Starts I Recommend in Godherja: The Dying World for CK3

[@Soul_Tomato]

Note: you cannot play as Liches at all yes apparently. That’s my bad.

[@BigBoyMan01]

Legan Hecaeda is my first ever character in this mod. I just love her role as a ruthless, yet compassionate military commander. I will never forget how she avenged her adoptive father against the slaver.

[@Soul_Tomato]

A truly great story!

[@ALV694]

Can u defeat the fog? ​@@Soul_Tomato

[@KNIGHTMAREMANIAC]

Should have pointed our that Aeschraes has a permanent and universal -100 modifier called "killed the world." Fitting, and makes his playthrough even harder.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Didn’t even think about it but you’re right haha

[@flpileggi]

Thank you from the dev team for another great video! I love playing as Hecaeda

[@Soul_Tomato]

Thank YOU for making such a great setting to explore!

[@Edmonton-of2ec]

“Second Coming of Jesus and Charlemagne” With how much all of the various “barbarian” groups fawn over Cenware, that seems accurate 😂 A few other things, I think Dexios might be inspired by a man called Sextus Pompeius, the youngest son of Pompey Magnus (of Roman Civil War fame), who conquered Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily and dressed in a striking blue cloak and kinda acted like he was blessed by Neptune (Roman god of the sea). This is just my own crack theory though. And if I might give a recommendation, Honrog is an interesting playthrough. It’s ruled by the grandnephew (and only living relative) of the last undisputed Aautokratir, Anesimasios. While his great uncle had the epithet of Kindblood, he has the epithet of Frostblood. And pretty much his entire family was murdered by the guy who rules the Bloodied Throne so the goal is to basically go kill that guy.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Always love a nice goal to kill XYZ. I’ll keep it in mind going forward!

[@Jimbo55151]

Sextus was even crazier then that he called himself “boat king” because he was one of the only competent Roman naval commanders.

[@contajaponesa9269]

There is a vassal from the LXI Legion, his name is Tetradia, by his traits he seems to be a evil guy, his first and second son died in the bloody senate massacre by Axiaothea, but the cool thing is that he starts with the last living member of Axiaothea dynasty as a ward. A 5 year old pureblooded magi that he can shape into a killing machine. Unfortunately he will not be you heir, so if you want to play as him you have to land him and switch characters.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Nothing wrong with doing that. I’ve switched to unlanded characters after landing them plenty of times.

[@contajaponesa9269]

also his daughter died at the Frodbrokna, so you can roleplay that Tetradia is trying to make a magi strong enough to be able to kill the Lord of Ashes.

[@historyafficionado478]

Isn't Tetrada one ofnthe big evil dudes? I think he has big shenanigans in the lore and is involved with Hecaeda

[@Killerqueen69420]

Favourite Character is Cois, “Chosen of the Purest” bro is the ultimate underdog and I just love how his personality literally changes when you take power for yourself.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’m very likely going to do a series of him on the channel since he’s easily the most fleshed out story wise

[@Killerqueen69420]

@@Soul_Tomato best character

[@Muckrackerz]

Couple other cool characters to start a game with: The perhaps best Dead Magic wielder in the game is a count in Kemsar, east of the the former capital. Since there is no dominant power in the area, he can snowball really hard, and he usually starts with like 14 spells in his book already. And he has a cool monicker "the Accursed". Also, guy's a lunatic. In the jungle of Damota, there is a two-counties count of a Wardenite heresy, who gets a special intro text that states him and his buddies went down there to crusade the entirety of the Mogowai faith, meaning its them against everyone else. Everyone in the area hates him, even other Wardenites dislike his heresy, but he's got good troops, resources, and can kind of do his thing, building a new Wardenite empire. In the Shattered Isles, there are three counts/countesses right next to each other who each have unique starting texts. One is a giant pirate, one is an evil cultist and the third, I don't know. Something about Living Magic and flagellation. Fair warning though: The small island penalties to these holdings can make holding them quite meh. There is a count in the southern Agionist holdings who is a powerful magi and the last living practitioner of the Hubarist faith. He has a special event where he can revive this ancient empire of Magi judges. Fairly difficult with the Orders and Daddy Sarradon knocking on your door, though. In northern Aironoi, there are three brothers who've got claims on each other's territories, and one of them is a capable user of Mixed Magic.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Def gonna use some of these for part 2 haha

[@celwenileran2135]

Of all the total overhaul mods, this mod has likely the most innovative and talented dev team. They have went full on crazy with amount of features their mod has. To point of making entire new UIs and stats. Pretty cool.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s very cool. And this is only the beginning of their plans. They have like 15 start dates, each with its own connecting lore, planned.

[@alexcollins4]

You should check out the eu4 Anbennar total conversion mod. Very similar to this fantasy total conversion but in eu4. Rich deep law, new map, magic systems. Arguably the most ambitious eu4 mod by a mile. More inspired by DoD then anything but other than that its very original and extremely deserving of a law video. Wouldn't be surprised if it does well just like your Godherja video given that the community buzz around it has been increasingly growing (the paradox devs even did a dev clash in it).

[@Soul_Tomato]

I actually have plans to do at least an overview of the world in the new year but I’m working with the devs on that.

[@mementomori771]

2:38 He's who i started as,i like his monster hunts

[@Soul_Tomato]

Totally a good reason I think. The hunts are great.

[@ChaoticFrost_]

Surprised you didn't mention one of the Fog Eaters who devote their life to the study and control of the fog.

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s what you wonderful commenters are for (I will not abide the mad ravings of supposed fog men ☁️)

[@ChaoticFrost_]

@@Soul_Tomato By no extent though is it an easy start as you'll be dealing directly with death itself be it the Fog.

[@onneheijsteeg8507]

The fogeaters are currently not playable right? Or is there one that is playable?

[@gordyrroy]

"you've probably seen him before him" Sir, I have no idea what this all is about, I'm just into CK3 and the thumbnail looked interesting :p

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hahaha I meant if you’ve played the mod

[@king_fisherXX]

Another start that might be interesting is Belisarios “Frostblood” who is actually pretty close to Esterax Varixigad (if we believe that Esterax is the offspring of Anesimasios and Axiaothea, then possibly an Alabama moment if they WERE related, but ig it’s fun to believe 😅) Anyway, Belisarios is the last living member of House Drakaxiad if you want to claim Aironoi under a famous house. There's also one living member in Varixion (Axiaothea’s house) by the name of Axiotheos. However, he is unlanded (unfortunately😔). He is also the last living member of his house and the hostage/student of Tetradia of Mechais (a powerful mage/spymaster serving Legan Hecaeda). Been loving these Godherja vids! Hope there's more in the future 👍🏽

[@Soul_Tomato]

There will be!

[@TheRandomMaori]

Really enjoyed the Godherja lore vid. Super interesting! Thanks for this one, I'll be sure to try most of them out.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hope it goes well for you!

[@hagymascsiposgyros5780]

my fav thing is that everyone has -100 opinion of aeschraes bc of him ending the world

[@Soul_Tomato]

My man innocent (he’s a war criminal, stop him at all cost)

[@truth6441]

Nicanoneus is 8 years older than Cenware...which is kind of strange considering the dynamic he represents. Like he never measured up and never will but continues to try to make his dead father proud with his feud and yet to Cenware he is basically a nobody that equates to a minor speed bump he had in the past.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I totally get this take but I wouldn’t say a nobody. He’s the only person who has defeated Cenware in a major battle. The ONLY one. When you’re fighting against Ghengis Charlemagne that’s a big deal. And, out of all the starts, Nicanoneus is one of the few who actually can beat Cenware pretty early if you are smart and can use magic to your advantage. Plus cool helmet = cool guy.

[@jacobwcseal]

Another day another banger! Which characters would you say have the most flavor/unique content? It might be a cool video to show the different like, unique kingdoms/empires or religions that can be formed only by specific characters. Like how a lot of Aversarians can reform the empire, but the Black Sun can do whatever unique thing he can do.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Probably Cois - who Cenware basically immediately fights - or Nicanoneus. Cois has like 15 events or something crazy I think

[@reyisu8927]

@@Soul_Tomato Cois was my first and he has probably (imho) the coolest line of events but you REALLY need to have a good grasp on CK3 and play a little gamey to beat Cenware, and you have to beat him like 3 times

[@shiny1556]

I like the little lore touch that all of the Liches are polish, accurate to the average Polish lifespan

[@Soul_Tomato]

Least strange Slav

[@sparedhorizon5396]

Never even thought about playing one of the legions welp time to restore the empire through brute strength. Exellect video as usual enjoying the dip into Godherja lately keep up the good work

[@Soul_Tomato]

More godherja dips to come, trust lol

[@red_reyne]

Thanks for the recommendations man, your videos are great, you deserve more views. Keep it up!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Happy to help!

[@GalahadTheSeeker]

I'd love to see you do a playthrough with any of these characters!

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’m glad! - because I am lol

[@Brotrooper360]

This video is the first I'm hearing of this mod, and now I can't wait to play it tomorrow. Thanks for showing it off!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Go forth and enjoy!

[@camrongremmels249]

Once you realize possession is a thing, cenware becomes trivial 👌. You just steal all his money, and have him send you his kid as a hostage, it's awesome.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hahaha I have heard this a few times

[@Astuar]

Yeap, your last video got me into the mod and now I can't stop playing! Thanks for that!

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s all part of the plan

[@Apollo-zc2rj]

One of my favorite paths to take is to start as Aeschraes, start a family and have kids as him, then have his descendants basically try and do everything they can to fix the damages of Aeschraes; At least partially restore the empire, reform the Aversarian religion and culture to move away from the evilness, and eventually fight back against the invasions from the fog. Part of what I love about the mod is there are so many potential stories you can create within the godherja world

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s a really endearing end to his legacy. I like it

[@rayja6126]

Love all these starts, especially Hycanclylin my favorite! Cant wait for the next video!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Can’t wait for you to see it!

[@herobrans9822]

Do you think you could explain how magic works in this game I've tried to understand it which is difficult since there are like 20 elements and what i assume to be wizard power levels

[@Soul_Tomato]

I figured I’d make a video on it at some point but I’ll put it higher on the list

[@alik5972]

There's this Sjalvoki hunter character who holds a dutchy tier title near the Black Sun and he's really cool. I'd recommend checking him out

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yes! Can’t remember his name but I believe he got cut off from the rest of Cenware’s forces and is, for all purposes, stuck where he is haha.

[@bradley3188]

So thanks for the introduction into this world I've never heard of this mod guess I spent too much time playing AGOT

[@Soul_Tomato]

I have videos for that too haha

[@sealking3838]

God bless godherja the most original mod I have ever seen.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s definitely up there

[@wallybonejengles5595]

Im downloading this mfer for this weekends gaming session. Justice for Axiaothia!

[@Soul_Tomato]

I won’t sway you, however there is some lore to back up Aeschraes’ fall is a lot more tragic than evil. However he is evil now so avenge away!

[@joeybuck62]

Needed this for real

[@Soul_Tomato]

Glad to hear

[@mine0lord027]

If you are a bit more experienced with the game would really recommend Narses. Was the hardest thing I've tried but it was really satisfying finally beating cenware and then of course beating him again which was harder than I would have thought.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah having to beat him twice is really the challenge

[@kosatk120]

I started to play as world breaker conquering his empire back from one province. He died in his 148 on stroke but his dynasty endures. His dynasty turned into divine marriage enjoyers where they marry each other to keep magic blood strong. Few generations letter descendant of world breaker saved world before mist invasion 100K warriors strong. Dude was strongest mage alive and he nuked mist army leader to death. Saving world in the proces. Thou it was not without cost all northern lands are forever split by the fog. Now world breaker dynasty never can unite whole northern lands under their rule. Well at least I think because I don't know if fog can be removed once tit will appear in the province.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I don’t believe you can remove it no

[@janefejskbs6712]

FYI: you can’t remove county effects, but you can still colonise the land, considering how op your character is, should be cheaper than normal

[@kosatk120]

@@janefejskbs6712 Yeah i can do that but those penalties make it not worth it in my opinion. So i don't know if i should invest into it.

[@xicecatx]

Ive read the primer and also played a good amount of the game but your lore knowledge and relationship knowledge between these characters is incredible. Is this all found in game in the tool tips?

[@Soul_Tomato]

A lot of the lore can be found in game concepts and the discord!

[@alexiosdesius]

Any characters you'd recommend besides Cenware for the vibe of spreading/creating new cultures? I've always loved that natural/organic result of conquest on culture and I was wondering if it gets used elsewhere.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Honestly probably the Agionists? Considering they’re a foreign culture in that region. You also have a very pissed off Saladin equivalent trying to get you to leave That or maybe the olentics taking over Aironoi

[@lordcommander17]

YYYYYESSSSSS MORE CONTENT IDEAS I CAN STEAL MUAHAHAHAHAAA

[@Soul_Tomato]

Lmfao

[@TheOffkilter]

It would be nice to play this without it crashing every few minutes like it has been recently. According to the Discord its apparently bad code that they will patch out in the next update too.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’ve never had an issue with stability personally. But I do see these comments a lot

[@mine0lord027]

Would love if you go through the lore of some more obscure locations on the map like the frozen village and the caves far north

[@Soul_Tomato]

In time I’m sure :)

[@Filip-bh9rn]

I tried to play as the Black Sun, tried to get some prestige for CBs, conquered a de jure duchy, then he got infirm and died not soon later. Why is this a recomended start, apart from the cool armour?

[@Soul_Tomato]

Infirm comes from vanilla CK3 harm settings. I’d turn those off and try again. Also he’s recommended because he has a lot of story progression. You could try Rene the Black Bastard for a little easier first time.

[@Filip-bh9rn]

@@Soul_Tomato Thanks, so I guess I should turn off vanilla events before playing? Also, I tried again and I just got really unlucky for my first game, because he got said infirm event in his 50s

[@SimonDoherty-o6l]

Godherja is so interesting

[@Soul_Tomato]

Agreed

[@trbd]

I always thought Hartah is simply fantasy Muhammad. Didnt know he is some sort of medieval fantasy Paul Atreides too

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah The Prophet equivalent (pbuh) happened way before Harthah, known as The First Warden.

[@grzegorzha.]

Are dragons immortal? I made my character a dragon by mistake (thought it wasn't literal, since the character creator doesn't show significant changes in appearance traits like this one provide) and now I'm wondering. Will I die of old age like a peasant or will my Dragon Empire be eternal?

[@Soul_Tomato]

You know I don’t actually know. Probably not? I’d ask the discord.

[@janefejskbs6712]

Dragons are dinosaurs!!! But they are not lichens, won’t live forever, and dragons are not implemented yet; so you’ll die a human age

[@grzegorzha.]

@@janefejskbs6712 Interesting, thank you. Good thing I stole the heir of my first real enemy and adopted him.

[@bill884]

What pc do you have??? mine is crushing all tha time!

[@Soul_Tomato]

A custom one but it’s pretty capable despite being a few years old now

[@Kagekaott]

Hey, i really liked the lore video! And i was curious about if you could do a similar video for Anbennar mod from EU4

[@Soul_Tomato]

I am currently working with the devs on ideas for that. Look for that in the beginning to middle of next year!

[@hatimzeineddine8723]

If you do play as aeschraes, is there any way to just finish what you started and end reality, full on existence was a mistake?

[@Soul_Tomato]

I don’t believe so, not yet anyway

[@Rainfx8]

Ayo, do you think you can do a playthrough of Godherja? Thanks

[@Soul_Tomato]

Coming in a couple weeks actually!

[@Atok1111]

hey, i have a question about the mod. is it reccomended to play as your own king? I did my crusader king in creator and I didn't had any alliance with other orders.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Most of the other rulers aren’t really kings. More like dukes

[@Atok1111]

i figured it out already. i was asking about creating my own ruler, it's seem that game is kinda "lacking" in that case. for example i can't have any casus belle against neighbour rulers if i play as custom character@@Soul_Tomato

[@j.r.765]

in godherja, the modded game, is it possible to play tall?

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah you could play as one of the Gisredde I believe. They make loads of money and are the in game Venice like faction (sort of)

[@TheBobolicious]

Will there be a new interesting starts for the new update?

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hmmm I’d have to ask the devs what they thought some new ones were

[@niklass.8699]

Immediately played the mod again, after I saw your video. Sadly, the mod keeps on crashing, even with no other mods active.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Strange. What version of CK3 were you on?

[@niklass.8699]

@@Soul_Tomato 1.11.3

[@jet-fury]

Can regular ppl use magic to live forever too

[@Soul_Tomato]

You just have to learn a magic school

[@nickNackel]

Hey can you show use how to manule instal the godhera mod i whant to olay a older verson but i can’t seem to get it to work

[@Soul_Tomato]

Normally you just install (drop) the mod into The data folder on steam - unless you don’t use steam

[@janefejskbs6712]

Use moddb

[@omaraboal-azm8705]

Someone know how to download the mod manually and make it work

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’d assume it’s just standard mod installation procedures. Are they not listed on Moddb? Usually you just extract and set mods in a games data folder

[@omaraboal-azm8705]

@@Soul_Tomato I have a crack version from steamunlocked and I really want to play the mod and yes I downloaded it from moddb and followed the instructions in many videos but still it didn't work although the mod was added in the launcher

[@Soul_Tomato]

Oh a cracked version of CK3? Can’t help you there friend.

[@omaraboal-azm8705]

​@Soul_Tomato It worked now

[@wilhelm7450]

​@@Soul_Tomatowhy? Just because he pirated the game? Not everyone can afford the game mate, especially if they were born in third world countries.

[@jackpack1213]

Commenting again

[@Soul_Tomato]

Replying again

[@fathlight812]

Can someone tell how to learn school of magic? i cant seems to do learn magic thingy

[@Soul_Tomato]

What exactly are you having trouble with? To learn new spells you have to do schemes on other magi if I remember right

[@fathlight812]

​@@Soul_Tomato Its just doesn't show the scheme choice to learn magic from the magi

[@Soul_Tomato]

Ahhhh. There is also an in game tutorial you can check out. You probably have them turned off by default

[@fsn473]

Damn for some reason the mod keeps crashing the game when starting a new one. RIP really whanted to play it..

[@Soul_Tomato]

Check you’re playing on the right version

[@fsn473]

@@Soul_Tomato yeah at first I just used the most recent one and then I switched to 1.11, both crash after picking a character to play

[@Soul_Tomato]

Odd. I wonder why

[@janefejskbs6712]

Your cpu or gpu sucks. Update your drivers or get a better device

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@janefejskbs6712 is that you, Todd Howard?

[@amirnasiri4163]

Please make vidio abouy hunting a beast in this mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

What sort of question did you have? Only a couple cultures can access hunting iirc

[@Gillio66]

I'd probably get into this mod if I wasn't so repulsed by the design of the map.

[@Soul_Tomato]

….What’s wrong with the map?

[@Gillio66]

This is just my personal preference but it's primarily made up of ocean, impassable regions, and an uncomfortable amount of islands. To me it just looks a bit nasty, it looks like it's zoomed in on a very limited region of what I'm assuming is a larger world. I think it's mainly the lack of large continuous land masses, but again this is just personal opinion. I sort of have the reverse gripe about maps like AGoT where there's too MUCH land and not enough variation. There just needs to be a balance imo. @@Soul_Tomato

[@Soul_Tomato]

@@Gillio66 There's lore reasons for why it is that way but hey to each their own! no worries

[@gamerx112]

Isnt godherja that mod where nothing matters because the world is literally going to end? lmao that sounds like shit

[@Soul_Tomato]

No? I mean nothing matters in the real world either so I don’t see the logic to this anyway.