Religions

Religions are founded in a city of major nations, becoming the Holy City of that religion. Religions can spread to other cities & tribal sites and be adopted by individual characters, families, tribes and whole nations. The religion's opinion towards a nation affects the discontent in cities with followers of that religion. Some laws (like Orthodoxy or Divine Rule) change the way religions are spread and adopted. Other laws (like Monotheism or Holy war) add to the benefits of having followers in cities.

National Religions

A national religion (such as Assyrian Paganism, Roman Paganism, etc.) is founded when the first shrine of each nation is built. It spreads to other cities only by building shrines of that religion in them. National Religions cannot recruit disciples or establish Theologies, unless adopted as a State Religion (using Divine Rule law).

World Religions

World Religions are founded when:

• The first nation completes the required condition for founding the religion (detailed below) , or
• A Nation founds the Clerics' Family Seat (only available for Assyria, Egypt & Persia in the base game), or
• Through a cultural or other event ("Moses" event, for example, founds Judaism)

Once founded in a certain city, these religions passively spread to nearby cities and tribal sites (the larger the map is, the higher the chance to spread - +2% per size). Cities with followers of a world religion can use its growth output to produce Disciples - civilian Units that can perform these actions:

• Build unique improvements in cities with followers - Temple, Monestary, Cathedral
• Build the unique "Wonder" of each religion in its Holy City
• Spread the religion by traveling to a city with no followers (consumes the unit)
• Establish a Theology, if adopted as State Religion (consumes the unit)

Name	Condition to found	Chance to spread	Unique Wonder
Zoroastrianism	Divination technology 2 Acolytes Specialists	5% / turn	The Adur Burzen-Mihr +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion Create disciple every 20 turns +20% culture, -2 stone per turn cost: 200 stone and 200 civics
Judaism	Labor Force technology 2 Ranchers Specialists	5% / turn	The Temple of Solomon +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion Create disciple every 20 turns +20% culture, -2 stone per turn cost: 200 stone and 200 civics
Christianity	Metaphysics technology City with followers of Judaism and at least 12 citizens	10% / turn	The Church of the Holy Sepulchre +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion Create disciple every 20 turns +20% culture, -2 stone per turn cost: 200 stone and 200 civics
Manichaeism	Monasticism technology 2 global Zoroastrianism cities 2 global Christianity cities	10% / turn	The Cao'an +2 Victory Points, +20 religion opinion Create disciple every 20 turns +20% culture, -2 stone per turn cost: 200 stone and 200 civics

Theologies

These tenets of belief can be added to a global religion, adopted as a state religion, by a disciple following that religion. Only 1 theology of each tier may be added. Adding a theology also increases the chance for the religion to spread by 5% per year.

Tier 1 Theologies

cost 200civics

Name	Effects
Legalism	-10% Maintenance in all cities +2 for every Monastery +20 Opinion from Centralization law
Mythology	+2 culture for every Shrine +4 for every Monastery +20 Opinion from Polytheism law
Veneration	-5% Rebel chance. +20 for every Monastery +40 Opinion from Iconography law

Tier 2 Theologies

cost 400civics

Name	Effects	Required Tech
Revelation	Extra 20% increase in chance to spread +0.5 for every Temple +30 opinion from Orthodoxy law	Labor Force
Gnosticism	+2 for every Archive project +1 in every Temple for every Urban specialist +20 opinion from Monotheism law	Drama
Dualism	+1 in each city for every religion it follows -1 from every Temple +30 opinion from Tolerance law	Rhetoric

Tier 3 Theologies

cost 600civics

Name	Effects	Required Tech
Redemption	+20% output for mines, quarries and lumbermills in cities with a Cathedral +20% output for harbors and hamlets +40 opinion from Pilgrimage law	Metaphysics
Enlightement	-2 from every Elder Monk +1 for every citizen in cities with a Cathedral +40 opinion from Philosophy law	Forestry