“The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world.”

- Napoleon I

• Added 5 Patch themed events
  
• Added 2 new artifacts: Patchwork Quilt and Leather Ball
  
• Changed 4 modifiers to artifacts: Special Rock, Ancient Creature’s Bone, Fireproof Napkin, Thunderstone Talisman
  
• Lusty [Culture] Maid will no longer appear if the serious game rule is turned on
  
• Changed several modifier icons to use vanilla's new ones
  
• Made commonest events on the yearly pulse a little rarer (in theory)
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

Guillaume Tirel (c. 1310-1395 CE), better known as Taillevent, was a 14th century French cook at the French royal court. He is credited with writing Le Viandier, one of the earliest surviving medieval cookbooks.

• Added 9 new events:
  
  • 4 new recipe events
    
  • 5 more potential events for Qi Ma the Liar about Royal Court
• Added 4 recipe artifacts: Yogurt, Savory Pie, Sweet Pie, Bean Soup
  
• Added Chinese localization for most new stuff
  
• Tweaked Sinosphere trigger slightly and it now also accounts for descendant cultures
  
• Moved Abacus and Ancient Coin artifacts from uncommon artifacts on actions to common artifacts on actions
  
• Fixed issues with Russian localization
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

Zhao Mingcheng was a Chinese poet, politician, scholar, and antiquarian of the Song Dynasty. He was the husband and lover of Li Qingzhao, one of the greatest female poets in Chinese literary history. The couple spent years amassing and cataloging a large collection of ancient art and artifacts. Contrary to other scholars of his day, Zhao stressed the importance of ancient inscriptions and objects as primary historical sources. Sadly, the two lost much of their collection during the Jurchen invasion of Song China, and Zhao passed away shortly afterwards, leaving his widow to continue his legacy.

• Updated to vanilla patch 1.5 “Fleur de Lis”
  
• Added 46 artifacts, that can be gained via 46 various events, including 3 recipes and 1 book: 26 from old CK2 VIET and 20 brand new ones
  
• Added new game concept: Clutter Artifacts
  
• AAdded two new artifact types: Clutter Artifacts and Recipes
  
• AMade the crow event chain rarer
  
• ARemoved a few unused modifiers
  
• AChanged the Dreamer and Qi Ma the Liar NPCs a bit so I wouldn’t have to use a roundabout method to make them unpruneable
  
• AFixed several events not triggering: interest in shorthand, submerged shrine, servant forgets how many spoons of medicine to take
  
• AMiscellaneous bugfixes

*Adapted from VIET for CK2

“I have loving-kindness for footless creatures; for those with two feet I have loving-kindness. I have loving-kindness for those with four feet; for those with many feet I have loving-kindness. May all beings, all living beings, all creatures, every one, meet with good fortune; may nothing bad come to anyone.”

- Anguttara Nikaya 4:67 (Part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism)

• Added 46 animal themed events
  
• Added 3 new decisions:
  
  • Purchase Dependable Donkeys
    
  • Construct More Dovecotes on Residence
    
  • Listen to Wild Songbirds
• Added a few new event backgrounds for the Indian region
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

*Adapted from VIET for CK2

Valerie of Limoges is a Christian saint and martyr who was said to have been a follower of Saint Martial, the patron saint of the city of Limoges in France. According to legend, she was beheaded for refusing to marry a pagan lord; after her execution, she carried her head and brought it to Martial, who was then bishop of Limoges. Her cult, and that of Saint Martial, were especially popular in the medieval period.

• Added 16 events with the following themes:
  
  • 11 Contemplative Thoughts
    
  • 5 inspired by unmarked locations in Oblivion (including 2 county events)
• Added a lot of Chinese localization (thanks to Chinese translators!)
  
• Added a couple new variations of the ancient cairn background
  
• Modifiers that grant the ability to take various decisions now mention that in their descriptions
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

*Adapted from VIET for CK2

"Let my delight be the country, and the running streams amid the dells — may I love the waters and the woods, though I be unknown to fame."

- Virgil, The Georgics

Merry Christmas to everyone! Special thanks to Stik, Vertimnus, and Tobbzn on the CK3 Mod Co-op for helping me figure out how to adapt my CK2 province events and do a system for county events for CK3.

• Added 78 events with the following themes:
  
  • 25 county events
    
  • 30 county events from old VIET*
    
  • 10 county related decision events
    
  • 13 Generic*
• Added 7 new decisions:
  
  • Buy Valuable Medicinal Berries
    
  • Employ Renowned Blacksmiths for Armies
    
  • Visit a Legendary Burial Mound
    
  • Investigate a Ghost Town
    
  • Venerate a Mummified Hermit
    
  • Relax at a Giant Shade Tree
    
  • Examine Ancient Stone Monument
• Changed pastry icon to a sweetroll
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

*Adapted from VIET for CK2

“Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.”

- The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer was a 15th century English writer, a pioneering figure in the usage of vernacular English in literature. He is best known for the Canterbury Tales.

• Added 6 new events:
  
  • 4 Writing related
    
  • 2 Generic*
• 1 new decision: Learn Shorthand Techniques
  
• Germanic pagan characters now get a piety boost from the Friends with Crows modifier, rather than a malus (won’t apply to existing characters with the modifier as it’s technically a new modifier in the code)
  
• Added global variable as an alternative way for other mods to detect VIET (for Stik and other modders who prefer that instead of a scripted trigger)
  
• Made decision events less somewhat likely to trigger
  
• Decision to meet Qi Ma the Liar is now a major decision and will be displayed at the top
  
• Changed a few modifiers’ scheme power and/or resistance bonuses from multipliers to additions
  
• Changed a few modifiers’ prestige/piety/dread/tax bonuses or maluses from being additive to being multipliers
  
• Fixed the Dreamer’s parents causing errors in error log because they were too old
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

*Adapted from VIET for CK2

"I stare into the endless sky
And the sorry tale of my life goes by
I drift into the great unknown
I really don’t know where I’m goin'
I stare into the endless sky
And the sorry tale of my life goes by
I drift into the great unknown
I really don’t know where I’m goin'"

- Fool for Love, Lord Huron

• Added 15 Events inspired by Strange Trails
  
• 1 new decision: Follow the Strange Trails
  
• Jingle for events using the Nightmare theme will be appropriately spoopy instead of neutral as they were previously
  
• Reduced the chances of events appearing slightly
  
• Reduced the chances of getting the Lord/Lady of the Crows Nickname from the crows event chain
  
• Changed bonuses/maluses for beggar orphan event
  
• Added prestige boost to the Looks Down on Women modifier
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

Zhuazhou is the Chinese term for a ritual held on a child’s first birthday, where the baby gets to choose between different objects symbolizing careers or personality traits; the chosen object is used to forecast the child’s future. This ritual is a common practice throughout the Sinosphere, and is known as Thôi Nôi for Vietnamese, Doljabi for Koreans, and Erabitori for Japanese.

This update is intended to coincide with the one year anniversary of CK3 VIET’s release. Thanks to all the players and modders involved in my wonderful start to CK3 modding - with your support, I'm sure VIET (and RICE) will continue to grow with more fun events and features over time!

• Added mini event chain about the Dreamer (4 events)
  
• Added new crows decision event chain with 20 events and 2 decisions:
  
  • Deal with the Murder of Crows
    
  • Feed the Crows
• Added new nicknames: Lord of the Crows & Lady of the Crows
  
• Added a few new event background variations
  
• Enabled “Dreamer” option for a couple previously added events where other people recount meeting the Dreamer
  
• Made several changes to the event about female Chinese polo players: new option for women, some options are disabled depending on gender doctrine, and historical context has been added
  
• Traveler from the left for dead event now has a chance of dying if you choose to leave them
  
• Changed ambient noise of a few event backgrounds to make more logical sense
  
• Fixed the length of the permanent eye damage modifier to now be forever for the staring at the sun event
  
• Fixed Qi Ma getting pruned (albeit with a wonky workaround)
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

“Vạn Tuế” the Vietnamese equivalent of the Chinese Wansui, Japanese Banzai, and Korean Manse (written as 萬歲 in traditional Chinese characters), translates to ten thousand years and is used in archaic contexts to wish long life, particularly to a monarch, though in some modern Asian countries, it is used to express a feeling of triumph.

This update is to commemorate VIET passing 100k subscribers on Steam Workshop, almost a year after the initial release. Thank you all for your continued support, it means a lot! My CK3 modwork has been an unusual but fun way for me to engage in creative writing, and I hope to continue adding even more content in the future.

• Added 15 events with the following themes:
  
  • 10 about one hundred
    
  • 5 rumors about Qi Ma the Liar
• Added new 2 new potential results for the Unlock the Treasure Chest decision
  
• Added in Qi Ma’s father Qi Ma, and his father’s father, Qi Ma, to the history files
  
• Qi Ma event chain will no longer spawn for total conversion mods (for now)
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

*Adapted from VIET for CK2