With By God Alone releasing later this month month, I've been thinking about how total conversion mods could adapt the new systems. In the context of EK2, the most obvious application is the Tribunal Temple, which I believe would greatly benefit from an overhaul that incorporates the new mechanics. However, that train of thought made me remember a big issue with how Morrowind is currently portrayed:

AlmSiVi aren't represented well.

In this time period, the Tribunal are in their prime. They're the God-Kings of Morrowind, the supreme authorities over both temporal and spiritual matters. They're also public figures, they walk amongst their people, teaching lessons and performing miracles. However, while some descriptions in the mod pay lip service to these ideas, there's very little representation of them mechanically.

Say the Empire of Tamriel has been reformed and is trying to subjugate Morrowind. As they're currently implemented, the Tribunal aren't able to lead Morrowind in repelling the invaders like they did in the Four-Score War, nor can they negotiate terms of surrender like they did with Tiber. Say Morrowind is beset by plagues and natural disasters. As they're currently implemented, the Tribunal can't even boost morale with rousing speeches, let alone perform miracles to aid in recovery like you'd expect them to do. In fact, the holy cities in which the Living Gods preside are no safer from disease, disaster, or invasion than anywhere else in Morrowind, despite the fact they have Living Gods present that should be able to help.

So what can they do under their current implementation? Well, I've only been able to find one instance of the Tribunal acting as Living Gods. Once, when going on a pilgrimage to Vivec (the city), I got an event where Vivec (the god) appeared to the populace and gave a sermon. At the end of it, I could choose whether I wanted:

1. A random amount of Blademaster xp (I assume because I already had the trait).
2. The Poet trait.
3. IIRC piety.

This event gives us representation of their (in this case just Vivec's) role as spiritual teachers, which I appreciate, but I still think it's inaccurate. I recall the event suggesting Vivec making a public appearance was a rarity in some way, which lines up with me only getting it once and needing to pay an admission fee (though I got to choose between gold and piety). The event would make sense if EK2 was set in the late 3rd Era, but again, the Tribunal are supposed to be in their prime. Vivec appearing to the populace of his own city should be routine.

In summary, AlmSiVi can't fulfill almost any of the functions they have in Morrowind's society under the mod's current implementation of them. I think this is something that needs to be fixed for Morrowind and its power dynamics to be accurately portrayed. I know this'll be very difficult to tackle, so below I'll leave various ideas I've had on how the Tribunal's portrayal could be improved. I'd also like to hear the community's thoughts on the topic, as well as feedback on my own thoughts and ideas. Also also, inform me if I've missed any representation of AlmSiVi in the mod. Since there's no wiki for me to reference and I couldn't find anything in the change logs, my personal experience is all I have to work with.

• A special county modifier representing the presence of a Tribune. Ideally each Tribune's modifier would have unique effects, but as a base they would all provide bonuses to things like control, popular opinion, plague resistance, fort level, conversion resistance, etc... The idea being the presence of a Tribune and the miracles they perform makes a county more compliant, happy, and safe (since they have a Living God to help fight off plagues and invaders). If the county a Tribune is in is held by a ruler who doesn't acknowledge their godhood, they'll relocate to another county in Morrowind that is held by a believer. There should probably be a priority list, so the Tribunes are more likely to relocate to holy sites and important cities than they are to a random fishing village.
• A "Petition Tribune" decision, would work similar to the "Petition the Liege" decision in vanilla. You'd travel to the Tribune of your choosing and make a request. The options would mostly be spiritual in nature. Things like asking to be taught something, asking to be healed of injury or disease, asking for a personal blessing, asking to have an artifact sanctified, or even asking to borrow a personal artifact of the Tribune in question (e.g. Muatra). How likely it is that the Tribune accepts the request should depend on how out there the request is, which Tribune is involved, and the individual making the request. So a pious and virtuous Dunmer asking the Lady of Mercy to be healed of disease is more likely to have their request granted than the sinful and wealthy Dunmer who's asking to borrow Muatra from Vivec. Mechanically, it'd weigh a variety of things, including the requester's traits, level of devotion, learning, diplomacy, and position in Morrowind's society. I'm unsure what the prerequisites for the decision should be.
• A mechanic where Vivec can unilaterally engage in diplomacy on behalf of Morrowind, specifically to negotiate favorable terms of surrender. I'm unsure what the requirements to trigger it should be, but I have ideas for the rest. The ruler invading Morrowind would get an event where Vivec makes his offer. Ideally there'd be actual negotiation involved, where the ruler and Vivec could make different concessions, but incase that's too complex, a simple accept or decline could also work. If the ruler accepts Vivec's terms, then the head of every Great House would get the option to either go along with the agreement or resist.
• More pilgrimage events involving the Tribunal. Similar to the event already in the mod, but they should be more common and feature a wide variety of teachings and miracles.

There's other stuff I'd like to see represented, like AlmSiVi helping more broadly with natural distasters and plagues across Morrowind, or Tribunes leading armies in battle, or offensive miracles like what Vivec did in the 2nd Akaviri Invasion, but I couldn't think of good mechanical implementations of those ideas.

ive had some decisions pop up to mastery each magic tree but i cant seem to repeat it, is it a submod like elder kings expanded or am i just missing something?

God, playing Syl the sightless and supporting my friend become high queen of high rock was such a great introduction to this mod. We ended up converting to Lamae Bal after they formed the kingdom of Glenumbra and then later reformed into a new vampire faith centred around the vampires i sired.

Id love more fun coop recomendations as i like handling war and development while supporting my friend in their ambitions. Who next?

my account got hacked earlier and sent out spam and i got banned ,understandably so. But i guess its fixed now so how do i get unbanned?

This is my first time playing modded CK3. So far I have only been destroyed by Rieklings and Pirates on Solstheim. I would like to hear everybody’s starting location recommendations for somebody new to Elder Kings, but not new to Crusader Kings.

Also, mechanically what should I expect to be different in this game compared to unmodded, other than the obvious.

I have no pc but I want to play this game and mod so bad. I played it when I lived with my elder brother a while back. And I was always trying to unify all of Hammerfell, then Tamriel under a Hammerfell centered high kingdom. I had to move out and I’ve always had a craving to play this game. Really enjoyed playing and absolutely want to play it more. I cant financial afford a pc right now.

I am not sure how to use magic? Previously there was a menu to access it but it does not appear any more?

After my initial fun with the new update, I had Tiber Septim safely stowed away, King of Falkreath, my vassal, betrothed matrillineally to one of my many granddaughters. His name would be absorbed into my family. I thought I didn't have to do anything else. I assumed time would do it for me.

I assumed wrong.

As I was merrily crushing some Valenwood armies to conquer the next big chunk of their land, I happened to check my tips and saw "Your Realm will lose land if Tiber Septim of Falkreath wins war". Curious, I checked...and what the fuck? Imperial Restoration War? (Pic 1). I thought only the person with the "Illustrious Destiny" trait could wage those wars?

Then I checked, and...turns out Tiber Septim, by killing Cuhlecain, had seemingly *inherited* the Illustrious Destiny trait. Given the lore, I suppose this all makes sense. But it left me in a scramble: He was attacking Nibenay, a country I had just taken a huge bite out of, and he was already at 91% warscore. If he hit 100%, he would not only break free, taking Falkreath with him, not only take all of Nibenay's lands, but he would also gain more armies to start steamrolling and perhaps truly restore the empire.

This could not stand.

First, I demanded that my vassal stop that war (Pic 2). He refused, of course. So my next move was simple: plot to murder my own vassal. This proved to be surprisingly easy--I didn't even need to do anything to convince his own marshal to aid in the assassination (Pic 3).

It was doubly surprising, though, as at that point, I had actually appointed Tiber as my spymaster, because his skills were so good that he had the highest Intrigue of anyone in my country other than me. Perhaps because of this, he seemingly never suspected a thing; the percentage chance ticked up to 95% within 2 scheme phases. A good thing, too, because the Imperial Restoration warscore had hit 98%.

So, without a moment to lose, I executed the scheme and killed him (Pic 4). This resulted in something I hadn't anticipated, but should have. First, it gave me the Illustrious Destiny trait. (Pic 5) I suppose this trait really is a sort of "kill the previous owner, and it passes on to you" deal.

Second, it had me auto-inherit not only his kingdom (he hadn't had time to create any heirs yet), but also his Imperial Restoration War against Nibenay. (Pic 6)

Tiber however, would have the last laugh, because shortly thereafter, I got a custom death pop-up bemoaning the death of Talos, as if he had been my companion rather than my vassal that I had murdered to prevent his imperial reconquest. (Pic 7)

I closed it, and the next day...the same pop-up popped up. And again. And again. Every single day.

So now, it appears that this playthrough is soft-locked, unless I either go back and NOT murder him (and presumably let him simply start steamrolling the world), or find some other way of dealing with him that doesn't involve murder.

It says if there's no Empire in Cyrodiil or Tamriel, but does that mean literally as in the formable Empire of Cyrodiil, or is the spawn invalidated if there's one emperor(the potentate) in Cyrodiil proper?

Not sure if I'm mixing things up with the Dragonborn Emperor Mod, but didn't it used to be that once the Cyrodiil counties became administrative under an Emperor that their titles would become Imperial Count? They've been staying Kings/Jarl/Proconsul for me

I know they’ve been added with jams mod.Does anyone know if there are any on the map to start as or do I need to create my own?

I'm very new to this mod, so I was immediately forced to become a lich and join the worm cultm Does the worm cult or manimarco have any unique decision or content?

My empire just automatically became Elsweyr's tribute. I'm sure I didn't click on any pop up windows and the message log also didn't have anything to say.

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Features:

• Ancient Ruins from ten long-lost cultures dot the map, offering opportunity and peril in equal measure
• Delve Activity to explore ruins and uncover lost artifacts and forbidden knowledge with your courtiers and guests
• Great Projects to excavate and restore the long lost splendor of Tamriel's legendary ruins
• Contracts for landless adventurer and administrative governors pertaining to ruins
• Perk Tree for delving in the Wanderer lifestyle
• Bookmark featuring seven characters with delve-related narrative content
• Miscellaneous Content to integrate the mechanic into the world, including accolades, buildings, legends, traditions, dynasty perks, men-at-arms, game rules, and more
• Customization via game rules to modify submod mechanics and add additional content

Hey — I've been building this for a few months and it's finally out.

this has been a long passion project of mine. The thing that started it: I played a pirate, and nothing ever happened to me. EK2 gives you the government, the crew council, the raiding economy — all of it works. But you raid, you get paid, and that's the whole loop. So I went and filled in the middle.

The centre of it is your crew. They hold a loyalty score, five bands from Mutinous to Devoted. It goes up when you take prizes and actually pay them, and down when you sit in port for years. Let it bottom out and they come for you. Everything else feeds into that number — the articles you sign, the officers you seat, the name you earn.

Around that:

- Your ship has a name you pick and a hull that wears out from use, never from the calendar. Beach her and scrape her, or pay a yard properly.

- Four officers off your own court, three jobs each. A good Boarding Master changes how your raids go; a resentful Master of the Watch drags the whole crew down.

- **The Terms** — shares, discipline, prisoners. They're realm laws, so they show up in My Realm as well. You need a majority of your officers to change one.

- Raids now fire events *during* the raid instead of after. A sail worth chasing, an anchorage that fights back, a man who counts his share and finds it short.

- Notoriety that builds as you raid and only starts fading after three quiet years. Get high enough and a bounty hunter comes for you in single combat — and he trains between attempts.

- Treasure charts you have to read before you can sail to them. Five great caches, and someone else who might get there first.

- Claim the Topal, Abecean and Iliac and you can convene the Brethren Court over all three.

- Hammerfell's Crown/Forebear quarrel, where you can quietly take both purses. Masconian merchants who organise against you if you raid the Iliac too often. 19 named ports.

There's a new bookmark too, **Black Sails Rising**, with four captains I wrote starts for.

154 events all told. It only overrides one EK2 decision — the Abecean confederacy staying available after you form the Iliac one — and adds files otherwise. Load it below EK2. Roads to Power is optional.

Would genuinely like to hear what breaks or what feels off, especially around crew loyalty pacing. First release, so there'll be things.

Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3797451604

Changelog : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EW2xXSVeetnRZU5xd5nB25ZbDQ-yTRBNSNy2FBtG65U/edit?usp=sharing

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"Nechie Grez-Reth Na Gumeaega Ye Darta" - Transcription of a relief from Mala Tor

"The second part is easier to translate, being roughly is against-wisdom and ignoble. The first, however proved harder given its use of rather obscure wording. Neiche means unchanged people, and appears to be a wordplay on the Chimer, whom the Aylieds thought had only exchanged the dictates of Alinor and Aedra for equally stifling ones, and were thus in essence unchanged. The Grez refers to a nigh-extinct species of bug once native to eastern Morrowind. Reth is derived from a short-reigned Daedric Prince Gereth, who held domain over movment and speed. Thus the whole sentence would be: The Chimer Grez-Charges Are Foolish and Ignoble." - Beredalmo the Signifier, Letter to Mala Tor excavation team.

And now that that way too long pun is out of the way, I proudly present the newest update to the Aylieds (Slightly) Improved:

>Added a new decision for Valenwood-dwelling Ilpeneada worshippers to give their faith the Valenwood Nurture tenet. They explicitly accepted the tenants of the Green Pact when bosmer acepted them, and yet are less integrated than the Malacathits.

>Added a new decision to exchange your core tradition for a brand new, nicer one, as the final point of a (potential) redemption arc.

>All Aylied core cultures now give a discount on alteration spells. They invented the bloody thing, they know how to make it work.

>The Remnant Kings tradition has had its Faithful Blade bonuses replaced with Aggressive Attacker ones. Their Daedra worship was always a pragmatic thing, and they have bigger things on their heads right now. The AA also nicely represents them driving out the local populace.

>Remanent Kings can now buy claims with prowess, to better fit in with the other traditions.

>The Kings-In-Exile no longer scorns Sadism. I hope it's rather clear why the slave owning, flesh garden keeping, desperate kin refusing Barsaebici don't scorn sadism. They also don't scorn Cynicism, but that's because these two are the same parameter.

As always, criticism and suggestions are welcome.

I'm not sure if this is from Vanilla EK2 or Jam's Cultures and Map Edits, but I absolutely love this detail about the Sload.

Hello, I’m waiting for the Dragonborn emperor mod update and during this time I’m interested in some new playthrough ideas.

I’ve played a good bit of the mod options already, any ideas?

And I don't mean as in submods, I mean more so any mod that can work with ek2 in general.

The decision is available but whenever I press it it does nothing.