Inquisitors and how to deal with them

**Drakan** · November 23, 2006, 02:50 AM

INQUISITORS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM

In my first campaign I got killed between 20-30 generals (as well as other prominent people) by Inquisitors. In my next campaign I decided to improve my relations with the Pope. I’m about to finish my second campaign as the HRE and have only been killed like 3-5 generals by inquisitors during the whole campaign in H/H over 100 turns playing very aggressively.

I chose to build churches in every city as my first construction. Doing this raises the piety of your general and pleases the Pope. The first unit I recruited in every city after those churches had been built were priests, even two priests per city reaching the maximum number available. I conquered from turn one, so plenty of war going on.

Every time I saw a heretic or witch I sent a high-ranking priest (not a cardinal because he already was one) to trial them for heresy. If they win, this raises the piety of my priests and my goal is to make as many of my priests as possible cardinals. I found out that all my cardinals had 6 piety or more. So you had to raise the piety of your priests to level 6 so as to become cardinals. So heretic hunting was high on the agenda for my priests. My goal was to flood the college of cardinals with my own HRE cardinals.

By mid game (60-70 turns) my cardinals outnumbered every other faction in the College of Cardinals and as the cardinals vote in the way their faction leaders want them to, having a majority of cardinals from the HRE in the College of Cardinals this meant that the majority of the votes went for one of my own HRE cardinals. Henceforth all elected Popes belonged to the HRE.

Even after I started war with the Pope and killed him, the new elected Pope belonged as well to the HRE, so it was a rather uneventful game from the point of view of the inquisitors compared to my Spanish first campaign.

I'd also like to add that on adopting candidates for generals I always prefered to select one with only one star as a general and two piety rather than a four star general with no piety. After all the general is really you.

I hope this helps all those experiencing problems with inquisitors.

**Petavian Belgae** · November 23, 2006, 03:00 AM

i try and kill them when i see those bastards

**Drakan** · November 23, 2006, 03:09 AM

Problem is that assassins are relatively weak compared to RTW. It's quite hard training them and they lose skill on failing a mission.

**Petavian Belgae** · November 23, 2006, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by drakan

Problem is that assassins are relatively weak compared to RTW. It's quite hard training them and they lose skill on failing a mission.

That is right.
one i kill one with a spy with 5% hitchance an other time i needed 4 triesfor an assin with 36% hitchance (on the same target ,i saved the game to try it out wit different assasins.

**Venom** · November 23, 2006, 04:30 AM

**a8686** · November 23, 2006, 03:07 AM

Nice list of things to do..

I picked up on this early and had the same results.. When the pope dosn't like you, expect a visit from the legal hitmen of the vatican..

Most people who have trouble with inquisitors are usually trouble makers

**Darkmoor** · November 23, 2006, 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by a8686

Most people who have trouble with inquisitors are usually trouble makers

Possibly the most asinine post in the history of twc - well done.

**Markas** · November 24, 2006, 04:18 AM

Originally Posted by a8686

Most people who have trouble with inquisitors are usually trouble makers

That should be on the loading screens as a quote.

I've only had trouble with inquisitors as england. If you build churches and have a priest in every province I find only a couple of charactors get barbecued, and only early in the game. Maybe the pope just likes me.

**pero** · November 23, 2006, 05:00 PM

what i did was send a priest every time i see inquisitor. So far it worked without him burning any of my generals

**Amroth** · November 24, 2006, 03:36 AM

The blazing end of John the Crusader:

’Sire!’ The doorward came running into the throne room where the king and his captains were discussing the war effort with France (there was one castle which was especially difficult to siege, due to the experienced French taunters garrisoned there). ‘Sire! There is a man here that wishes to speak to thee. I have told him that thou art not to be disturbed, but he wilt not budge – indeed he insists, he says, in the name of His Most Holy Popeness, that he must see the king at once.’

‘What can the old bugger want now?’ the king growled. ‘Do I not send him tribute every turn? Do I not keep my lands free of heretics and my regions at 98% or higher? Did I not go on a crusade when he called it of me – despite the fact that it was a pain in my royal ass? Do I not build churches and cathedrals in all my lands, so that my merchants have more piety than wits? What more can he want? Ah, well, send the old fart in.’

The doorward bowed, and left. Shortly thereafter he returned with a man with a most intriguing appearance. Upon his head, in which a gaunt face and a pair of wild eyes threatened to burst out, he had a large black hat, with a wide brim. ‘Howdy,’ the man said, then seemed bewildered, before he continued: ‘Erm, your majesty, I come on the authority of His Most Holy Pope, Innocent the Good – he hath declared that thou art Bad, for not being more pious (even though thou hath five points to piety, and art named the Crusader), and for not sending him a few dollar… erm, a few florins more, and therefore I have the Ugly, but satisfying job, of burning thou till thou art dead.’

‘Burn me? Art thou mad?’

‘I would have to be, would I not, for coming here, into thine castle, surrounded by thine armies, and into this throne room, surrounded by the men of thine household, and in the presence of thine captains and their pointy blades, only armed with this stylish hat… oh, and this book, of course, which is quite heavy, and with which I wilt smite thine hatless head until thou arth unconscious – it wilt be easier tying thee to the stake that way, thou see?’

‘Yes… yes, I do think I see. This must be a gameplay device, then?’

**Casanova** · November 24, 2006, 04:12 AM

Originally Posted by -apocalypsis-

The blazing end of John the Crusader:

’Sire!’ The doorward came running into the throne room where the king and his captains were discussing the war effort with France (there was one castle which was especially difficult to siege, due to the experienced French taunters garrisoned there). ‘Sire! There is a man here that wishes to speak to thee. I have told him that thou arth not to be disturbed, but he wilt not budge – indeed he insists, he says, in the name of His Most Holy Popeness, that he must see the king at once.’

‘What can the old bugger want know?’ the king growled. ‘Do I not send him tribute every turn? Do I not keep my lands free of heretics and my regions at 98% or higher? Did I not go on a crusade when he called it of me – despite the fact that it was a pain in my royal ass? Do I not build churches and cathedrals in all my lands, so that my merchants have more piety than wits? What more can he want? Ah, well, send the old fart in.’

The doorward bowed, and left. Shortly thereafter he returned with a man with a most intriguing appearance. Upon his head, in which a gaunt face and a pair of wild eyes threatened to burst out, he had a large black hat, with a wide brim. ‘Howdy,’ the man said, then seemed bewildered, before he continued: ‘Erm, your majesty, I come on the authority of His Most Holy Pope, Innocent the Good – he hath declareth that thou arth Bad, for not being more pious (even though thou hath five points to piety, and am named the Crusader), and for not sending him a few dollar… erm, a few florins more, and therefore I have the Ugly, but satisfying job, of burning you till you are dead.’

‘Burn me? Arth thou mad?’

‘I would have to be, would I not, for coming here, into thine castle, surrounded by thine armies, and into this throne room, surrounded by the men of thine household, and in the presence of thine captains and their pointy blades, only armed with this stylish hat… oh, and this book, of course, which is quite heavy, and with which I will smite thine hatless head until thou arth unconscious – it wilt be easier tying thee to the stake that way, thou see?’

‘Yes… yes, I do think I see. This must be a gameplay device, then?’

Haha, you have definatly made your point.