Heir Selection

Papal Conclave

papal_election

When the Pope dies, the Cardinals gather to debate who will be the new Pope. This can be quick, but sometimes it may take several years.

Potential

Papal States

Can't be changed while

Papal States

Exact conditions

Succession

Candidates

Men only
Adults only
Rulers of other countries can't be candidates
Only from Clergy

Candidate score

How the game scores each candidate: the lines that apply add up.

A new Pope is elected through a process after the previous one is dead!−1

Requires 1

Papal StatesCan't be changed while, Potential

References 1

ClergyAllowed estates

Required by 8

Events

Regencies

Papal ConclaveAllow

Referenced by 1

TheocracyHeir selection

Scripting 1

Mentions 1

CardinalDesc

use_election = no

term_duration = 0

max_possible_candidates = 0

show_candidates = no

allow_foreign_ruler = no

custom_tags = { empty_heir_religion_law }

allowed_estates = { clergy_estate }

potential = {

tag = PAP

}

locked = {

tag = PAP

}

calc = {

add = {

desc = "HEIR_SELECTION_PAPAL_ELECTION_HAS_NO_HEIR" • A new Pope is elected through a process after the previous one is dead!

value = -1

}

Conditions