• Added learning education traits for Manichean Archegoi in 867 and 1066
  
• Added martial education trait for the Daju ruler Zalaf in 1178
  
• Tweaked new faith icons made by hunter00001
  
• Decision to Compile the First Turkish Dictionary now requires having a culture with the Turkic language rather than heritage
  
• Nerfed Sawdan’s starting army in 867 slightly
  
• Nerfed the potential amount of gold gained from merchant travel events
  
• Failing to negotiate for extra money during merchant travel events now gives stress, especially if you have certain traits
  
• Baqt situation will no longer exist for pre-Islamic start dates (if running a mod that adds in early start dates)
  
• In 1066 and 1178 start dates, Daju rulers now start with castle holdings rather than tribal
  
• Tweaked values of the Pithipati of Bodh Gaya modifier
  
• Decision to Claim the Mantle of the Pithipatis is now visible if your capital is in India and you are Buddhist
  
• Fixed Nuba culture starting with Performative Honor instead of Right to Prove
  
• Fixed event to search for fern flower during Kupala Night not giving stress loss
  
• Fixed several vanilla characters that RICE gives a martial education to not getting a commander trait
  
• Fixed Sorbian culture not using RICE’s Sorbian namelist
  
• Fixed Native American cultures’ gloss localization causing error log spam
  
• Fixed the localization for the requirements of the Trans-Saharan merchant caravan travel option not displaying correct region
  
• Fixed trigger for killing off merchant NPCs from the merchant travel option at the end of traveling
  
• Fixed Daju rulers not holding Dar al-Said in 1178
  
• Fixed several instances of the code referring to the Pithipati of Bodh Gaya modifier as a dynasty modifier instead of a character modifier
  
• Fixed some duplicate modifiers and localizations
  
• Fixed some loc errors
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added Nubia Flavor Pack: Heirs of Kush
  
• Added 9 Egypt/Nubia themed soundtracks
  
• Added Coronations DLC’s anointment doctrines to RICE faiths
  
• Added some new faith icons to replace RICE’s old ones, credits to hunter0001 and DPh Kraken
  
• Added some unique icons for RICE MAAs, credits to hunter00001
  
• Added effect to ensure spouses and children of newly added rulers don’t start off in random courts at game start
  
• Added language to all Aspiration text indicating that Aspiration completion is calculated at the beginning of the year
  
• Enabled several activities for LAAMPs (thanks to pharaox for the assistance with this!)
  
• Replaced Khan/Shah of the White Huns trait with a new and improved one by hunter00001
  
• Replaced vanilla Nubian namelist with new namelist that includes more given names and dynasty names
  
• Modified historical setup for Egypt in 867, based on feedback from iFrunx
  
• Tweaked ibn Tulun’s starting traits and gave him some event troops
  
• Decision to Contact Indian Ocean Pirates now requires owning at least one coastal county in the Indian Ocean region
  
• Decreased chances of generic flavor events happening overall
  
• Split some effects from the Pamir start up effects into separate files per the request of the Raja of Asia devs, to ensure easier compatibility between the two mods
  
• Anglo-Saxon culture now starts with the Monastic Communities tradition
  
• Changed the Orenda faith’s name to Uki-Otkon
  
• Most of RICE’s travel options now cost some herd if you’re nomadic, to be consistent with vanilla’s travel options
  
• Replaced various religious terms for Slavic pagan faiths with more historically researched ones (thanks to msl229 for the information/research and code)
  
• Tweaked language for triggers for various RICE travel options
  
• The merchant trade events while traveling now show you how many successes you’ve had even after you gotten the trait
  
• al-Umari now has the deceitful trait instead of brave
  
• al-Umari now starts with the Adventurer, Gallowsbait, and Reaver traits
  
• Changed localization of Wenmo to Wamo (it is still the same in the code)
  
• Changed al-Umari starting event chain in 867 to have an option for him to become a tributary rather than a vassal of the Tulunids at game start
  
• Changed many location-based activities for landless adventurers to require them having their camp on the location, as a fix for a potential issue where the activity would automatically end if they had no guests (thanks to pharaox for the assistance with this!)
  
• Matter of Britain tradition now increases legend spread chance
  
• Ubiquity of Poetry tradition now increases legend spread chance
  
• Changed Bengali/Gauda culture’s Seafarers tradition to Maritime Mercantilism
  
• Changed Turko-Hephthalite heritage to Turkic
  
• Changed al-Wahshiyya’s family name to al-Altayawi
  
• Changed Khuzi culture to derive innovations from Kurdish rather than Persian
  
• Darb al-Arbain modifier now reduces travel danger instead of build cost (all other bonuses stay the same)
  
• Decision to Resolve the Issue of Xwedodah is now only available if your faith has a relevant incest doctrine
  
• Game start effects to replace vanilla faiths’ doctrines with other doctrines now checks if they already have those doctrines in most cases
  
• Reduced cooldown for several feast/festival-themed activities
  
• Revised Kashmir’s faith setup so Astore and Skardu are now Dezawist
  
• Newly added rulers will now usually only change to clan government at game start if their liege is also
  
• Tweaked territory of Pala Dynasty remnants in 1178 since previously they were holding temple holdings
  
• Unlocked the Horse Sacrifice activity for Baltic and Slavic pagans
  
• Modified Volga-Dnieper Trade region’s geographical boundaries
  
• Made the Harran star worship event a big event pic
  
• Made the Pillar supplication event a big event pic
  
• Trans-Saharan Merchant travel option can now be taken anywhere in Africa
  
• at-Tabataba’i in 867 is now Zayidi instead of Ismaili
  
• Renamed at-Tabataba’s dynasty to at-Tabataba’i
  
• Renamed 867 Shukayr’s dynasty to Shukayrid
  
• Enabled adventurers in Sri Lanka to choose or change the monastic sect they support, though most other Sri Lanka struggle features are still not available to them
  
• Fixed Adventurers being able to technically end the Sri Lanka struggle
  
• Fixed inconsistent scoping in the Norman Adventurer CB
  
• Fixed effects of the Bema Festival activity being applied twice
  
• Fixed Rift Valley Traders tradition not actually increasing the chances of off-map African courtier spawn
  
• Fixed missing culture req tooltip for RICE_breton_tro_breizh
  
• Fixed duplicate province filters in a few activities
  
• Fixed Pyu and several other Southeast Asian cultures getting Indian innovations they shouldn’t be getting
  
• Fixed option to Commission a Manichean Manuscript picking a Manichean faith when choosing the Other Religions’ Texts option
  
• Fixed some of the effects of the Norman conquest/assimilation endings not working properly for the Normandy struggle when the AI does it
  
• Fixed the “chuck it in the river yo” placeholder localization for the Drowning of Marzanna activity
  
• Fixed AI chances of deciding what to do for the Niger Delta Ooni events not accounting for the Ooni’s opinion of the ruler properly
  
• Fixed localization for slavic_religion_opinion
  
• Fixed missing modifier icons for some Kupala Night activity modifiers
  
• Fixed visual issue with the icon for the Bon religion’s Protective Deities doctrine
  
• Fixed missing loc for RICE_aegean_region_geographical_req
  
• Fixed decision to Build a Local Christian Religious Building checking if you built Buddhist religious buildings instead of Christian building to see if you can do it
  
• Fixed Han culture getting Cultivated Sophistication without the Roads to Power DLC
  
• Fixed missing loc in the notification message for non-Manichean rulers when an Uyghur ruler takes the decision to Influence the Future of Uyghur Manicheism
  
• Miscellaneous fixes

Fixed issues with the Spanish translation of the Manichean localization by fixing the relevant file's encoding

• Added missing Spanish localization
  
• Added Joachim of Fiore as a courtier in Sicily in 1178
  
• Tweaked holy sites for off-map African faiths
  
• Replaced the icon for Modimoism (Sotho-Tswana paganism)
  
• Removed some placeholder non-Oromo names from the female Oromo namelist
  
• Fix to account for edge cases where the interaction to ask someone to be expedition leader could refer to two expeditions
  
• Fixed missing code for Oromo names

• Carantanian culture now starts with Forest Folk tradition
  
• Nepali culture now starts with Caravaneers tradition
  
• Kirati culture now starts with Hit and Run and Stand and Fight traditions
  
• Kirati culture now has stoic ethos
  
• Suebi culture now starts with Esteemed Hospitality and Prolific Hunters traditions
  
• Changed j_khd01_RICE_marriage_triggers to refer to parameters rather than doctrines/traditions for greater compatibility
  
• In-game flagging of Greenland/Vinland expeditions will now automatically expire after several years as a failsafe for edge cases where this doesn’t happen
  
• Fixed issue with appoint expedition leader interaction appearing when during Grand Expeditions or Vinland colonization (it should only appear for minor expeditions)
  
• Fixed Hephthalite heritage not being Serindian when running TFE with RICE
  
• Fixed missing placeholder loc for decision groups for non-English languages
  
• Fixed Hephthalites/Turco-Hephthalites not being given relevant traditions when running RICE with TFE
  
• Fixed localization issues with the 867 intro event for Egypt
  
• Fixed Shingqo Sheli Tutung learning other languages after he dies in the history code
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added RICE-specific decision groups to visually categorize many of RICE’s decisions
  
• Added traditions to various African cultures which only had 2 traditions
  
• Disabled some history, culture, and religion changes when running RICE with Dharmachakra, to ensure better consistency between the two mods
  
• Changed West Himalayan religion to share deity localization with Bon, rather than Mundhumism
  
• Hephthalite culture now has Devoted Horsemanship if Khans of the Steppe DLC is detected instead of Malleable Invasions
  
• Khalaj culture now has Frontier Warriors instead of Futuwaa tradition if Legacy of Persia DLC is detected
  
• Changthang Nomads, Cattle Kraals, and Bantu Migrators traditions now provides bonuses related to nomads/herds
  
• Munya Estates tradition is now available for hybrid/divergent cultures outside of Iberia if the parent culture has it
  
• Tweaked the Egyptian intro event in 867 to avoid various weird situations, especially related to Admin gov’t (thanks to the user “a” for the code!)
  
• Removed duplicate al-Farghani character from RICE in 867 Egypt
  
• Fixed Munya Estates tradition not being viewable in a lot of circumstances
  
• Fixed missing loc for RICE_manichean_fast_health_malus_modifier
  
• Fixed references to RICE’s old Norman Cavalry in loc, it should refer to Conrois now
  
• Fixed potential source of (harmless?) errors in the error logs in the Tarim Basin event code due to counties without cultures after the Roads to Power DLC
  
• Fixed game concept icons for Helluland and Markland using the other’s icons incorrectly (how did I not notice that after almost 3 years?)
  
• Fixed possible loc bug for the Buddhist decision to build a holy site
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Munya activities can now be taken anywhere if you have the Munya tradition
  
• Made AI more likely to take the decision to create Rus culture after a certain timeframe after game start
  
• Made AI more likely to take the decision to influence the future of Uyghur Manicheism after a certain timeframe after game start
  
• Tamil culture now starts with the Refined Poetry tradition
  
• Changed Amazigh religion funeral doctrine
  
• Fixed missing localization for DeathDeityHerHim in many RICE religions
  
• Fixed missing localization for some Mari pagan religious loc
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added some missing Spanish localization, courtesy of Ferchu
  
• Added event when creating a new faith with Gnosticism that previously didn’t have it to choose its purification doctrine
  
• All faiths with the Liberation of Light doctrine now also start with The Hidden Light doctrine in later start dates
  
• Increased cooldown for the Manichean confession decision to three years
  
• Temporary fix for potential CTD when playing as Zhang Huaishen in 867 and choosing to send yourself as a Tang hostage, or not sending anyone, by disabling those options for players
  
• Fixed missing localization for the historical context tooltip of the Bezeklik Pilgrimage
  
• Fixed newly created faiths not losing or gaining purification doctrines as appropriate when removing or adding the Gnostic tenet

• Added new bookmarked landed characters with aspirations:
  
  • Bokut Bilga (867)
    
  • Yelu Yingxin (1066)
    
  • Chen Pingshan (1066)
• Added new landless characters for each start date:
  
  • Mardan-Farrukh (867)
    
  • Ibn Wahab (867)
    
  • Chen Pingshan (1066)
    
  • Shingqo Sheli Tutung (1066)
    
  • Zhao Weiyi (1066)
    
  • Tatatunga (1178)
• Added 3 soundtracks for various regions in Asia
  
• Added game rule to disable RICE’s struggles (Warning: Please be aware this may lead to struggle-related content not working properly or unpredictable game behavior.)
  
• Split eastern 867 and 1066 bookmarks into two (MidEastern and Eastern), partly in preparation for All Under Heaven
  
• Western Liao are no longer administrative in 1178, to be consistent with vanilla making them nomads
  
• Li Shichang, Mahmud Yalavach, and Mansur ibn Mahmud al-Uzgandi are now adventurers in 1178 (once PI releases All Under Heaven along with the special admin gov’t for the Liao, they’ll be made admin vassals of Liao again)
  
• Purification doctrines are now also available to non-Dualist faiths with the Gnostic tenet
  
• Added Religious Patronage tradition to French culture (if there’s an available tradition slot)
  
• Added Agrarian tradition to the Severian culture so it is consistent with the traditions given to Ilmenians and Volhynians from vanilla
  
• Added a few remnant Slavic pagan counties in East Slavic lands in 1066 and to a much lesser extent 1178
  
• Vanilla’s Tribes of the North tradition has been added to RICE’s Siberian cultures if you have the Khans of the Steppe DLC
  
• Removed Genghis Khan as a bookmarked character since he’s now a vanilla bookmarked character
  
• Tweaked starting army of the Western Liao to include some of vanilla’s new nomad MAAs
  
• Decision to Alter the Shrine of Santiago can no longer be taken if you have the forbidden pilgrimage doctrine
  
• Revamped some decision art, credits to DrStein(Selva)
  
• Removed ability to do the Silk Road decision if your liege has counties in the Silk Road region (to prevent, for instance, someone in Sardinia ruled by the ERE from taking it since the Emperor has counties in the Levant)
  
• Nerfed the Akhtarveniks tradition
  
• May have fixed Rus override game rule not working if you enabled it, not sure if the fix works however
  
• Fixed Votive Offerings not being available as an activity option for the local pilgrimage to Tapama Djenepo’s tomb
  
• Fixed some RICE adventurer titles not being destroyed if game rule to remove RICE adventurers is on
  
• Fixed Maganoist faith (i.e. Sidama paganism) having a different name if it is reformed
  
• Fixed potential source of error log errors from non-landed rulers converting to other faiths at game start
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

• Added Glacier Marriage Activity
  
• Added innovations: Glacier Grafting, Netsang Relationships
  
• Added Azjur al-Turki (867) and Margaret of Beverley (1178) as bookmarked landless characters, along with their own starting flavor events and unique modifiers
  
• Added unique helmet artifact for Margaret of Beverley: Cooking Pot Helmet
  
• Added preset dna/appearance for Margaret of Beverley and her brother Thomas
  
• Added preset COAs for Margaret of Beverley and Azjur al-Turki
  
• Added inaccessible placeholder innovations in the code (for future proofing save game compatibility issues when adding innovations mid-game)
  
• Added a Host Palio Race struggle catalyst for the Sicily Struggle
  
• Added game rule to override other mods’ East Slavic/Rus culture setup if you prefer RICE’s setup instead of other mods like Baptism of Rus
  
• Tweaked starting stats of Azjur al-Turki and Margaret of Beverley
  
• When the Sicilian struggle restarts, any cultures or faiths with at least one ruler who owns a county in the Sicily struggle region will become automatically involved (as a stopgap measure to fix how cultures/faiths previously in the struggle don’t become re-involved when the struggle restarts)
  
• Tweaked Tarim Basin history setup to have better compatibility with the HM Invasion Expand mod
  
• Medical School of Salerno modifier will now be placed in Salerno even if another mod adds in a unique building (otherwise, the associated decision wouldn’t have worked)
  
• Removed the Liminality dynasty perk struggle catalyst from the Sicily Struggle
  
• Land of Towns tradition now enables travel along major rivers (non-Baptism of Rus version)
  
• Expanded Skiing region and innovations to various parts and cultures of Siberia and Eastern Europe
  
• Natkokwe/Burmese paganism no longer added to the map if playing with More Bookmarks Plus for better compatibility
  
• Turco-Hephthalite changed to Turko-Hephthalite to be consistent with vanilla culture names which use “Turko” rather than “Turco”
  
• Japheth ibn Bundar and his father (Bundar) now start with the Silk Road merchant traits
  
• Tweaked language of the requirement to control various duchies for the Decision to Restore the Tuyuhun Kingdom to look less messy
  
• Highest rank of the Merchant traits now increase max language learning schemes instead of a bonus to language schemes
  
• Fixed Bundar not being Japheth ibn Bundar’s father
  
• Fixed Encourage Settlement option of the Volga-Dnieper trade decision no longer displaying culture/faith conversion text erroneously by hiding it
  
• Fixed Volga-Dnieper trade travel option potentially creating a merchant with a Silk Road merchant trait instead of the Volga-Dnieper trait
  
• Fixed “weight = { base 10 }” in RICE_harran_events, RICE_sicily_events, RICE_socotra_events and RICE_tarim_basin_events
  
• Fixed missing piety/prestige rewards/values from the Fulaich Festival activity
  
• Fixed missing loc for the Elamite and Chamic namelists
  
• Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks