Further details are in the discussions tab, in the thread titled "Cardinals And You" 2 - People will bug you quite a bit about forgiving their sins. It's technicaly impossible to play as the pope for one main reason. ... Crusader Kings II is an historical grand strategy video game for PC and Mac published by Paradox Interactive. Also, during the 10th century (so just a few decades before the vanilla start of Ck2), the Papacy was in a period called Saeculum obscurum [en.wikipedia.org], where one family controlled the Holy See. (Thanks to Rowan for this information). Therefore, in this mod, you play a dynasty. except for the following: 1 - Cardinals are appointed through honorary titles.

So I would like to know if it is currently possible to control the pope using mods/dlc/cheats or anything to play as him and how to proceed. Theocracies are NOT PLAYABLE. You just play as the next pope.) Althought the pope might be overpowered and, in some people's opinion, boring, I would really like to try it. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and India. Works exactly as the pope normally does in the game,(No game over on succession. Is there a mod to play as the Pope? So why not play this Game of Nepotism in CK2? Hello, I have played Crusader Kings II for a while now, and I would like to try a new gameplay.