[Discuss] anti-state-religion

[Lyman Stone]

> The difficulty there is that already, realms don't see an upside  
> from having more than one religion in their borders.  The penalty  
> for a lord being of a different faith than the peasantry is already  
> implemented, and so far as I know the benefits a religion can bring  
> to a realm all require a large fraction of peasantry converted.
>
> The system as it currently stands is almost designed to lead to  
> single-religion states.  The converse, single-state religions, is  
> just what happens when you have a number of small religions.
>
> Single-religion states are "historical," at least insofar as Europe  
> circa the Reformation, but I dont think that's something we  
> accurately want represented in Battlemaster.

I think there are times when single-state religions/single-religion  
states are appropriate, and we shouldn't try to make them entirely  
vanish, but I also think we need to make religions more able to  
become multinational.

A few ideas:
1. Priest locations show up on TL chart like infiltrator locations.  
That is to say, the ruler won't know where they are.
2. Allow elders in a religion access to "important orders"
3. Allow region lords to send a certain % of their region's income  
directly to a religion, and also allow realms to send a certain % of  
the to realm income to a religion.
4. This one may be a bit "out there", but make it so that when a  
priest is banned from a realm, they don't go rogue, they go, erm,  
something else. Something not immediately executable in any realm,  
and something that will not be automatically detected and attempted  
to capture, but still not part of their original realm.
5. Finish up the "declare a religious state" feature. I've been  
drooling over it for a long time now, and click it every so often,  
praying that it will work, somehow, miraculously....
6. Tie in religion to honor/prestige. If someone is demoted (or,  
worse yet, excommunicated!) in their religion, (I'm thinking, not by  
rank in general, but from applicant to member to elder), make them  
lose honor/prestige. if they are promoted, make them gain honor/ 
prestige. That lets priests gain a little bit, and also gives  
religions a bit more power.
7. Along with (or maybe attached to) the "cause unrest" option could  
be an "incite a mob" option which would, essentially, create a mob of  
hostile peasants (naturally, it would be difficult and risk capture)

Those are just what I can think of off the top of my head. I'm sure  
the other people on this list can think up better ideas, or build on  
those ones.


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