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With Holy Fury, you may select another adult character to sway. Your character will look for ways to improve the other character's opinion, sometimes by helping the other character in some way.

Valid targets for swaying are non-rivals; rivals can be swayed if the character is . For a Holy Roman Emperor under Princely elective to sway voters, he must be crowned in a coronation ceremony.

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Once a year, your character will randomly select an idea from a weighted list:

Name	Weight	Requirements and modifiers	Description
Stop swaying?	10	Opinion is already 70+ Has never selected 'continue swaying'	Perhaps I should focus my time and resources to sway somebody else? A) stop swaying B) continue swaying (and you will not get this event again, even if you later switch targets)
Write a letter	1	Not at same location	Choose a letter style. Opinion boost is likely if choice is appropriate for the recipient's personality.
Hidden attempt	1		No choices. Result shown as a notification.
Gift	1	70 wealth Less likely if tribal	Spend up to 100 wealth to give the recipient up to 100 prestige Recipient chooses: Accept. Gain prestige based on size of gift, opinion bonus based on size of gift Reject. More likely when /// or gift was small
Tribal honors	1	Tribal	Spend up to 300 prestige to give the recipient the same amount of prestige Recipient has similar choices as with monetary gift (above)
Based on education
Use military knowledge	2	Any of: Martial education	Diplomacy and martial options. The martial option increases swayee's martial skill, if your skill is 2 higher and the swayee accepts
Use diplomatic skills	3	Any of: Diplomacy education	Embassy and letter options.
Use stewardship	2	Any of: Stewardship education	Diplomacy and stewardship options. If swaying a lower-tier ruler, additional option to send 100g, with 10% chance to become more
Use learning	1	Any of: Learning education	A) Gift book. Highest chance of opinion boost. Moderate chance to increase swayee's learning skill B) Lend books. Small chance to increase swayee's learning skill C) Offer prayers. High chance that swayee gets +20 piety
Offer mentorship	1	Same education type Swayer has a higher education level Less likely if relevant skill diff is below 5	May upgrade swayee's education, give swayee a temporary skill bonus, or give swayee a temporary skill penalty More likely to succeed if their relevant skill is high Positive outcomes allow swayee to become more Negative outcomes allow swayee to become more
Based on swayer's traits
Lustful	1		Diplomacy and learning options Will not succeed with AI characters who are uninterested in your gender May move to your court if they are (must be unmarried, loveless, and +5 opinion before event)
Gluttonous	1		Basic and learning options May turn them more May move to your court if you invited them to dinner (must be unmarried, loveless, and +10 opinion before event)
Slothful	1		Sightseeing and letter options May move to your court if you invited them to sightseeing (must be unmarried, loveless, and +5 opinion before event)
Wroth	1
Proud	1		Diplomacy and wealth-spending options
Discuss their needs	5	Any of:	A: Spend prestige B, if they are ill: offer to have your Court Physician treat them (up to +2 health recovery for 2 years) C, if they follow another religion and you are not Zealous: each character may gain sympathy for the other's religious group
Sharing cruelty	2	Any of:	Letter on torture (diplomacy check) or gruesome gift They may become more
Poet	3		Write about their looks, their realm, or their accomplishments More effective if they are , , , or Less effective if they have low learning and none of those traits May make swayee more
Swaying an enemy
Defecting general	1	All of: Swayee has the minor title Commander and is leading an army Swayee's liege is at war with swayer (as direct participants) Opinion at least +50	If not a ruler: they may move to your court and bring their family If a ruler: they may refuse to lead armies for 3 years
Reach out to enemy	50+	Hostile due to war, liege's war, raiding, etc	A) Ask to fight honorably. Asker must have 14 diplomacy and meet other requirements. If accepted, disables ambush tactics for three years. B) Ask to end war. Asker must be and must be a direct participant in a non-Crusader war where swayee is the primary attacker or defender. If accepted, the war ends in white peace (along with all other wars where swayee is a primary participant). C) Ask for a short meeting. If accepted, boosts opinion. If you have 15 intrigue, you may use this as an opportunity to attempt to abduct them. D) Offer a compliment. If accepted, boosts opinion and you gain prestige.
Apology
Ask for forgiveness	50+	Any of the following opinion modifiers: Personal grievances: Hate Tortured me Mutilated me In prison (!) Attempted murder Family grievances: Tortured... Mutilated... Executed child Attempted murder of...	Apologize and ask for forgiveness (removal of opinion penalty). You may have up to four options: 20 diplomacy option: guaranteed success unless they are 20 intrigue option: guaranteed success unless they are option: guaranteed success unless they are Default option: AI choice depends on your diplomacy skill and their traits
Longer event chains
Invite for long visit	5+	More likely with: Carousing focus Family focus, if swaying a close relative or spouse Less likely with: Opinion at least -40 Has not had this event in the last 2000 days	If you have opposite personality traits, you may have an option to try to flip their personality trait to the one matching yours. Such an attempt is more likely to succeed if: You have higher diplomacy than the swayee You are , , High opinion They are , They are NOT , . On the other hand, having many opposite personality traits with the swayee increases the chance that the visit will be dominated by disagreement. This situation can be salvaged if you have 15 diplomacy or the trait; otherwise, it will lead to an opinion penalty. If the visit goes well and opinion is high, there are small chances of: Opportunity to become friends (requires mutual opinion +60) Opportunity to become lovers (requires mutual opinion +60) Swayee can copy your lifestyle trait, if they have none (requires opinion +40). Only the following lifestyles can be copied: , , , , , , , , ; and the trait Swayee owes you a favor (requires opinion +40). More likely if they are
Lifestyle activity	2+	Swayer has a lifestyle trait More likely: Swayee also has a lifestyle trait which suggests the same activity	Select an activity based on your lifestyle trait — or any area in which you have 8+ skill Each character makes a choice that will add or remove a personality trait and affect opinion See below for details

Lifestyle activities

If you have a lifestyle trait, you may have an opportunity to invite the swayee to participate in a special activity with you. You may pick the activity associated with your lifestyle, or certain other activities based on your skills.

Your choice during the event will:

• Modify one of your personality traits
• Affect opinion directly (option A tends to be viewed more positively)
• Affect the likelihood that the swayee will reflect on the event as an overall positive experience, further improving opinion

The swayee will have a similar choice during the event, but with different personality-trait effects in some cases.

Activity	Available	Option A	Option B	Notes
Hunting	Any of: 8 martial	Become more	Become more	Hunting is especially good for opinion Hunting and Dueling risk injury Martial check
Dueling		Become more	Become more
Games	Any of:	Become more	Become more	Martial and PCS check
Social	Any of: 8 diplomacy 8 intrigue	Become more	Become more	Intrigue or diplomacy check
Learning	Any of: 8 learning	Become more	Become more	Learning check
Stewardship	Any of: 8 stewardship, if few enough options	Become more	Become more	Stewardship check
Torture	Any of:	Become more	Become more	Intrigue check

Strategies

For improving opinion:

• Having high diplomacy helps in many rolls and unlocks better options in several events
• Swaying one character for a long time may be the most effective approach, since timed opinion modifiers renew when stacked

For improving your character:

• Lifestyle activities let you select new personality traits including , , and
  • To become eligible for this event quickly, consider using a focus that will get you a lifestyle trait quickly (Seduction, Carousing, Scholarship)
  • Prefer swaying characters who would be interested in the same activity, to increase the chance of the event being chosen.
• If you are eligible for the Stewardship event, swaying a lower-tier ruler may give you an expensive opportunity to gain

Considering your strengths:

• Consider swaying your heir, especially if you could upgrade their education or flip their personality traits which are opposite to yours
• If you are , consider swaying vassals in the hope of flipping them to Content
• If you are , , or , consider aiming to bring characters to your court (they must be unmarried and loveless)
• If you are a , consider swaying characters more amenable to poetry