Effects
Modifier values for patch 1.20.1.2 are listed below. Check the in-game tooltip for availability and current setup.
| Modifier | Value |
|---|---|
| Intrigue | +2 |
| Learning | +2 |
| Monthly Piety | -20% |
| Faith Conversion Cost | -20% |
| Personal Tenets | -1 |
| Character spiritual fulfillment gain | -25% |
| Character spiritual fulfillment loss | -75% |
| Zealot Vassal Opinion | -15 |
| Opinion of Cynical characters | +10 |
| Opinion of characters with an opposite trait | -10 |
In play
Cynical: intrigue rises by 2, learning rises by 2, monthly piety falls by 20%, faith conversion cost falls by 20%, personal tenets falls by 1, character spiritual fulfillment gain falls by 25%, character spiritual fulfillment loss falls by 75%, zealot vassal opinion falls by 15, opinion of cynical characters rises by 10, and opinion of characters with an opposite trait falls by 10. Cynical makes faith conversion cheaper and monthly piety thinner. Zealot vassals object. Zealous is the opposite.
How to get Cynical
- Gain: Cynical comes from childhood events beside Just and Temperate, or Humble and Content; a Cynical guardian makes it likelier. Adults on the Learning lifestyle get Theology, Scholarship and Medicine focus events with a cynical choice: the first such choice removes Zealous and later ones grant Cynical. The prison stress event Mental Break: Prison Problems can also make a character Cynical.
- Remove or lose: If your faith counts Cynical as a sin, the pilgrimage event with a local guru and the Mendicant Mystics tradition event A Mystic's Wrath can swap it for Zealous. Taking the zealous path in Learning lifestyle events removes Cynical first.
Sources: ck3db: Cynical (patch 1.20.1.2)