Improve piety

**Godart** · January 16, 2010, 09:51 PM

Maybe a stupid question, but how can I improve a generals piety. Just want to protect them against these sneaky inquisiters...hate is when they come allong and burn the kingdoms finest.

**Emperor Charlemagne XII** · January 16, 2010, 10:08 PM

put them in citeis and make big churches or send them on a crusade to antioch os jerusalem and they get retinue for piety

**Reconquistador** · January 17, 2010, 12:16 AM

I believe having a priest, bishop, or cardinal travelling in any army a general commands also helps increase that general's piety.

**Jiub** · January 17, 2010, 12:31 AM

And put a general in a city in witch a church is just finishing building, there is a chance u get extra piety for being there for the completion of churches.

**SoulBlade** · January 17, 2010, 03:05 AM

patch your game... on 1.00 i got 4-5 piety generals killed by inquisitors.

**Nazgûl Killer** · January 17, 2010, 06:37 AM

Putting a priest with your general's army while they're on the march is the best method to do this along with Crusades/Jihads.
Jihads and Crusades will give you certain traits that influence this (i.e. Pilgrim to Jerusalem), having a priest in your army gives you certain traits which I cannot recall. I haven't tried this much as I would much rather throw my priest in a place where he is needed and forget all about him (Just replace him when he dies).

**WastedTrojan** · January 17, 2010, 02:32 PM

Keeping a priest in the army with a general

Going on, and succeeding on crusades

Building Churchs

Being governor of a city that has a frequently high happiness

Constructing building that improve health and happiness in a settlement.

All of those will add to piety.

**Godart** · January 20, 2010, 12:06 AM

Thx for the answers!
I noticed when having a general in a city with a cathedral, he will gain piety after several turns.
And about that ‘going on a crusade thing’; had a very funny experience some turns ago. Had a general with some traits (don’t remember the correct name) but he was as crazy as a fool. Trait said they couldn’t do anything with hem... So I send him on to the holy land and he finished a successful crusade. Now, after a wile killing of Muslims, he’s one my best generals ever...stats going trough the roof...but still mad...

Have another question; can a general with dread gain piety?

**Nazgûl Killer** · January 20, 2010, 03:56 AM

Yes, a general with dread can gain piety. One does not affect the other. The reason chivalry seems to accompany piety a lot is because of the Crusading traits.