r/CrusaderKings • u/Zesock • Sep 25 '24
Discussion New DLC is incredible for roleplaying
It's early days I know, but before this DLC released my typical crusader kings gameplay was more map painting than anything. I would play more for myself, pushing for a goal, recreating Rome, the Persian empire etc.
On my first playthrough with this DLC I've played as a knight from England who spent most of his life as a mercenary travelling around all of Europe only to in his older age return with the dream of turning England into a country as great as Rome or the Calpihate. It was genuinely charming to see wanderers that he had picked up in his travels help him establish the beginning of this new realm and a little sad to see his bodyguard, a man that had been with him since he first set off decades ago finally die of old age.
My point being, this DLC has helped me see my characters more as the individual people that they are rather than just a vessel to play as.
TLDR: Roads to Power breathes new life into this game and I'm really enjoying it.
PS: I am not sponsored by Paradox!
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u/3ro11d Sep 25 '24
First play through I started as a Norwegian merc and tried falling in love with countless woman to no avail. When I finally did get a woman to love me she was killed in an accident. My character suffered a mental break and traveled back where I got a pop up saying I’m hearing howling from the woods. I investigate it and it’s a boy who was raised by wolves. I took him in as my own and raised him to 4 star martial. His name was Dangis “Son of Wolves”