Inquisitors

[lilljonas]

Inquisitors are like assassins on steroids, as long as you target catholics. First of all, they *don't die if they fail*. You can spam them against your enemies generals forever (they'll get plenty of xp from killing lowly generals, too), until they get so many stars that they can burn the pope himself! All the while, you're assassins always takes the risk of getting caught and killed. That alone makes them incredibly powerful, so much that using a couple of grand inquisitiors will horribly unbalance the game. A squad of five to ten trained grand inquisitors can burn an entire faction's royal family in less than a decade, making them rebels. It's insane!

Also, as long as you try enough, even though the inquisitors have a 0% chance of burning someone, they'll eventually end up with the ateist -8 (or something like that) trait, making them an easy target for inquisitors, and hated by their subjects. Oh, and I mentioned that it is virtually without risks, did I? (after all, a trained grand inquisitor will slay assassins without even breaking a sweat. Crucifix-shaped shuriken?)


I tried the inquisitor spamming attack once. Sure, it was a lot of fun to make the entire catholic Europe go rebel while burning a new pope every few years, but well... it's way too easy. However, if you really hate the pope banning you, you can train a couple of grand inquisitors, and then show any upstart pope the true meaning of burning catholic passion! :)

[BAD]

If you want to train your inquisitors just get a cruddy unit and use the same Inquisitor to hit it every turn. Eventually you will get a 5* Inquisitor then even Pious generals have something to fear. Also note that if you are trying a heretic there is no risk of burning the population. You can abuse this to raise a province's Zeal without the risk of burning the popuklation by doing the same as I mentioned above. Cheesey but what the heck. And yas, my housemate got a 5* Grand Inquisitor and managed to burn the pope a fair number of times. Mwahahahaha! ph34r

[metatron]

If you have a bishop or a cardinal in the province, they can't start a "mass inquisition". You're spared the big loyalty dip, and he keeps everyone on their toes for a zeal bonus!

[Zarax]

Are you sure about this?
If it's true then it would be a really cheesy way to raise zeal...

[lilljonas]

Yes, but then, there's few things that are not cheesy about our friends, the Spanish Inquisition!

[Etym]

IMO their best use is raising zeal so your crusade army picks up (or at least doesn't lose) recruits on its way to the target. I've had good success by parking an inquisitor in some province along the crusaders' route for a few turns before the army gets there, and I believe the process of raising zeal can be accellerated by trying a local or two (even if they don't burn). BUT, I've also seen things get out of hand with over-eager inquisitors deciding heresy is "rampant" and burning hundreds of peasants at a time. That actually reduces zeal IIRC . . . .

[Sir William Wallace]

hey King Edward! long time no speak. yeah i have been socked by inquistiors , they have ruined me and made me go into civil war. that really set me back a long time, and mean time the germans reappeard and took over one of my provinces, i try to kill them by my assasins stink and always get caught, is there anyway to increase their rank?