Priest Traits?

**PrinceRufus2** · January 29, 2012, 11:19 PM

Does anybody know what the traits that priests have that you can't see do? I think they are unorthodoxy, violence, and purity. I see my priests get traits that add or subtract these, and I can't really see if they have any effect on the game.

**El Cid99** · January 30, 2012, 05:54 AM

I'm pretty sure they only matter if that priest becomes Pope. I think violence increases tolerance for a Catholic nation killing other Catholics, and also increases the chance of a Crusade being accepted. I also think purity does the opposite of both. I don't know what unorthodoxy does, though. These are all just theories, and I'm not sure about any of them.

Another: Eligibility increases the chance of that priest being selected in the College/as Bishop Preferati. I think the choice for selection is the highest total Eligibility. Piety increases Eligibility.

Again, purely theoretical.

**Aymer de Valence** · January 30, 2012, 07:16 AM

I got a trait called "secretly a woman", which gave the preist -1 to eligibility - im guessing this means that they will have a hard time becoming Pope. That was an interesting moment in my campaign

**adelie penguin** · January 30, 2012, 08:38 AM

In my Portuguese campaign two 'women' became pope consecutively. I think cardinals with highest piety become pope candidate anyway.
But I also want to know what the other traits effect...

**Adamat** · January 30, 2012, 09:11 AM

Unorthodoxy means the priest will easier become heretic. Violenc means the acceptance of crusades and wars.

Hope it helps.

**Mhaedros** · January 30, 2012, 09:32 AM

The three cardinals with highest pity becomes candidates for becoming pope

**PrinceRufus2** · January 30, 2012, 12:19 PM

I've had the secretly a woman one a few times before, but they never made it to Pope.

**El Cid99** · January 31, 2012, 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by Mhaedros

The three cardinals with highest pity becomes candidates for becoming pope

It also depends on the faction's standing with the Pope. An 8-piety cardinal from a faction with a good standing will become Bishop Preferati over a 9- or 10-piety cardinal from an excommunicated faction.