"Head for the Hills" Inquisitors and Merchants!

[KARTLOS]

just keep your family + general away from the inquisitors, there really isnt anything you can do about them.

[Excalibur Bane]

Keep an eye on your piety of any valuable people, four or more usually manages to save them from getting burned I've found. Everyone else? Throw them on a boat and wait for the Inquistor to get bored and leave.

[geala]

I don't know wether inquisition has something to do with your standing to the pope. In my HRE campaign (H/H) I gave nothing to the old bast... in Rome. I never cared about my crosses in the pope-o-meter. Most time not even one cross was present. Never build bigger churches. Recruited only a few priests. Sometimes I had inquisition, sometimes not. Than oddly 3 of my 3 priests were elected cardinals and became pope one after another. I cannot explain this (was during my journey to the west, so I had other interests). Maybe because I was the superpower in Europe and everyone wanted to lick my feet? Can't imagine.

But: although my standing with the pope greatly increased to the top of the list inquisition did not change. Sometimes it was there, sometimes not. I killed every guy with a black hat every time he put a foot in my country as soon as possible, using assassins or surrounding. I still lost some generals but the ratio was ok.

[Lochar]

maybe because I am at default but at turn 115 and it was first time seeing an inquistor but it was on another factions lands. The one priest I had nearby with only 4-5 piety was tried but won out.

I was excommunicated once, and that was more a bug than anything. I am not sure what my current pope standing is but I have a diplomat parked by rome for bribes.

I have conquered the Scots, have push the French south and Denmark East.

I only have about 6 priests cardinals floating about but anytime another faction priest shows up I slap mine down to keep down religous unrest.

I dont know how your heresy climbs as mine is mayb 2% but I do build the first 2 tiers of churches in every city, only a few have abbeys.

I cant seem to get control of the college but then I havent been trying so much, with all my spies and assasins and troops my costs are running up.

I still need another 10 provinces and control of jerusalem to win and under the 100 turn deadline.

Once I get my provinces goal I suppose will try to have the pope declare a crusade and send my elite troops maxxed out on upgrades and go for broke.

But honestly I have yet to see an inquistor on my doorsteps.

[Sir SillyDuck]

It must be some build in mechanism that delivers a challenge to supremacy at the later stages. I mean, they can be annoying in the beginning too, but they seem deadly in the later stages of the campaign..