朝廷

仅在启用皇家宫廷（Royal Court）DLC的情况下可用。

朝廷（Royal Court）或者宫廷，代表着统治者的威严之地，只有国王或皇帝级别的封建制和氏族制统治者才能使用。如果一个角色的最后一个国王或皇帝级别的头衔被一个同等级别的角色摧毁或夺取，宫廷将处于休眠状态。如果最后一个头衔是被级别较低的角色篡夺，朝廷将被转移给新的头衔持有者。可以随时访问领主的朝廷，以便向他们请愿。朝廷的视觉外观取决于领地首都文化的建筑风格。

在朝廷界面，成人角色可以选择每5年进行一次举办朝会。举办朝会的费用为：国王花费100威望，皇帝花费威望，举办朝会将引发3次随机的请愿事件。

每过24-32个月，朝廷内将发生一次可选的事件，这在相关人物上方会有图标指示。当这样的事件发生时，玩家会被告知在朝廷内发生了一些情况待处理。

宫廷类型

每一位统治者都可以根据其文化的民族精神在两种宫廷类型中进行选择。每种宫廷类型都根据宫廷显赫度等级为统治者和宫廷提供一套增益，以及决定廷臣在5级宫廷显赫等级的宫廷生活5年后会获得的廷臣特质。改变宫廷类型需要花费500威望。宫廷类型还决定了哪些请愿事件更常见。如果统治者的文化发生了变化，他们仍然可以保持原有的宫廷类型。

类型	等级1效果	等级4效果	等级7效果	等级10效果	民族精神
外交型	每点显赫度增加 +0.5 要求臣服的接受度	−20% 暴政获得	+10 内阁成员好感度	+1 最大私人计谋	守礼 平等 坚忍
战争型	+10% 骑士战斗力	+10% 强力封臣内阁成员的征召兵基础贡赋	+10% 兵士克制效率	+1 兵士军团的规模	好战 官僚 坚忍
管理型	−10% 建筑的建造花费 −10% 建筑的建造时间	+30% 促进文化认可效率	+0.2 领地首都的发展度增长	+10% 封臣的税赋贡献	官僚 集体 平等 虔信
谋略型	+5% 计谋隐秘	+20% 支持计谋效率	增加阴谋的同谋接受度	+1 最大阴谋	好战 集体
学识型	+10% 有灵感的角色会更常来到宫廷	+15 廷臣和宾客好感	+10% 每月生活方式的经验值	每级威望等级使学识 +1 +1 廷臣和宾客的学识	守礼 虔信

Court language

Court language is the language spoken by a court. If a King or Emperor knows the same language as their court, the court will gain Court Grandeur based on each county in their realm that speaks the same language. This bonus is increased by +25% if the character's culture also uses the same language.

If multiple royal courts use the same language, they will all gain additional Court Grandeur as well. For the court with the highest current grandeur, the ruler must know the language. For the rest, the ruler knowing the language is not required. This bonus is reduced by -50% if the rulers of the courts follow faiths from different religions and by -25% if they have a different government type.

A court can change its language every 5 years at the cost of 750  Prestige. Said language must be either the ruler's culture language or the court language of another ruler within diplomatic range.

Court amenities

Court Amenities are monthly expenditures that increase a court's grandeur and grant various benefits. The cost of each level of amenities scales with the size and income of a ruler's realm as well as their culture's era. The level of Court Amenities can only be raised or lowered once per year.

Type	Level 2 ( +4 Grandeur)		Level 3 ( +8 Grandeur)		Level 4 ( +12 Grandeur)		Level 5 ( +16 Grandeur)
	Ruler effects	Courtier effects	Ruler effects	Courtier effects	Ruler effects	Courtier effects	Ruler effects	Courtier effects
Fashion	+2% Monthly Prestige	+0.2 Monthly Prestige	+4% Monthly Prestige	+0.4 Monthly Prestige	+6% Monthly Prestige	+0.8 Monthly Prestige	+8% Monthly Prestige	+1.6 Monthly Prestige
Food	Feasts reduce stress	+10% Stress Loss	Feasts reduce more stress	+20% Stress Loss	Feasts reduce more stress	+30% Stress Loss	Feasts reduce more stress Small Health Boost	+40% Stress Loss Small Health Boost
Lodgings	Guests can stay longer +5 Agent Acceptance	More Inspiration Quality -5% Stress Gain	Guests can stay longer +10 Agent Acceptance	More Inspiration Quality -10% Stress Gain	Guests can stay longer +15 Agent Acceptance	More Inspiration Quality -15% Stress Gain	Guests can stay longer +20 Agent Acceptance	More Inspiration Quality -20% Stress Gain
Servants	-20% Recruit Guest Cost +4 Scheme Power +4 Scheme Resistance	+2 Scheme Power +2 Scheme Resistance	-30% Recruit Guest Cost +8 Scheme Power +8 Scheme Resistance	+4 Scheme Power +4 Scheme Resistance	-40% Recruit Guest Cost +12 Scheme Power +12 Scheme Resistance	+6 Scheme Power +6 Scheme Resistance	-50% Recruit Guest Cost +16 Scheme Power +16 Scheme Resistance	+8 Scheme Power +8 Scheme Resistance

Court grandeur

Court Grandeur is a measure of how famed a royal court is. Each court will have a baseline Court Grandeur, which is determined by dynasty legacies, court amenities and court artifacts. Court Grandeur will be raised or lowered towards the baseline at a rate of 0.2 per month, which is doubled if the ruler's dynasty unlocked the second Glory dynasty legacy. Court Grandeur can also be raised or lowered by holding court and certain events can affect it. A small amount of Court Grandeur is also lost upon succession. Once enough Court Grandeur has been acquired the grandeur level will increase, granting various benefits. If Court Grandeur falls below a level's required amount the bonuses will be lost in 6 months unless Court Grandeur is raised back.

Courts for newly created kingdoms and empires start with 25 Court Grandeur.

Grandeur level	Effects	Required grandeur
1	Level 1 effect from Court Type	10
2	Unlocks the Bestow Royal Favor chancellor task	15
3	Unlocks the Manage Royal Guards marshal task	20
4	Level 4 effect from Court Type	30
5	Courtiers can gain level 1 Court Traits	40
6	Unlocks the Convince De Jure Territory steward task	50
7	+20 Offer Guardianship Acceptance for Vassals +10% Imprison Chance Level 7 effect from Court Type	60
8	Courtiers can gain level 2 Court Traits	70
9	+20 Offer Guardianship Acceptance for Vassals +10% Imprison Chance +5% Monthly Renown	80
10	Level 10 effect from Court Type	90

Expectations

Depending on the size of a ruler's realm as well as whether they are a King or Emperor, a court will be expected to reach a grandeur level. Exceeding the grandeur level will grant increasing bonuses while falling behind will give increasing penalties.

Levels above/below	Monthly Prestige	Courtier and Guest Opinion	Vassal Opinion	Independent Ruler and Fellow Vassal Opinion	Monthly Renown	Monthly Lifestyle Experience
+10	+1.4	+12	+12	+14	+1.3	+20%
+9	+1.2	+12	+12	+14	+1.1	+15%
+8	+1	+12	+7	+14	+0.9	+10%
+7	+0.8	+12	+7	+10	+0.7	0
+6	+0.7	+8	+7	+10	+0.5	0
+5	+0.6	+8	+7	+5	+0.3	0
+4	+0.5	+8	+3	+5	+0.15	0
+3	+0.4	+4	+3	+5	0	0
+2	+0.3	+4	+3	0	0	0
+1	+0.2	+4	0	0	0	0
−1	−0.2	0	0	0	0	0
−2	−0.4	−5	0	0	0	0
−3	−0.6	−5	−5	0	0	0
−4	−0.8	−5	−5	−5	−0.2	0
−5	−1	−10	−5	−5	−0.4	0
−6	−1.2	−10	−10	−5	−0.6	0
−7	−1.4	−10	−10	−10	−0.8	0
−8	−1.6	−20	−10	−10	−1	−10%
−9	−1.8	−20	−20	−10	−1.2	−15%
−10	−2	−20	−20	−20	−1.4	−20%

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