No pope because no preferati in M2TW

[Macha]

In my game the Sicilians have assainated 5 popes in a row and there is only 1 preferati left who i am about to assasinate. What happens if if the pope dies with no preferati left?
Does anyone else have this problem.

 

[salty mud]

Interesting. I expect the next Preferati elected will be Pope. I notice this is over a month old. What happened?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Bump!

I want to know what happened!

 

[Macha]

The pope lived to 102. and 5 more preferati came along.

 

[salty mud]

That sounds corny. Does the Pope live long enough to elect new preferati?

 

[Macha]

It happened again and again the pope lived really long, seemingly the pope won't die if there is no preferati.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

It happened again and again the pope lived really long, seemingly the pope won't die if there is no preferati.

Assasinate him and see what happens then.

 

[Maniacal]

What's a Preferati?

 

[Macha]

one of 13 pssible popes, btw you can't assanate the pope in M2TW only MTW

 

[salty mud]

Why not? I attempted to assassinate the Pope but it failed. Does it always fail?

 

[Macha]

Yes
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[salty mud]

Why bother having suck an option then? I thoght I saw a video on the website or somewhere where an assassin uses a crossbow to kill the Pope. The Pope in my game was sleeping in a shabby bed!

 

[sirtommygunn]

i prefer the easy way to kill a pope. get some crossbows to attack his personal guard... he will just sit there as you kill him and all his troops. eventually you should run out of popes. of course i did this to 5 popes until only my cardinal was pope... so unless your willing to kill a pope of your own id suggest not bothering.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I would prefer to simply occupy the Papal States, and impose my iron will.

 

[Macha]

In M2TW they always go somewhere else (again unlike the (better) original)

 

[salty mud]

I think that's a good feature. The main focus of the game is the Catholic factions, hence being 13 of them. If the Pope disappeared, a factor of the Catholic factions has. So the Pope has to stay, even after annhiliated.

Saying that, after taking Rome I have never seen where they move to. How long does it take them? Do they just 'acquire' a settlement or still take it by force? Or does a Catholic faction give a settlement to them?

 

[Macha]

I think that's a good feature. The main focus of the game is the Catholic factions, hence being 13 of them. If the Pope disappeared, a factor of the Catholic factions has. So the Pope has to stay, even after annhiliated.

Saying that, after taking Rome I have never seen where they move to. How long does it take them? Do they just 'acquire' a settlement or still take it by force? Or does a Catholic faction give a settlement to them?

A catholic faction gives it to them and in the original they rebel and rebel a lot (the pope that is) if you capture them so there is a 90% chance of them coming back.

 

[sirtommygunn]

odd when i took rome all the pope did was keep spawning outside the city

 

[Maniacal]

I beleive they just keep spawning outside the city.

 

[Fruidoc]

If you kill the last preferati, there is no pope. None. The seat stays empty until there is a new preferati.