Here me now, for I'ma the Pope'a...

**Dooz** · 11-29-2005, 23:39

Lame as that was, please read on.

So I'm playing as the Papacy with the XL mod... thought I'd try that out. It's been about a century, probably more, with nothing happening on my part. I was just wondering if there are any special things you can do playing as the Papacy. This excommunication I hear of, does it only happen if someone attacks me? Can I send other nations on a Crusade? Is there really any point playing Pope?

**.:vVv:.Monkey** · 11-29-2005, 23:46

hehe, I think sometimes you can excommunicate yourself which should be hilarious if you ask me. I'd play it as the pope just for that reason :p

**Dooz** · 11-30-2005, 04:20

How can you excommunicate anyone? Is there a button I press?

**Graphic** · 11-30-2005, 04:28

I haven't tried but I bet you could excommunicate someone by attacking them. Just send off a unit of Urban Militia then call off the attack.

**Weebeast** · 11-30-2005, 08:04

Really? I just started a pope campaign too. The English wiped out the Scots behind my back. Maybe it's because of Lord of Scotland was too lazy to pay a visit to me, no? Anyway, I don't think you can manually tell factions what to do. I notice too excommunication occurs when you're involved. I mean the HRE was then excommed once I tried to take Venice. Well, I just started this campaign. Hopefully I discover something interesting.

**Dooz** · 11-30-2005, 08:53

Been playing for two centuries now. It's basically been an AI game for the most part. I have full map cheat on so I can see all the goings ons. Nothing really happened on my part except build up all the buildings I could in my two home provinces and amass a vast treasury (not that vast compared to an actual faction, but I didn't build any troops so I just kept making a bunch of money).

So after a while I could build Grand Inquisitors, which I put to good use I tell's ya. My two big guys have grown to be the most feared men in all of Europe. Generals, Dons, Dukes, Lords, Princes and even Kings have felt the wrath of God's hand through my deadly duo. Even a whole nation crumbled by their Holy sword, making it possible for my first expansion into new territory without provoking a war with a faction.

The newly leader-less and rebel provinces of southern Italy, and all the islands south and west, fresh for the picking. New sources of income for the true Holy Lands. The largest rebel stronghold was just south of the Pope's lands, at the southern tip of the Italian peninsula, with three huge armies... best left for later. A broken Geneose faction reapeared for a short stint. Unfortunately their leader was 70 years old at the beginning of the rebellion, and didn't live two years after newly declaring their independence.

And so it was that after a few generations of Pope's, now under Pope Urban III's command, an army was raised of highly trained, well equiped troops. The first directly aggressive actions were undertaken by The Papacy as the rebel island of Sicily was taken. A direct assault on the well defended castle without any proper siege artillery took it's toll on the Pope's forces, but victory was achieved nonetheless. And so, a fruitful island was added to the Papal estates, the wealth of which would be useful for future undertakings and building up a larger force, one to be wreckoned with by the largest empires in Europe and beyond...

**dgfred** · 11-30-2005, 16:20

Originally Posted by Weebeast

Really? I just started a pope campaign too. The English wiped out the Scots behind my back. Maybe it's because of Lord of Scotland was too lazy to pay a visit to me, no? Anyway, I don't think you can manually tell factions what to do. I notice too excommunication occurs when you're involved. I mean the HRE was then excommed once I tried to take Venice. Well, I just started this campaign. Hopefully I discover something interesting.

Please keep us informed, very interesting

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