Monks & Mystics is a DLC Expansion for Crusader Kings II and it requires the base game to play. This Expansion introduces societies that provide characters with new powers, it has a religious theme and allows you to choose the path of the holy or that of the sinister! Monks and Mystics serves the 'average' Crusader Kings player well, intersecting with all styles of play and interests in a way more similar to Way of Life than, say, Rajas of India. In Monks and Mystics, your characters can follow new paths in their search for religious enlightenment and holy blessing, joining sacred societies or secret brotherhoods that open new opportunities for role-playing and story-telling in one of the most popular historical strategy games ever made. Expansion - Crusader Kings II: Monks and Mystics This content requires the base game Crusader Kings II on Steam in order to play.
Today, Paradox Interactive announced its latest expansion for Crusader Kings II, its hit medieval grand strategy role-playing game, Monks and Mystics. The expansion is said to players to further explore the religious aspect with new mechanics and character associations that “can tie a faith closer together, or render it asunder.”
The major feature of Monks and Mystics is the additions of Societies (secret or otherwise). Characters will be able to join monastic orders, secret cults, and Gnostic heresies. As a society gains members, it gains power and prestige for its leaders. As you would expect, societies open new actions for characters, and can lead you down new event paths.
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Here’s a more detailed rundown of everything the expansion will feature, courtesy of Paradox:
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Monastic Orders: With lay offices available to non-clerical characters, monastic orders will increase your character’s piety – but they have expectations.
Cults: Gnostic heresies may flourish and its is rumored that the worship of Satan continues in the darkened fringes of the world
Climb the Ranks: Characters work their way up the ladder of Societies, unlocking new abilities and triggering new event chains
Hunt for Heretics: Send your chaplain out to find secret societies that undermine the holy church and your realm. But what if the hunter is guilty himself?
Other New Councillor Actions: Your councillors have a fourth action that will make them more powerful and integral to sound rulership
And much more: Assassins, archaeological expeditions, holy relics, great treasures and more
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A release, nor a price point was divulged. Crusader Kings II is currently available on PC. Below you can check out the expansion’s announcement trailer: