原始宗教（英文：Pagans）遵循着古老的多神教传统，摒弃亚伯拉罕和印度宗教关于物质与精神领域相互隔离的观点，而是支持多神论的自然神灵。
非游牧制原始宗教通常要求 
逝往神灵 或 
神圣之怒 DLC才可玩。苯教通过 
碧玉之龙解锁，同时 
马上诸王允许扮演原始宗教游牧制统治者。
历史上，原始宗教信仰逐渐被基督教，伊斯兰教和达摩宗教替代，但在游戏中这不一定发生。原始宗教可能以旧神之名反击，甚至试图将一神教赶出欧洲。
游戏中，所有原始宗教可以分为两大类，除了一些例外——进攻型的日耳曼多神教 ，长生天和 
阿兹特克多神教，以及防御型的洛姆瓦教（波罗的），斯拉夫多神教，索米多神教（芬兰），非洲泛灵教和苯教（西藏）。尊日神教的独特之处是它是进攻型和防御型的混合体需要确认；通用原始宗教没有加成。
早期强势，后期乏力
扮演原始宗教的非游牧角色提供了一种高进攻性，迅速变化的游戏风格。然而，稳定性非常低，你对你的国家几乎没有控制力。它在游戏早期占据优势地位——在867年作为日耳曼多神教统治者几乎无人能及。然而，信仰未改革的时间越长，它变得越弱。原始宗教在早期往往是强大的，但随着时间的推移，由于以下几个原因而被削弱：
- 强大的原始宗教宣战理由允许原始宗教迅速扩张。然而，因为选举均分继承法（如果是部落制），难以转变角色和省份信仰，独立派系有更高优先级以及大量的短暂统治好感惩罚，巨大的国家并不稳定。
- 劫掠的能力使一些原始宗教在游戏早期非常富有。特别是日耳曼多神教，因为他们有免费船只，船队能够在大河上航行，并且接近主要劫掠目标。但之后，封建国家能更快地增加收入，相反，劫掠因为目标加固而变得不易进行。临河的封建统治者最终将增加他们的要塞等级，以至于日耳曼多神教信徒再也无法航行于这些河流中。
- 防御损耗在游戏早期是强大的威慑。但是，这只适用于原始宗教故土，并且原始宗教因为低宗教权威而难以转变省份宗教。一旦进攻者军事组织达到4级，防御损耗完全消失。
- 原始宗教信徒发现很难从部落制转变，除非他们开局就是封建制（巴尔干国家，尊日神教国家，西藏）。部落地产能够快速升级，但完全定居省份能够升级更多（拥有足够财富和科技）。中等大小部落国家可以通过拥有巨大的直辖领来召集异常庞大的军队，并通过召唤部落封臣而不是调集领主征召兵来发动战争。因为封臣的封臣不能被召唤，大型部落国家不会受益更多。
- 原始宗教地区通常在科技上远远落后于其他文化地区，例外是867年开局时日耳曼多神教在造船术上有巨大的领先优势，在769开局一段时间后也获得上述加成。讽刺的是，低科技在采用封建制后是一个更大的问题，因为封建国家需要更高科技来建造建筑。此外，随着科技的进步，敌对的封建国家可以利用建设更好的建筑来获得更大的经济和军事力量。
- 随着部落统治者决定准备封建化，外国传教士变得更有效率。
然而希望仍在：如果原始宗教信仰被改革，这种信仰的生存几乎是板上钉钉的。你用你的一些进攻/防御能力换取稳定，更快的宗教转变，以及大圣战来对抗十字军和吉哈德。拥有 ，改革者可以决定被改革信仰的教义。
而且，由于游牧制的独特机制，他们常常是例外。
- 他们可以通过掠夺省份的所有地产来轻易地转变省份宗教。由此产生的空地产格进一步加强了游牧部落。
- 游牧部族有他们独特的游牧继承法，不像选举均分继承法那样分裂国家。
- 只要汗王不断增加控制的空地产格数量，大型游牧国家的力量就会持续增长。
通用的特点
大部分原始宗教可以劫掠邻近省份（以及沿海省份，如果船只可用）来获得战利品和威望，甚至没有部落政体也可以（大部分原始宗教都是）。
他们也可以利用两种特殊宣战理由：
- 强大的原始宗教征服CB可用于其他原始宗教，每位统治者一生可使用一次，或者，如果统治者有
野心，可无限制使用直到目标王国被创建。征服战争可以征服或附庸一个法理王国内的所有领地。 - 伯爵领征服CB也可用于非同宗教的任何邻近省份，并且其带来的停战协议仅持续5年。在800年维京时代开始后，日耳曼多神教还可以用于任何沿海省份。
大部分原始宗教有防御损耗，大量减少入侵他们的家园的非原始宗教徒的补给上限。该损耗仅应用于和他们统治者同一宗教的省份，所以日耳曼多神教不能在斯拉夫多神教领地上降低敌人的补给上限。这严重减缓了早期游戏中通过扩张亚伯拉罕宗教对较小易怒的典型原始宗教国家的征服。然而，入侵者可以通过在每个进入的省份内快速建造堡垒，或者通过在他们首都有军事组织Ⅳ来使损耗失效。长生天和阿兹特克多神教没有防御损耗（尽管长生天入侵者可以忽略它）。
“防御型”原始宗教的守备部队获得一个防御加成，迫使进攻他们领土需要更大的入侵力量。“进攻型”原始宗教的征召兵规模获得加成（例如，日耳曼多神教+30%征召兵规模）。
原始宗教徒很难把大的王国维系在一起。原始宗教有三倍的短暂统治好感修正。因为部落机制，原始宗教徒不能将部落组织度增加到非常高，否则将有来自部落未改革原始宗教封臣的严重好感惩罚（-30 好感）。他们也不能改革为封建制或商业共和国制，除非他们改革或转变为非原始宗教信仰。原始宗教封臣更可能寻求独立，相比其他独立战争中的人能更快获得战争分数。
原始宗教可以随意离婚，但离婚需要支付大额的现金并且离婚家族有-30好感惩罚。男性原始宗教统治者除了拥有一位妻子外还可以额外纳娶三位侍妾。拥有年轻侍妾（年龄小于45岁）每月将获得威望，这对部落制和游牧制原始宗教特别有用。
原始宗教能举行宗教盛宴（除了长生天/非洲泛灵教）。但是，除了日耳曼多神教/尊日神教的，它们都一样，除了风格稍微不同的描述文本以及斯拉夫“亚里洛”事件。所有基于特质的随机事件（那些因为没有该特质而降低15好感，以及那些因为有该特质而增加15好感）都一样，最终加成有100虔诚和威望，同时封臣好感+15，持续1年。每一种都只能在每年特定的、不同的时间发生。
大部分原始宗教信仰无视性别法，允许女性神庙持有者；例外在下文列出。
拥有 神圣之怒，每种原始宗教信仰（除了阿兹特克多神教）都有相关的战士公会——一个专注战斗的社团。除此之外，所有原始宗教信仰可以被改革。
继承
未改革部落原始宗教徒的默认继承法是选举均分继承法。然而，你可以转变为一个有组织的宗教并且转变继承法为更有效的（常规的）均分继承法。即使你之后转变回一个未改革原始宗教，均分继承法仍会保留。
未改革封建原始宗教徒通常使用均分继承法。如果他们希望发起征服或部落入侵战争，必须转变为选举均分继承法。或者，封建国王和皇帝可以颁布“完全内阁权力”法并且采用选举君主制继承法。
某些原始宗教可以采用其他继承法。尊日神教和蒙古人可以采用幼子继承法；苯教在部落制时常规均分继承法和选举均分继承法都可以采用，在封建制（或僧侣封建制）时也可以采用长子继承法和幼子继承法；并且凯尔特文化组的统治者总是可采用凯尔特选任法。
改革该宗教可以移除这些限制，允许部落统治者采用均分继承法并且允许封建统治者使用长子继承法。某些改革教义还允许土耳其继承法或长老选举制。
原始宗教特性
进攻型原始宗教
这些原始宗教对战斗的喜爱意味着统治者调集封臣征召兵不会遭受好感惩罚。所有进攻型原始宗教的征召兵规模还获得+30%加成，弥补了可能的较低科技和较小要塞建筑的缺点。再加上调集封臣征召兵没有惩罚，这意味着进攻型原始宗教可以聚集远超他们科技等级所显示的力量。
另一方面，和平被认为是不合适的。既没有处于战争，也没有劫掠或受有效停战协议约束的统治者每月会损失大量的威望。然而，因为劫掠算作战争，并且他们有不需要战争原因的伯爵领征服CB，很少有统治者发现他们已长时间缺乏战争。如果这种情况发生，直接调集征召兵，转换为劫掠状态后等待，就可以移除威望惩罚。
日耳曼多神教
日耳曼多神教信仰（更普遍地称为诺斯信仰）是斯堪的纳维亚和萨克森人的信仰，崇拜类似奥丁之类的神。早期开局时该信仰在大量小型统治者中流行，但自1066年后就开始衰落了。最后一位可玩的日耳曼多神教统治者是西博滕的阿恩法斯特，于1039年去世。
该信仰有三个圣地在斯堪的纳维亚，其他两个在欧洲大陆并且常被强大的基督教统治者持有。保持高宗教权威也是一个问题，因为弱小国家经常输掉宗教战争。
由于日耳曼多神教与西欧天主教的长期斗争关系，两者之间有大量独特的事件。特别是，如果帕德伯恩被日耳曼多神教统治者持有，而一位基督教统治者占领了伊尔明苏尔神庙，（此情况经常在 
查理曼 DLC剧情西法兰克国王卡尔（查理曼）入侵萨克森中发生），所有天主教和日耳曼多神教统治者受到一个弹出窗口提示圣树伊尔明苏尔被天主教徒烧毁，导致日耳曼多神教信仰损失10%宗教权威，持续10年。
- 沿海征服
- 日耳曼多神教徒可以使用伯爵领征服CB针对任何异教沿海省份，可以是伊斯兰教，基督教或者其他原始宗教都可作为目标，无论多远。
- 大祭典
- 日耳曼多神教有一个可以献祭任何囚犯给神灵的祭典。（对某些人来说，这可能是一件有趣的事情，尤其是当你刚入侵过法国，现在你的地牢里有73名天主教主教，或者你刚刚镇压了第七次天主教叛乱，地牢里有半打异教首领。）This is the only feast where piety and prestige gain are not set, and with sufficient sacrifices, can be quite significant. When you call any vassals who are not of your religion must pay 20 gold not to attend, or just refuse. Even a few vassals paying easily recoups the cost to call the blot, and with many vassals you can get hundreds of gold per blot. The Blot itself begins like any feast, but after it begins, there are successive events in which you hang prisoners in your dungeons to honor the gods. There are 7 kinds of flavor text: 1 for Muslims, 1 for Christians, and five for Pagans. For each Muslim or Christian sacrificed, you gain 50 prestige and 25 piety, and pagans give you 25 prestige and 10 piety. You may spare a prisoner for a cost of 25 piety if you so choose. There is a limit to 4 prisoners per blot. After the sacrifices, flavor events are the same as a standard feast. Blots have an additional "cooldown time" of 9 years. It is possible to use Blot to earn the Holy Smoke achievement.
- 准备入侵
- 日耳曼多神教统治者可以宣布对指定目标的入侵，并号召来自诺斯世界各地的冒险家加入他们的远征。（功能上是创建一个事件部队堆叠，每隔几个月增长，直到入侵开始。）封臣也可以进行准备入侵。然而，如果游戏开局为769年，在他们能给欧洲带来浩劫前，必须等待一个特殊事件授予他们造船术Ⅱ。
- 树立符文石
- 北日耳曼文化的日耳曼多神教有符文石。树立符文石花费100金币，将给予你一个全局+10关系加成，持续2年。当你宣布想要树立符文石时，你可以选择是纪念父母还是纪念自己的成就。
- Dedicating a runestone to a parent gives different amounts of prestige depending upon the method of death. (300 for death in battle, 250 for death in a duel, 100 for death by suicide or murder by the child raising the runestone, and 200 for any other method of death.)
- Dedicating a runestone in your own memory brings up options based upon your own traits, and flavor text to match. Raising a runestone based on specific traits gives more prestige than others. (Brave, strong, proud, or genius traits give 300 prestige. Lunatic, possessed, or imbecile give 100 prestige. All other traits give 200 prestige, but have different flavor text.)
- 最终一个事件触发（通常在1100年）告知你纸张已经替代了符文石，游戏剩余时间不能再制造符文石。
- 河流航行
- Germanic pagans are masters of coastal and river warfare. They may sail up navigable rivers, and even cross overland portages between major rivers. (This allows them to functionally travel directly through Continental Europe by boat into the Caspian or Black Seas, and through there to the Mediterranean.) Rivers will no longer be navigable once the average fort level of the adjacent provinces exceeds 10.
- 守备部队/部队加成
- On top of 30% levy increase, Unreformed Germanic also gain a +50% retinue supply bonus, but lose this bonus upon reformation. Any established retinues remain and can be reinforced until dismissed.
- 其他特质
- 统治者可以任命某位女性为
，允许她们担任军事总管或指挥官。北日耳曼文化的日耳曼多神教徒可以在战斗中成为 
。
- 独特的骑士团创建条件
- 约姆斯维京人在原始宗教骑士团中是独一无二的，因为创建他们可以不顾宗教改革。条件如下：
- 至少920年
- 斯德丁，沃尔加斯特，吕根或韦尔勒有空地产格
- 持有被选择省份的伯爵信仰日耳曼多神教或改革日耳曼多神教，并且同意创建
- 英雄王
- 改革日耳曼多神教的宗教领袖是改革者，而不是一位附庸的神职人员。
- 圣地
- 泽兰：Holy place of the goddess Nehalennia, Germanic pagan goddess who protected travelers
- 帕德博恩: Location of the Irminsul, a holy pillar related to the World-Tree Yggdrasil
- 乌普兰: Famous for having the highest concentration of runestones in the world, and the location of the main temple to the Aesir
- 西兰: Supposedly where Heorot, the mead-hall from the epic Beowulf is located
- 瑙马达尔: One of the most important religious ceremonial places, with sacrifices to the Norse gods
长生天
长生天，崇拜天父腾格里，是大草原的宗教，它的大部分信徒都是游牧民，他们的土地从多瑙河一直延伸到蒙古。虽然它的圣地都位于很容易被占领的地方，但大多数都没有神庙，这意味着圣地只能提供通常宗教权威的一半，迫使长生天统治者要么建造神庙，要么控制所有的圣地。然而，长生天信仰并没有在整个游戏过程中出现衰微，在游戏中始终存在着相对强势的统治者。
- 敬拜祖先
- 和防御型原始宗教拥有一样的宗教决议。
- 无视防御损耗
- 长生天无视与大多数原始宗教有关的防御损耗。
- 天葬
- 游牧制长生天可以实施天葬。
- 部落入侵
- 非游牧制长生天可以使用非常强力的部落入侵CB，允许每次针对一整个法理王国进行无限制战争。
- 守备部队/部队加成
- religion gives +30% defensive/offensive power to light cavalry units on top of the Levy bonus. Tribal rulers who are Tengri (or Altaic culture) also have a slightly different troop composition for ”Raise Tribal Army” decision.
- 父权
- 长生天不允许女性持有神庙地产。
- 通婚
- 长生天统治者可以和佛教以及祆教宗教组内所有宗教通婚。
- 圣地
- 阿得: Named after the capital of Khazaria and next to Sarai-Batu (Saqsin) which was the capital of the Golden Horde
- 阿得也是重要的 丝绸之路省份。.
- 阿得也是重要的
- 托博尔: Centrum of the Siberian Khanate
- 锡尔河: Location of the capital of the steppe empire of the Oghuz Turks
- 克里米亚: Capital of the Crimean Khanate
- 于都斤: Legendary capital city in Turkic mythology and Tengrism
阿兹特克多神教
仅有 日落入侵DLC激活时，阿兹特克多神教才在游戏中出现。阿兹特克多神教没有特殊机制，只有进攻型原始宗教的通用机制。
改革阿兹特克多神教是有可能的，但极其困难。获得该信仰需要你转变宗教或使用角色设计器，而且它的圣地散布在意大利，英格兰，西班牙，法兰西和西非。
- 人祭
- Aztec pagans can sacrifice non-Aztec characters from controlled provinces to the gods. It is possible to use Aztec human sacrifice to gain the Holy Smoke achievement.
- 部落入侵
- Aztec pagans gain access to the Tribal Invasion CB, allowing unlimited wars for entire de jure kingdoms at a time.
- 守备部队/部队加成
- Aztec pagans gain 30% to levy size.
- 父权
- Aztec paganism does not permit female temple holders.
- 无战士公会
- 阿兹特克多神教没有他们自己的公会。
- 圣地
- 罗马 (shared with Catholicism)
- 科尔多瓦 (shared with Sunni Islam)
- 巴黎
- 马拉喀什
- 米德尔塞克斯
Defensive
The principal ability of defensive pagans (Romuva, Slavic, Suomenusko & African) is a tremendous boost in combat when fighting on home ground. All units gain 80% to defense when fighting enemies in a province of the combatant's religion. This applies even when one is the attacker, and on territory held by another lord; Only the dominant religion of the province you are standing upon matters. This means you may invade territory held by another faith, but still gain the defensive bonus so long as the battle takes place upon land of your faith. (Such as reconquering Slavic lands as a Slav from Christians.) This allows defensive pagans to defeat enemy armies twice their size with ease.
Defensive pagan holdings also have larger garrisons (bonus varies per religion), making them harder to siege. This is in addition to the pagan homeland attrition penalty, which forces the large numbers of troops needed to invade a defensive pagan home territory to face severe attrition for the duration of any siege. Such penalties usually function to prevent any rival faith from taking their lands in spite of being relatively weak and of a rival faith that normally could be easily holy warred.
The pagan homeland attrition penalty does not function, however, against other unreformed pagans. This allows other pagans (especially Tengri and Germanic pagans) to fairly easily invade other pagans with conquest and subjugation casus belli. The homeland attrition penalty does apply to reformed pagans of another faith, but the "old faith" heresies have no such protection against the reformed churches of their specific branch of paganism.
All defensive pagans have access to Ancestor Worship & Choose Patron deity decision. Additionally, those defensive pagans who are tribal, may call forth Devout Warriors (without 
).
- Ancestor worship
- Ancestor worship is a decision that can be taken every 10 years. In it, you ask your ancestors for various favors and offer them sacrifices, either money or human, to make sure they answer your calls. The outcome of sacrifice is always somewhat random but various decisions you do increase your rulers piety nonetheless.
- Patron deities
- Defensive pagans may choose a patron deity. This gives +2 to one ability and -1 to another. In addition to this, several events dedicated to said deities can trigger.
- Summon Devout Warriors
- This decision is available for defensive tribal pagans, whether religion is reformed or not (and the Legacy of Rome DLC is inactive). If you are attacked by ruler of different faith, you can spend 200 piety to summon up a group of warriors to defend your realm, much like with Raise Tribal Army decision. This decision will raise a 2000-men strong troop, which means that each point in Piety is worth 10 soldiers for a defensive pagan tribal ruler.
洛姆瓦教
Romuva is the faith of the peoples on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, worshiping such deities as Dievas, Perkunas, and Laima. Two of the religion's holy sites are located within de-jure Lithuania (with another site close by), making it one of the easier pagan religion to reform. Romuva does not disappear from the world at any starting date, but will eventually be pushed back by Christians. After the 1200s, most of Lithuania is feudal and by 1337, it stands as the last pagan kingdom in Europe, surrounded by Teutonic Order, Golden Horde, Poland and Novgorod.
- Resistance to conversion
- AI Romuva rulers and Romuva provinces have increased resistance to conversion from organized religions.
- Romuva patron deities
- Dievas (+2 diplomacy, -1 intrigue)
- Velnias (+2 intrigue, -1 diplomacy)
- Perkunas (+2 martial, -1 learning)
- Zemyna (+2 stewardship, -1 martial)
- Uzgavenes festival
- This functions as standard pagan feast, granting ruler 100 piety & prestige.
- Garrison/Troop bonus
- Unreformed Romuva pagans get +10% to levy size and +30% to garrison size. Both bonuses change to +20% after reformation.
- Eldership succession
- Tribal Romuva rulers may use Eldership succession . Reformation either removes this ability or expands it to feudal realms, depending on the chosen doctrine.
Holy sites:
- Rugen (shared with Slavic): The fall of this important pagan center to Christianity in the 12th century had opened the crusaders a straight route along the sea to the rest of the Baltic region.
- Chelmno: After Chelmno was repeatedly sacked by the Old Prussians, the Polish duke Conrad I of Masovia gave it and the surrounding region to the Teutonic Knights who proceeded to use it as a center from which to invade Prussia.
- Riga: The city of Riga was an extremely important German town from which Christianity was spread to the wider Baltic region.
- Podlasie: Inhabited by the warlike Yotvingia tribe, also known as Sudovians. They launched frequent raids on Poland, until they were conquered by the Teutonic Knights.
- Bryansk: One of the easternmost regions controlled by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
斯拉夫多神教
The Slavic faith is followed, as the name suggests, by the Slavic peoples of Europe. The faith is widespread in early starting dates, and some of the realms, such as Croatia, are already feudal rather than tribal. However, the religion's holy sites are scattered far and wide making reformation very hard. The Slavic faith is almost gone in the 1066 starting date, and the faith disappears from the world entirely by 1200. The last playable Slavic ruler is Chief Testislaw of Dyrmin.
- Jarilo festival
- This is like other pagan feasts, but one of the guests (chosen at random) becomes a "Jarilo" which improves said vassal's relations with you by 25.
- Slavic patron deities
- Perun (+2 martial, -1 intrigue)
- Veles (+2 intrigue, martial -1)
- Jarilo (+2 stewardship, -1 martial)
- Morana (+2 learning, -1 stewardship)
- Garrison/Troop bonus
- Unreformed Slavic pagans get +10% to levy size and +30% to garrison size. Both bonuses change to +20% after reformation.
Holy sites: Novgorod (shared with Suomenusko), Kiev, Plock, Birlad, and Rugen (shared with Romuva).
- Strategies
In the north, start in Novgorod, Poland, or Kiev and form your corresponding de jure kingdom first, then work your way to the other two holy sites. In early start dates Kiev is vulnerable to Tengri nomads (it borders the Magyars), so you may find that fabricating a claim to conquer Rugen is an easier way to get your third holy site.
- Ilmen in 769 already holds Novgorod as its capital, is a decently strong start, and has the advantage of being able to flip to Russian culture once the faith is reformed, allowing the acquisition of the "Russkaya Pravda" achievement. Ilmen is also surrounded primarily by weak Suomenusko and Romuva pagans and is shielded by an ocean from the Norse until the Viking Age event triggers, giving plenty of time to solidify power.
- Kiev in 769 is notably a start whose default ruler, Dobrava Turov, is a woman. Playing from this start is more difficult, as Kiev is bordered to the south by the Tengri Khaganate of Magyars.
- Rurik Rurikid, Petty King of Holmgarðr in 867, is the historical founder of the Russian Empire. He is a culturally Norse Germanic pagan but has a Slavic son. You can use the Germanic faith's powerful CBs and shipbuilding buffs for expansion and raiding, then be succeeded by a Slavic ruler and reform.
索米多神教
Suomenusko, religion of the Finno-Ugric people stretches from the Baltic Sea to Siberia. Its holy sites are scattered around the map but are mostly controlled by right religion, even in 1066 starting date. The easiest route to reform the faith is with a Finnish ruler as de-jure Finland has two holy sites. The nearby county of Novgorod has a third holy site, which can be conquered relatively easily. Bear in mind that in 1066, Novgorod is Christian, and the Rurikid dynasty which holds it has multiple potential allies from other dynasty members.
Suomenusko retains a sizable number of provinces throughout the game and it is very easy to put the fear of Ukko to other religions, whether you start in 769, 867 or 1066. However, by 1337, only two chiefs in northern Finland/Sweden follow the faith, with the rest of Finno-Ugric lands being divided between Catholic/Orthodox Christians and the Sunni Golden Horde.
- Peijaiset
- This special event relating to bear hunt can trigger and it offers a ruler a way to spend money for prestige or gain gold by losing prestige (if
)
- Suomenusko patron deities
- Ukko (+2 stewardship, -1 intrigue)
- Akka (+2 diplomacy, -1 martial)
- Tapio & Mielikki (+2 martial, -1 learning)
- Lempo (+2 intrigue, -1 martial)
- Ukon Juhla
- This functions as a standard pagan feast, granting ruler 100 piety & prestige.
- Garrison/Troop bonus
- Unreformed Suomenusko pagans get +40% to garrison size. Reformed Suomenusko pagans get +10% to levy size and +30% to garrisons.
Holy sites: Perm, Ryazan, Novgorod (shared with Slavic), Saaremaa, and Kexholm.
非洲泛灵教
该教被环撒哈拉的非洲人民所信仰，该教在769开局是十分强大的，但有少数穆斯林领主。在之后的开局时间里向北扩张明显加难了，尤其是1066开局，北非大多数领主已叛变为穆斯林。但是在非洲它的信徒很多并且它的可玩性依旧很高。
- 亚伯拉罕融合
- 如果有临近君主信仰亚伯拉罕宗教, 你可以花费虔诚获得他们宗教组的"同情" 特质。
- 纳妾
- 女性统治者可以纳三个男妾。
- 没有短暂统治惩罚
- 未改革非洲泛灵论没有额外的短暂统治惩罚。
- 长老选举制
- 非洲部落统治者可以采取长老选举制。改革非洲泛灵论也可以通过教义选择是否保留该继承制。
- 非洲泛灵论的守护神
- Anansi (阴谋力量增长+20%, 阴谋力量防御- 15%)
- Ayyur (+2 外交, -1 密谋)
- Bida (+2 管理, -1 学识)
- Dan (+2 学识, -1 军事)
- Dongo (+10 个人实战能力, -1 外交)
- Tsumburbura (同家族好感+10, 阴谋力量防御 - 15%)
- 卫戌部队/征召兵奖励
- 无论改革与否，所有非洲泛灵论信徒都有+40%的卫戌部队和征召兵加成。
圣地: Djimi, Draa, Gao, Kano and Wagadu.
尊日神教
The Faith of Zun is a sun-worshiping pagan religion introduced in the Charlemagne expansion. The only realm following this faith is the Zunbil Satrapy in western Afghanistan. They are only playable in the 769 bookmark unless Ruler Designer is used. By 867, the entire dynasty has converted to Hindu/Sunni, and merely a single courtier of this religion remains in the world, living in exile within the Shanshabani realm. However, the 
Sons of Abraham demon child event chain will create Zunist "witches", who can be married matrilineally or assigned as guardians to children with the Faith or Heritage focus. Rulers with Zunist holy sites in their demesne may also secretly convert to the faith.
Zunist mechanics are a hybrid of defensive/offensive pagans and organized religions. They start as feudal, are unable to raid, have lesser chance to convert county religion, do not suffer from increased short reign penalties and may use ultimogeniture succession law instead of gavelkind. Zun can also be reformed like other pagan faiths. With 
Monks and Mystics, Zunists characters may join the Hermetic Society. With Holy Fury, Zunists can raid after reformation, as long as the reformed faith does not have the Peaceful nature.
- Intermarry
- Zunists are able to intermarry with members of the Mazdan and Eastern religion groups. The strongest of these are Hindu, who will reject marriage arrangements due to your lack of caste. However, Hindu rulers will allow you to take concubines, who you can then decide to marry.
- Festival of the Sun
- Like other pagan feasts, this gives ruler piety and prestige. However, it also has the event "Walking under the Sun" which has a chance of giving traits to your ruler.
- Judged by Zun
- In addition to usual choices of execute/ransom/release prisoner, Zunist can leave prisoners to a desert to be "judged by the sun". This usually kills said prisoner but a few other outcomes are also possible.
- Garrison/Troop bonus
- Zunists receive increased levies (+30%) & defensive attrition in Zunist provinces and better combat power (+20% defensive/offensive) for heavy infantry units. Unlike defensive pagans, they do not receive 80% defensive bonus in home provinces.
- Empire of the Sun
- This achievement is earned by ruling an empire-level title as reformed Zun ruler in an Ironman game.
- Patriarchal
- Zunism does not permit female temple holders.
Holy sites: Nishapur, Bost, Cairo, Kabul, and Multan. Cairo is distant and usually controlled by major Muslim powers. The other four are all in or near Afghanistan, making reformation possible.
- Cairo, Kabul and Multan are important Silk Road counties
- Tips & Strategies
- Changing culture: Raiding temples can help you gain the moral authority needed for reformation with only four holy sites nearby. Unlike other Pagans, feudal Zunists are unable to raid, but there are several cultures which allow raiding. Altaic culture group is the obvious choice due to the number of nomadic realms north of Afghanistan. Altaic group allows Tribal Invasions if independent, which will permanently allow kingdom-level wars, a must-have for conquest. Norse is potentially desirable, because its cultural buildings and cultural retinues benefit from the Zun faith's +20% offense/defense to heavy infantry. The Varangian Guard, if the Byzantine Emperor forms it, can supply Norse educators.
- Serving the Caliph: Swearing fealty leaves you relatively free to pursue expansion, while your liege deters attackers and crushes revolts. It also lets you claim the holy site of Baghdad. It is recommended to have a kingdom-level title, as your Iqta liege can freely revoke duchies. Note that it is possible to reform the faith even while being a vassal, although you'll only get half the moral authority from each holy site. This strategy is easier with patch 2.7, as you can falsely convert to Sunni Islam to shield you from religious revocation while developing a network of like-minded
rulers.
苯教
Bön (Bon) is an indigenous religion of the Tibetan plateau, added in patch 2.8. It combines mechanics from Dharmic religions and defensive paganism and offers quite a unique gaming experience. Bön rulers are playable with either Jade Dragon, The Old Gods, or Holy Fury.
There are provinces with Bön faith in Tibet throughout the game but last playable rulers vanish in 1251, leaving Buddhists ruling Tibet. The strongest position for the faith is at the 867 bookmark, where the Tibetan Empire has fractured and Bön kings of Guge & Ü-Tsang hold large areas of the Tibetan plateau under their control.
- Bön patron deities
- Damchen (+2 martial, -1 diplomacy, +1 personal combat skill)
- Shenlha Okar (+2 diplomacy, -1 martial, +0.25 monthly karma)
- Shinje (+3 intrigue, -1 stewardship)
- Kula Kari (+2 martial, -1 learning, +5 vassal opinion)
- Lamlha (+2 learning, -1 intrigue, +0.50 monthly prestige)
- Sango Pumptri (-1 martial, +1 health)
- Defensive
- Bön receive +40% to garrison size. They also receive Defensive Pagan bonuses and their enemies suffer attrition in provinces with Bön religion.
- Intermarry
- Bön may intermarry with members of the Mazdan and Eastern religions group and with Nestorians.
- No extra short reign penalty
- Rulers of Bön faith do not suffer from extra Short Reign penalty.
- Consorts
- Female rulers may take up to three male consorts.
- Priests cannot inherit
- Characters may be disqualified from succession by granting them temples.
- Resistance to conversion
- AI Bön characters and Bön provinces have increased resistance to conversion from organized religions.
- Search for a Guru
- Shared with Dharmic religions; lets you hire a skilled courtier as Court Guru.
- Sky Burial
- Shared with Mazdan religions.
- Syncretize with Eastern Religions
- This decision allow a Bön ruler to gain the
Sympathy for Eastern religions trait for a cost of 50 karma, reducing penalties involved in situations where you rule over non-Bön people.
Holy sites: Balkh, Gilgit, Lhasa, Purang and Khotan.
- Lhasa, Khotan and Purang are important Silk Road counties
希腊多神教
希腊多神教是古罗马时期基督教崛起之前的地中海重要信仰。没有任何人在任何开局时间信仰该教, 但希腊多神教可以通过这些途径复活:
- 使用角色设计器来创造一个希腊神教角色。
- 找到几个希腊多神教角色之一(虽然开局时间没有人信仰它，但后期可能会出现由于特殊事件改信希腊多神教的角色)，然后让他们教育你的孩子或授予他们头衔：
- 在769开局, 莫奈姆瓦夏省份信仰希腊多神教, 所以那里产生的一些廷臣可能信仰该教
永生马事件
- 重建罗马帝国的希腊，罗马和意大利文化的基督教皇帝可以重建希腊多神教体系
- 如果你是希腊，意大利，撒丁或罗马文化，信仰非异端基督教, 首都在南欧，完全控制一个希腊多神教圣地， 并且有学者生活重心或有
，
，
或 
特质， 你可以通过以下决议: 研究经典，当它被选择时, 该决议允许你通过特殊短事件链秘密改教希腊多神教。 - 直接上控制台干脆利落
- 已开化宗教
- 即使是未改革的希腊多神教，也有有组织宗教的一些特点: 它不限制王权法和继承法,它还没有防御损耗，但是，它必须被改革才有宗教领袖和骑士团，未改革希腊多神教也不能要求角色改信。
- 宣战理由
- 有伯爵领征服CB, 但没有圣战和原始宗教征服CB。
- 骑士团： 如果希腊多神教被改革，任何独立的希腊多神教国王级别统治者如果控制了全部圣地或者在1100年及以后，他们可以创建密耳弥多涅斯，一个希腊多神教骑士团。
- 占星术
- 角色会在出生时或通过决议赋予星座特质，此外，还要加入赫尔墨斯学会(注：这条在历史上是真实存在的，所以不要忘了和身边的喜欢星相的人吹一吹它的宗教渊源哦^_^)。
- 内脏占卜： 占卜师在战前通过解读预兆来提升部队士气
- 祭司不能结婚和继承
- 角色可以通过该机制剥夺继承权。
- 奉献神庙
- 有 神圣之怒时，希腊多神教信徒可以通过头衔互动将一座直属神庙奉献给12神。奉献一座神庙需要250金币和200虔诚(这钱真好骗)， 会给世俗领主一个为期10年的修正, 且永久性的在该神殿增加一个圣地或一个特殊建筑。你只能向一个神殿寻求一次暗示。(太黑以至于没回头客辣⊙▽⊙)
| God | Temporary Character Modifier | Shrine Modifier |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | Monthly prestige +0.05, diplomacy +1, fertility +10% | Prestige to liege +0.15 |
| Neptune | Build cost -5%, build time -5%, intrigue +2 | Local build time modifier -10%, local build cost modifier -10% |
| Pluto | National tax modifier +2%, stewardship +2 | Tax income +3 |
| Minerva | Martial +2 | Military technology points +0.05 |
| Mars | Martial +1, personal combat skill +5 | Levy reinforce rate +5% |
| Vulcan | Military technology spread rate +2% | Fort level +0.40, technology spread rate +15% |
| Vesta | Dynasty opinion +10 | Morale of armies +5% |
| Ceres | National revolt risk -5%, disease resistance +5% | Economic technology points +0.05 |
| Venus | Fertility +5%, sex appeal +5 | Local revolt risk -10% |
| Mercury | Plot power +5%, plot defense +5% | Trade value +15 |
| Apollo | Monthly prestige +0.03, learning +1, personal combat skill +5 | Cultural technology points +0.05 |
| Diana | Monthly prestige +0.02, intrigue +1 | Piety to liege +0.10 |
Holy sites:
- Syrakusa: The birth place of famous philosopher and physicus Archimedes. It is located on Sicily.
- Thessalonica: Thessalonica was the capital of all the Greek provinces of the Roman Empire. In this province also lies Edessa (Vodena), the first capital of ancient Macedon.
- Athens: One of the world's oldest cities, Athens is the location of the Parthenon.
- Rome: Location of the Pantheon, the "temple of all the gods".
- Alexandria: Alexandria was the intellectual and cultural center of the Hellenistic world.
Historic
There is one special pagan faith that normally only appears in-game as the listed religion of long-dead historical figures. It is not normally playable (even with Ruler Designer), but can be played using mods or by exploiting loopholes. Before patch 3.0, Hellenic paganism also fell into this category.
通用
A generic Pagan faith is used in the history files to represent everyone from pre-Christian Irish kings to pre-Islamic Arabs. This faith is exceptionally limited - it has all the disadvantages of unreformed paganism and none of the benefits, nor can it be reformed. Generic Pagan rulers cannot be created with Ruler Designer but there are few events in game which spawn Pagan courtiers to game, which permit granting of titles or education of children.
Holy sites:
- Rome: The Religio Romana (literally, the "Roman Religion") constituted the major religion of the city in antiquity, before being supplanted by Christianity
- Västergötland: The "Thing of all Geats (Goths)" was the Thing (general assembly) which was held from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages in Skara, Västergötland, before the province became a centre from which Christianity spread to the rest of Sweden.
- Mecca: Even long before the rise of Islam it was revered as a sacred sanctuary and was a site of pilgrimage. The Kaaba was thought to be at the center of the world, with the Gate of Heaven directly above it; the embedded Black Stone was a further symbol of this as a meteorite that had fallen from the sky and linked heaven and earth.
- Jerusalem: Before becoming the Holy City of the world's three largest monotheist religions, Jerusalem was a Canaan city dedicated to Shalim, the god of dusk.
- Ghana: Koumbi Saleh was an important Muslim city and the royal capital of the Ghana Empire which displaced all previous pagan religions.
Conversion
缺乏正式的宗教传统意味着原始宗教更难在其他土地 传播信仰。 Seers (court chaplains) have a significant penalty to the chance to convert provinces on top of their likely-lower moral authority, and vassals cannot be demanded to convert.
Inversely, it is much easier for organized religions to convert pagans. Foreign rulers will sometimes send missionaries. If allowed to spread their religion, they will in time ask the ruler to convert. Pagans being attacked in a holy war by Christians or Muslims may choose to save their realms and end the war by accepting the faith of the invaders. Lastly, pagans may, by decision, convert to the religion of a spouse or concubine of a different faith.
改革
Reforming a pagan faith establishes a formal religious hierarchy and scripture - adapting elements of the Abrahamic faiths in order to more effectively oppose them. In game terms, reformed pagans no longer face the restrictions on crown authority, succession, independence wars and conversion that other pagans do.
The religion now has a formal head, who gives the faith a permanent +20% to moral authority, and who may, after the Crusades and Jihads are unlocked, call Great Holy Wars. The Germanic reformer becomes the Fylkir, a ducal-level secular leader similar to an Islamic Caliph. The other pagan faiths have a duke-level religious leader who becomes a vassal of the reforming ruler, similar to the Orthodox religion's patriarch. With the exception of the reformed Germanic religion, the faith will also immediately gain a holy order.
When the religion is reformed, rulers of the faith may choose to accept or reject the new order of things. Those who stick with the old ways are considered 
heretics by the reformed faith, and may be targeted by holy wars.
Note that reformed pagans may not send missionaries, the only organized religion group with this distinction.
Requirements
Reforming a faith costs 750 piety. It requires either control of three holy sites and 50% moral authority, or control of all five holy sites. If the last two holy sites are difficult to reach, the best way to obtain the necessary moral authority is through county conquests and raids. Each temple looted in a raid gives +1% to moral authority.
Note that Germanic pagans have as a holy site the county of Braunschweig, and taking that county will trigger the Catholic crusades (as well as the formation of every Catholic Holy Order but the Knights Templar) at the time that you take Braunschweig, so long as the year is 900 and the province is Christian. If you need Braunschweig to reform the Germanic faith it is best to conquer it in 769, while the Saxons still control it.
Advantages
Reformed pagans will gain a sudden bonus to their conversion rates. In fact, if they have high moral authority, and have damaged rival religions' moral authority with their conquests and stolen holy sites, or control unreformed pagan lands, they will soon be flooded with notices of conversions of territories that are held by their vassals, who will put forth serious effort to convert their lands to their new faith.
Reformed religions gain access to holy wars, usable on any target of a different faith (including other pagans). They also gain access to Great Holy Wars if the Catholics have unlocked Crusades or the Muslims have unlocked Jihads. GHWs are especially useful for Germanic Fylkirs, who can select the target and timing of the attack.
To help in the struggle against unbelievers, each reformed faith gets a single holy order. (There is one exception. Germanic pagans do not have to reform to create the Jomsvikings; instead, they must control Stettin, Wolgast, Rügen or Werle.)
For tribal pagans, reforming makes it easier to raise tribal organization. Tribal vassals who follow in reformation will no longer have opinion penalties for higher levels of tribal organization, no longer faction to lower tribal organization, and will usually vote in favor of increasing tribal organization.
For feudal pagans, reforming makes it possible to raise crown authority to any level. Reforming also provides access to the full set of feudal succession laws.
Reformed offensive pagans no longer lose prestige when at peace.
The Short Reign penalty is reduced to merely double the normal amount for Germanic pagans among the same Germanic faith, but Old Germanic pagans will have the full -45 penalty in addition to the heretic penalty. Other pagan faiths have different modifiers.
Disadvantages
Reformed pagans no longer get a defense attrition bonus, and will incur attrition in the territory of unreformed pagans, except those who follow the old form of their own religion. Germanic rulers lose their retinue size bonus and now get penalties for raised levies like other rulers.
Reformed religions lose access to subjugation wars, one of the fastest ways for pagans to expand. They keep access to county conquests and raids.
Reforming the religion will cause a schism in the pagan faith. The reformer's courtiers at home, dynasty members, and vassals will always follow in the reformation if they are below playable tier. However, other rules will have a choice. (AI rulers are likely to accept the reformed religion if cynical, same dynasty as the reformer, or under control of a reformed ruler.) Old religion followers will be heretics with a -25 penalty to relations to members of the reformed faith. If a king of a faith stays true to the old ways, and many vassals convert to the new religion, this can cause tremendous upheaval in a nation, and lead to multiple, simultaneous and devastating deep revolts. Expect frequent raids and wars between realms that accept the new faith and those that reject it.
Strategies
Reformation tends to grant benefits of stability and the capacity to declare wars on larger-scale targets that smaller pagan nations couldn't attack, but lose many of the benefits that would help a small pagan nation expand more readily or defend itself from larger targets. As such, it is best used when the player is ready for their nation to "mature" from aggressive expansion against small targets to needing to maintain an empire.
Because of this, it is usually strategically advisable to hold off on reforming your religion until your realm is at a multiple-kingdom level, and to make sure to exploit any subjugation or county conquest CBs against nearby easy target pagans before reforming your religion.
Now that you have no fast way to expand through pagan lands, you may wish to convert to a culture that allows use of the Tribal Invasion CB, so you can quickly expand through infidel lands instead.
神圣之怒中的宗教改革
With the Holy Fury expansion, requirements for reformation remain unchanged, but the player may select four "traits" for religion, which affects the set of available mechanics for the religion and provides various bonuses. With Holy Fury, the Hellenic and Bön faiths can be reformed.
Traits inherited from unreformed religion
Pagan religions retain some features when reformed, regardless of the features chosen during reformation. However, a religion can only have one "unit modifier", so offensive pagans will lose levy size and other bonuses if they select a reformation feature that adds a competing "unit modifier".
| Religion | Unit modifier | Features always retained | |
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Germanic | +30% Levy size | Viking traits. Coastal county conquest. |
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Tengri | +30% Levy size +30% Light cavalry attack +30% Light cavalry defence |
No female temple holders. Sky Burials. Ancestor Worship. Intermarry Buddhist, Zoroastrian group. |
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Aztec | +30% Levy size | No female temple holders. Sacrifice action (unless Peaceful). Bloodthirsty Gods effects. Aztec Pyramid construction. |
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Romuva | Patron Deities, Ancestor Worship | |
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Slavic | Patron Deities, Ancestor Worship | |
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Suomenusko | Patron Deities, Ancestor Worship | |
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African | Patron Deities, Ancestor Worship. Women can take up to 3 consorts. Animistic effects. | |
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Zunist | No female temple holders. Access to Hermetic society. Intermarry Eastern group, Zoroastrian group. | |
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Bön | Women can take up to 3 consorts. Access to monastic feudal government with Tibeto-Burman culture group. Patron Deities. Gurus. Sky Burials. Priests cannot inherit. | |
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Hellenic | Concubines not allowed. Access to Hermetic society. Haruspicy and Astrology effects. Priests cannot marry and cannot inherit. |
Nature
Religion can have only one nature.
| Nature | Modifier | Requirement | Religions with similar or same mechanic | |
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和平(Peaceful) 我们必须努力与敌人一起过上言行举止中体现和平与和谐的生活，而不是陷入暴力和疯狂追求权力的罪恶之中。 |
+3 Demesne limit. +15 vassal opinion. +1 piety per month while at peace. AI rulers are less likely to start wars, plots and factions. |
Incompatible with Bloodthirsty Gods, Sea-Bound, Unrelenting doctrines. | Jainism |
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好战(Warmongering) 我们唯一的前进路径由敌人的头骨铺就！只有在战斗中表现出英勇的信徒才能希望在来世得到回报！ |
Ruler do not receive opinion penalties for raised vassal levies. AI rulers are more aggressive. |
None | Unreformed offensive paganism |
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不屈(Unyielding) 我们可能永远不会将对我们神灵的崇拜传播到世界的各个角落，但我们致力于使我们祖先的土地不会屈服于传教士和异教徒。 |
+20% levy size. +30% garrison size. +80% Defense and +80% morale for all units if fighting at county of this religion. +40% garrison size at county of this religion. Religion is resistant to proselytizing. AI rulers only try to convert provinces if zealous |
Incompatible with Unrelenting doctrine | Unreformed defensive paganism |
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传教(Proselytizing) 我们从异教传教士学习到，诸神不通过武力彰显，而是通过言语的力量。 |
Bonus to mission. AI rulers will try to convert their provinces. Lose piety when at war against faithful. |
Incompatible with Bloodthirsty Gods doctrine | Christianity |
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教条(Dogmatic) 世界上只有一种圣言，经文只有一个正解，众神只有一种方式能取悦。 |
Bonus to moral authority. AI rulers will only convert same-group provinces |
Incompatible with Syncretism doctrine and Autonomous leadership | Islam |
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普世(Cosmopolitan) 我们必须承认，所有人都有各自的守护者，信奉的神灵也相同，只是名讳和方式有所不同。 |
Interfaith marriage is available. Penalty to moral authority and to mission. |
Eastern religions |
教义
Reformer picks two doctrines. Each pagan faith has one unique doctrine, which has features of two or more generic traits.
These doctrines can be picked no matter the reformer's religion.
| Doctrine | Modifier | Requirement | Religions with similar or same mechanic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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占星术(Astrology)众神在群星中写下了我们的命运。只需仰望，即可明悟内在。 |
角色会在出生时或通过决议赋予星座特质。
可以加入赫耳墨斯学会 (but Hermetics still suffer -10 temple opinion) |
Redundant with Hellenic | Hellenic | |
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内脏占卜(Haruspicy)只有通过正确地使用占卜，我们才能辨别出众神的意愿，并带领我们的军队取得胜利。 |
占卜师在战前通过解读预兆来提升部队士气 | Redundant with Hellenic | Hellenic | |
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嗜血神灵(Bloodthirsty Gods)我们的天国主人是残酷而嗜血的。如果我们不安抚他们对血肉、鲜血和灵魂的渴望，他们可能会将愤怒转向我们。 |
可以献祭不同宗教的囚犯来换取虔诚
献祭囚犯可以解锁特殊特质和行为 |
Incompatible with Peaceful and Proselytizing natures.
Incompatible with Invaders doctrine. |
Unreformed Aztec | |
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圣婚(Divine Marriage)众神选择了某些血脉而不是其他的凡人。如果我们希望一直受到我们造物主的青睐，我们的王朝必须保持纯洁。 |
允许近亲结婚（解锁血亲圣婚）
贵族近亲之间的婚姻被认为是神圣的结合 |
Incompatible with Dawnbreakers and Harmonious doctrines | Zoroastrianism, Messalianism | |
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一夫多妻制(Polygamy)现在是时候承认我们的妾侍也是配偶。我们与她们的孩子和其他孩子一样都是合法的。 |
允许一夫多妻制
Possibility for a woman to take consorts is disallowed even if other traits should unlock it. |
Incompatible with Enatic Clans, Dawnbreakers and Eternal Riders doctrines | Islam | |
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任人唯贤(Meritocracy)众神不关心孩子出生的顺序，他们关心他作为男人所表现出的能力和美德。 |
允许指定继承人 (if at least one of  Rajas of India or Jade Dragon is enabled).
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Incompatible with Harmonious, Civilized, Agnatic Clans and Enatic Clans doctrines | Jainism, Buddhism, Taoism | |
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平等男神和女神统治天堂，男人和女人也都应统治大地。 |
Absolute cognatic succession is enforced.
Full status of woman law is enforced. Women can take up to 3 consorts. |
Government is not Merchant Republic.
Incompatible with Harmonious, Agnatic Clans and Enatic Clans doctrines |
Catharism | |
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稳定怀疑一位在众神的青睐下掌权统治者的合法性是对神明的亵渎。他的臣民应立即表现出对统治者的忠诚。 |
Short Reign penalty is disabled.
Ruler can spend piety to increase courtier or own attribute. |
Incompatible with Children of Perun and Survivor of Ukko doctrines | Jainism, Buddhism, Taoism | |
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无情众神只会奖励信徒中最勇敢、最凶悍的人。战死疆场是一个男人所能渴望的最大荣誉。 |
Ignore defensive attrition.
+10% Attack for all units. If there is levy size & attack bonus from unreformed religion or morale bonus from Animistic doctrine in first doctrine slot, it is lost. |
Incompatible with Unyielding and Peaceful natures.
Incompatible with Eternal Riders and Invaders doctrines |
Unreformed Tengri | |
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泛灵论灵魂和魔法都在我们身边，隐藏在每棵树下，每条河流下，我们的头顶飞过，甚至在我们行走的土地之下。 |
+5% Morale of armies. If there is levy size & attack bonus from unreformed religion, levy & garrison bonus from Unyielding nature or offensive bonus of Unrelenting doctrine in first doctrine slot, it is lost.
Characters get a Rite of Passage when reaching adulthood. |
Redundant with African | African | |
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航海众神赐予了我们潮汐和造船的知识，以便我们可以用它来向世界的各个角落传播他们的圣言。 |
Fleet can navigate through major rivers.
Ship maintenance reduced to 10%. AI looter prefer coastal counties. |
Incompatible with Peaceful nature.
Incompatible with Sons Of Ragnarok and Invaders doctrines. Partially redundant with Children of Perun doctrine. |
Unreformed Germanic | |
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女性氏族只有通过女性强大而明智的领导，我们才能够实现众神为我们预定的伟大命运。 |
Enatic law & open succession law are enforced.
Enatic-cognatic law is available. Agnatic, agnatic-cognatic, cognatic laws are restricted. No penalty for female ruler. No male in the council. Women can take up to 3 consorts. |
Government is not Merchant Republic.
Incompatible with Agnatic Clans, Harmonious, Equality, Polygamy and Meritocracy doctrines |
Islam (open succession) | |
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男性氏族只有通过男性强大而果断的领导，我们才能够实现众神为我们预定的伟大命运。 |
Agnatic law & open succession law are enforced.
No females in the council. Matrilineal marriages are disabled. |
Incompatible with Enatic Clans, Harmonious, Equality and Meritocracy doctrines | Islam (open succession) | |
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祖先崇拜我们虔诚的先祖值得我们尊重和崇拜，我们应当用合适的方式缅怀他们。 |
The religious head can decide upon death to venerate a given ancestor, in a process similar to sainthood.
Eldership succession law is allowed. Ancestor Worship decision available. |
Incompatible with Autonomous leadership | Christianity (Saints/Veneration), Unreformed African and Romuva (Eldership succession) | |
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修行我们中最虔诚的人应获准放弃他们的世俗事务，并在隐居和敬拜中度过他们的余生。 |
Ruler can order subject to "Take the Vows", disqualifying them from succession. Priests cannot marry and cannot inherit.
+2 Learning to any follower of the religion. |
Incompatible with Totem-Guardians doctrine | Buddhism, Christianity | |
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宗教税我们将允许异教徒居住在我们的土地上，只要他们向我们定期提供财富和资源来弥补他们的亵渎。 |
Tax on subjects of different religious group is allowed. | Incompatible with Syncretism and Totem-Guardians doctrines | Islam | |
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宗教融合我们中最睿智的人应获准学习其他信仰并更多地了解邻国的人民。 |
Rulers can choose to gain sympathy with another faith by decisions. | Incompatible with Dogmatic nature.
Incompatible with Religious Tax and Civilized doctrines |
Unreformed African and Bön | |
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勇敢众神赞美勇敢和自由精神。即使是最无能的人，他们也会鼓励你要心比天高。 |
Prepared invasions are available. | Incompatible with Peaceful nature.
Incompatible with Sons of Ragnarok doctrine |
Unreformed Germanic | |
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创造金字塔(Pyramid Creation)金字塔很久很久以前由古人所建，我们也应当追求如它一般的高度。 |
此宗教的独立领主可以建造金字塔 | Not Aztec | Unreformed Aztec |
These doctrines are tied to the reformer's religion. Some of them are stronger than the regular doctrines.
| Doctrine | Modifier | Requirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 乌戈的遗族
长久以来，我们的部落互相争斗不断，而我们真正的敌人却从外面围困着我们。我们必须团结一致抑或是永远消失在历史中！ |
Religion is resistant to proselytizing + Stability | Incompatible with Stability doctrine | |
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 佩伦之子
佩伦子孙都会聚集在一起，分享对众神新的和谐的理解，这样我们就能与邻居和平相处，繁荣昌盛。 |
Fleet can navigate through major rivers, but maintenance cost remains full + Stability | Incompatible with Stability doctrine
Partially redundant with Sea-Bound doctrine | |
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 永恒骑兵
无尽苍穹召唤我们的军队一路驰骋，奔向世界的四方。我们桀骜不驯，我们无人可挡！ |
Unrelenting + Polygamy
Levy size & attack bonus from unreformed Tengri faith will be lost. |
Incompatible with Unrelenting and Polygamy doctrine. Compatible with Peaceful nature. | |
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 季耶瓦斯卫士
我们必须要坚强，才能在新宗教的进攻中得以幸存。只有我们中最强的人才能活下来，以保存对众神的记忆。 |
Religion is resistant to proselytizing. Eldership Succession law is available | ||
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 诸神黄昏之子
我们绝不会不战而降！末日已然临近。如果我们想要进入瓦尔哈拉，我们就必须证明自己的价值！ |
Daring + Sea-Bound | Incompatible with Daring and Sea-Bound doctrines. Compatible with Peaceful natures. |
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 图腾守卫
为了让所有灵魂各得其所，我们必须确保我们的祭司阶层有能力掌握散布在我们古老传统中的咒语和仪式。 |
Ruler can order subject to "Take the Vows". Priests cannot marry and cannot inherit.
Eldership Succession law is available Religious Tax |
Incompatible with Monasticism and Religious Tax doctrines | |
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 破晓
我们必须承认太阳及其青睐的血统的无可否认的权威，以确保我们人民的繁荣。 |
Divine Marriage + Polygamy | Incompatible with Polygamy and Divine Marriage doctrines | |
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 和谐
新旧传统的平衡，才能有受众神之钟爱所祝福的开明未来。 |
Meritocracy + Equality + Disallow avunculate marriage and cousin marriage | Incompatible with Divine Marriage, Agnatic Clans, Enatic Clans, Meritocracy and Equality doctrines | |
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 侵略者
如果我们希望用这个新世界丰富的肉牛们来满足众神，我们的战士必须要无情，我们的军队必须要不屈不挠。 |
Bloodthirsty Gods + Seabound + Unrelenting
Levy size bonus from unreformed Aztec faith will be lost. |
Incompatible with Bloodthirsty Gods, Sea-Bound, Unrelenting doctrines | |
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 文明开化
我们必须记住，众神对凡人事务几乎没有任何兴趣，我们应该努力保持对信仰的超然态度。 |
Rulers do not receive opinion penalties for raised vassal levies + Syncretism + Meritocracy | Incompatible with Syncretism and Meritocracy doctrine |
Leadership
The selection of Leadership style determines the type of religious head.
| Leadership | Modifier | Requirement | Religions with similar or same mechanic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Temporal
世俗和精神权力相互交织。分为两个职位毫无意义。 |
Religion has secular leader.
Reformer gets a powerful artifact. |
None | Islam |
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Hierocratic
应该由一位祭司长全权掌管一切属灵的权力，这样诸神才能被恰当的礼仪取悦。 |
Duke-tier religious head common for all realms. Excommunication |
None | Catholicism, Fraticellism |
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Autocephalous
每个领地都应有自己的祭司长，与其统治者一起工作，满足众神及其信徒的需求。 |
Each realm has own religious head. | None | Eastern Orthodoxy, Miaphysite Christianity |
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Autonomous
每个祭司都有权力对新的圣文给予正解，不受任何中央权威的限制。 |
No religious head. Attribute bonus. |
Incompatible with Dogmatic nature and Ancestor Veneration doctrine | Dharmic religions |
Autonomous leadership
Despite similarities between autonomous reformed paganism and Dharmic religions (followers of both has religious branch trait), the former still needs to deal with heresy (old pagan religion), while the latter has no heresies. Autonomous leadership bonus for an attribute depends on original pagan religion.
| Attribute | Religion |
|---|---|
| +2 Diplomacy | Romuva, Slavic |
| +2 Martial | Germanic, Tengri |
| +2 Stewardship | African, Zunist |
| +2 Intrigue | Suomenusko |
| +2 Learning | Hellenic, Bön |
| None | Aztec |
Autonomous leadership also enables four branches:
Synergies
With the new reformation system, some synergies occur which present new abilities or opportunities to characters of this specific reformed religion. [1] These are not immediately obvious before reformation, or even immediately upon reformation.
| Religion | Nature | Doctrine(s) | Leadership | Synergy Feature |
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| Reformed Aztec | Any Nature except Peaceful | Access to the Flower War Casus Belli | ||
| Reformed Aztec | Daring & Sea-Bound or Invaders |
Allows sacrifice of thralls captured in raids | ||
| Reformed Aztec | Haruspicy | Allows sacrifice of courtiers to read entrails | ||
| Reformed Hellenic | Bloodthirsty Gods | Allows sacrifice of courtiers to read entrails | ||
| Any Nature except Peaceful | Bloodthirsty Gods | Access to the Flower Wars Casus Belli | ||
| Dogmatic | Divine Marriage or Dawnbreakers | Temporal | Reformer becomes a High God | |
| Warmongering | Agnatic Clans | Access to the Patriarchal Deposition War Casus Belli | ||
| Warmongering | Enatic Clans | Access to the Matriarchal Deposition War Casus Belli | ||
| Astrology & Haruspicy |
Once per decade interpretation of stars by religious head or court chaplain if none exists | |||
| Astrology & Stability or Children of Perun or Survivor of Ukko |
Reading the stars an heir is born under | |||
| Bloodthirsty Gods & Haruspicy |
Allows sacrifice of courtiers to read entrails | |||
| Daring & Sea-Bound |
Pirate traits and events (but the traits' opinion bonuses only apply to Germanic pagans) | |||
| Stability or Children of Perun or Survivor of Ukko & Agnatic Clans or Enatic Clans or Meritocracy |
Education improvement synergy and Meliorism improvement synergy |
Strategies
The new reformation system allows players to build their religion for their preferred play-style and to combine incompatible characteristics.
For example, players who seek to reduce internal conflicts in their country, but still want to expand their boundaries, could use the following culture/religion/doctrine combination: Altaic culture, Tengri, Peaceful, Stability, Equality, Autonomous. Raiding culture allows the use of armies to raid while fabricating claims, and still get piety for remaining at peace. Generic Tengri paganism allows for more levies. Equality allows the player to not only land females, but also to get even higher scores since female dynasts could have consorts, who as concubines provides prestige. This shows another bonus from raiding culture; with the combination of Equality and concubinage, kidnapping male princes also allows for strong claims for heirs on raided lands, and the prestige of having noble male consorts for female rulers.
If consorts are available and the Peaceful religion nature and Tribalist traits from Autonomous leadership outweigh the Short Reign penalty (and the player ensures that most vassals are of the player's dynasty), it makes sense to pick Divine Marriage instead of Stability, to get an even higher score from Divine marriages, in situations where inbreeding is already likely.
Another approach is to try new mechanics (to pick Haruspicy, Animism, Veneration) or to add useful abilities to existing faiths (e.g. choosing Polygamy for Hellenism, which has no access to concubinage or choosing the Children of Perun doctrine to make use of major Russian rivers to transport armies). If you have tribal government, it is recommended to choose either Agnatic Clans or Enatic Clans doctrine to avoid Gavelkind succession law. Enatic Clans doctrine is extra powerful because one can easily 'breed in' several bloodlines by simply doing matrilineal marriages over a few generations. If gender flexibility is desired, Ancestor Veneration can be chosen for Eldership succession.
If fighting unreformed pagans is a priority after reformation, the Unrelenting doctrine or the Tengri equivalent (Eternal Riders) is recommended.
Depending on the spread of the faith before reformation, heresy may or may not become a major issue. It is important to quickly convert vassals who still follow the old faith due to the large opinion penalty. If tribal, remember that demesne counties which are still following the old faith will give less tax and levies.