and eastern faiths can't embrace iconoclasm like Abrahamic faiths can.

** There are no Zunist, Yazidi, Taoist rulers or counties in either start date, although these faiths can be revived at a very steep piety cost.

* MachiavelliWasWrong: PlayedWith: the Dread mechanic allows you to pull this off [[note]] If your Dread is above certain level of their Boldness, characters will be Intimidated and less likely to act against you. If it's high enough they'll be too Terrified to act against you at all. Certain traits like Brave increases Boldness however, making it harder for Dread to affect them[[/note]]. However, when they dies and their heir takes over, most of negative opinion of their prior ruler will be applied to the heir, and since Dread is not inherited, those people might use that as an excuse to topple the heir instead.

** In ''II'', a [[TheCaligula ruler with the lunatic trait]] could [[CaligulasHorse appoint their horse Glitterhoof as chancellor]]. The event is missing in '''III''', but a lunatic spouse can suggest some... [[OddNameOut ''interesting'' names]] for your newborn. Among them is, yes, "Glitterhoof."

* AscendedMeme: In ''Crusader Kings II'''s base game, the Munster 1066 start was called [[VideoGame/RuneScape "Tutorial Island"]] by the fandom, as it was a small, mostly-contained space where players could get a grasp of the game with a somewhat advantageous start as Petty-King Murchad[[note]]Murchad would start with two territories when everyone else in Ireland had one, he could usurp his vassal's territory, easily win a war with Desmond to the south, and would be in prime position to steamroll the other territories and become King of Ireland in a short time.[[/note]]. For many players, it proved to be a much better tutorial for the game's mechanics than the official tutorial, which didn't go nearly into as much depth as Munster 1066 required. Come ''III'', Munster 1066 is officially the game's tutorial level and covers all the bases rather than just a few basics.

* AscendedMeme: In ''Crusader Kings II'''s base game, the Munster 1066 start was called [[VideoGame/RuneScape "Tutorial Island"]], as it was a small, mostly-contained space where players could get a grasp of the game with a somewhat advantageous start as Petty-King Murchad[[note]]Murchad would start with two territories when everyone else in Ireland had one, he could usurp his vassal's territory, easily win a war with Desmond to the south, and would be in prime position to steamroll the other territories and become King of Ireland in a short time.[[/note]]. Come ''III'', Munster 1066 is officially the game's tutorial level.

The game folows the mechanical structure of its predecessors, with changes and improvements. Character portraits are now rendered as 3D models that change depending on traits and conditions, and several core gameplay systems have been reworked to be more intuitive. The game also features a more detailed map, displaying holding more clearly and expanding to Central Africa and more of South Asia.

The game folows the mechanical structure of its predecessors, with changes and improvements. Character portraits are now rendered as 3D models that change depending on traits and conditions, and several core gameplay systems have been reworked to be more intuitive. The game also features a more detailed map, displaying holding more clearly andexpanding to Central Africa and more of South Asia.

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The game folows the mechanical structure of its predecessors, with changes and improvements. Character portraits are now rendered as 3D models that change depending on traits and conitions, and several core gameplay systems have been reworked to be more intuitive. The game also features a more detailed map, displaying holding more clearly andexpanding to Central Africa and more of South Asia.

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''Crusader Kings III'' is a grand strategy game developed and published by Creator/ParadoxInteractive, and the third entry in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'' series. revealed at PDX Con 2019 in October, and released on September 1, 2020.

The game folows the mechanical structure of its predecessors, with changes and improvements. haracter portraits are now rendered as 3D models that change depending on traits and conitions, and several core gameplay systems have been reworked to be more intuitive. The game also expands the map to Central Africa and more of South Asia.

''Crusader Kings III'' is a grand strategy game developed and published by Creator/ParadoxInteractive, and the third entry in ''VideoGame/CrusaderKIngs'' series. revealed at PDX Con 2019 in October, and released on September 1, 2020.

''Crusader Kings III'' is a grand strategy gaùme developed and published by Creator/ParadoxInteractive, revealed at PDX Con 2019 in October, and released on September 1, 2020.

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