Crusader Kings III

Crusader Kings III

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Friends & Rivals

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Description
Friends & Rivals (FAR) is a small mod that brings two facets to your game: the ability to freely Befriend people; and the ability to explicitly declare rivals.

Motivation
  • 1. I dislike the fact befriending is behind a wall. Think about it: making friends is one of the most primal social interactions - you don't have to be a diplomat to make friends.
  • 2. In most of my games, there are characters my characters hate. And they hate they can't make them their rivals.
  • 3. I can.

Before you install
  • I highly recommend you install either Player Opinion and Personality or In My Humble Opinion to play alongside FAR, especially if you are into RP, so you can see what's the opinion of your character towards someone else. If you do so, don't worry about mod order - it doesn't matter because they [FAR & the opinion mod you choose] don't directly interact with each other.
  • My mods are only published after being battle-tested with at least one playthrough, to ensure no game-breaking bugs are present or they're properly balanced. Play with peace in mind.

Features
Befriend for everyone
The interaction 'Befriend' is available for everyone, including AI, from the very beginning of the game, without any requirements. Just go about and make friends.

  • The 'Befriend' perk has changed: now it buffs your Befriending Scheme Power and increases your Diplomatic Range.
  • The 'Flatter' perk has changed: now it also gives you one additional Personal Scheme slot.
  • The changes above were inspired by Friends for Everyone.

Note that contrary to Friends for Everyone, FAR does not introduce any limits on the number of friends you, or the AI, can have.

Declare Rivals
A new interaction has been introduced: 'Declare Rival'. It's a subtle functionality, but to me, it is all about immersion and flavor.

Now, if your character dislikes someone enough - that is, if your character has an opinion of -40 or lower towards someone -, you can declare them as your rival.
  • If the target is a greater ruler than you are, you earn some Prestige and the 'Challenged Goliath' modifier to give you some passive bonuses for a couple of years. This modifier cannot be stacked, so abusing it won't work.
  • If the target is a ruler at the same level as you are, you gain nothing, you lose nothing.
  • If the target is not a ruler, or a weaker ruler, you lose a little bit of Prestige (mostly only enough to avoid spamming rivalries about) and gain an 'Agitator' modifier.

Note that AI behavior regarding rivalry has not changed. I chose not to spend time here because I don't feel it's needed since vanilla already has an implementation for AI.

Compatibility & Sanity Checks
  • FAR is compatible with everything that doesn't touch the `Befriend` and/or the `Flatter` perks. For what it's worth, I play with 70+ mods and didn't get any incompatibility.
  • FAR works with Friends for Everyone, but you only need it if you want to limit the number of friends one can have.
  • Achievements supported: no.
  • AGOT & other Total Conversion mods: haven't tested myself and have no plans for doing so. If you test FAR with those, let us know the results in the comments.

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25 Comments
lotherius 13 Oct, 2024 @ 1:32pm 
Does not appear to be working in the current version. Guy murdered my daughter, can't make him a rival, I seek out this mod. I have a -80 opinion of him. No interaction for making him a rival.
123 27 Sep, 2024 @ 2:15am 
would you be so kind and would update your mod for "roads to power" please?
[S] Eliijahh 5 Apr, 2024 @ 4:54am 
Still working for me
-=Illumifant=- 13 Mar, 2024 @ 7:53am 
Is it still working with the new update? 1.12.x?
FraudeGalates 9 Mar, 2024 @ 7:23am 
support mp ?
Timou 7 Mar, 2024 @ 9:47am 
Update Please 1.12
Dallan 7 Feb, 2024 @ 10:05am 
Hey from the Friends for Everyone dev! Just so you know (since I have made the same mistake in a bunch of mod descriptions that I hadn't updated in years), mods no longer affect achievements at all in CK3 so we don't need to mention that anymore and it often confuses people when we do. :)
牛奶大魔王 17 Dec, 2023 @ 1:55am 
greeting ! I am fan of your mods ,I want more Chinese player to use your mod.so I've translated your mod, and could u add in description?

here's my Chinese translation:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2903983628
TdizzleGod 14 Dec, 2023 @ 12:23pm 
thanks
Teary 14 Dec, 2023 @ 3:07am 
Will you update the mod to be compatible with 1.11.3 ? as I for some reason cant switch to 1.11.2