180d: If you have a friend or close family member in your court who is zealous, they express concern.A: Invest another 30g (going into debt okay).If Christian or Muslim, 50% chance to lose zealous or gain cynical. 180d: You start believing in heliocentrism.If you are not Buddhist or Zunist, it puts you on the road to conflict with the church, with especially high risk/reward if you have a religious head. This branch gives you +10 prestige at the start. 180d: You decide what question to ask: 'How do the stars move?' or 'Is there something.This character modifier persists until you end the event chain or cancel the focus Adds character modifier Studying the Stars (+1 learning). Your choice between: the character modifier Weird Scholar which gives, or the lifestyle trait Mystic which gives.The option to buy and even study the Necronomicon, giving an additional +200 cultural tech points in exchange for wealth, monthly piety, and a risk of Lunatic.If you take the weirdness option all the way through, you will also get:

Your choice between: becoming Zealous, the character modifier Heliocentrist Scholar which gives, or the lifestyle trait Scholar which gives.

The option to openly defy your religious head, becoming Brave at the cost of angering the church.

50% chance to become Cynical, if Christian or Muslim.

If you take the stellar movement option all the way through, you will also get:

The option to become Deceitful (requires having a zealous close family member or friend in your court unavailable if honest).

About a year in, you will choose between studying stellar movement or weirdness. īuilding an observatory starts a long chain of events which can last about 5 years, give you lots of tech points, and give you several traits.

This can only be done once per lifetime, and requires that you are not Incapable, and not already a Mystic or Scholar. For 50g, rulers with the Scholarship focus can take a decision to build an observatory.

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