MTW Papacy

Introduction

The Papacy is a Catholic faction. Its political power extends far beyond its territories to all Catholic factions. Excommunication is a constant threat to any Catholic ruler who is too aggressive to fellow Catholic factions, and an immediate reality to any who invade Papal territory. For a Catholic ruler, excommunication goes beyond bearing a bad label, as the loyalty of the population of zealous Catholic provinces towards their excommunicated ruler significantly decreases, causing uprisings and rebellions in provinces that are not occupied by large standing armies or governed by strong and favourable leaders. New Crusades cannot be launched, and existing Crusading armies dismantle and their military might is disbanded. Defeating the Pope means that a faction can establish a puppet ruler, but the true Pope will make many repeated attempts to assemble an army and regain his sovereignty, unless his former lands are kept under watch by large standing armies. On the other hand, maintaining a peaceful foreign policy with the Pope and Catholic factions, as well as waging war on non-Catholic factions or Catholic factions that have fallen out of favour with the Pope, can often result in monetary rewards for "services rendered to the Church." The Papal faction colour is cream, and their armies are made up of only the units common to all Catholic factions.

The Papacy is an unplayable faction, but this can be modded by changing the startpos files. However, actions by the Pope himself are uncontrollable by the player in this case. Excommunications and gifts will not be controllable, and the player will not get the benefit of the automatic reemergence.

Early Era Provinces and Units

Provinces	Units
The Papal States	21 Royal Knights (faction leader), 60 Urban Militia, 100 Spearmen, 100 Peasants
Rome	60 Urban Militia, 100 Spearmen

High Era Provinces and Units

Provinces	Units
The Papal States	60 Urban Militia, 60 Crossbowmen
Rome	21 Royal Knights (faction leader), 100 Feudal Sergeants, 60 Urban Militia, 60 Crossbowmen

Late Era Provinces and Units

Provinces	Units
The Papal States	21 Royal Knights (faction leader), 100 Chivalric Sergeants, 60 Urban Militia, 60 Arbalesters
Rome	40 Chivalric Knights, 100 Feudal Sergeants, 60 Urban Militia, 60 Arbalesters

References

As an unplayable faction, unfortunately there is no Papal Faction Guide at the .Org.

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TBD - what else needs to go here? basic faction guide, colors, pretty it up some with the flag. Need a better way to show faction specific units. Any faction discounts?