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· The 1.19 'Scribe' patch is a domain management update, focusing on resolving long-standing issues, improving convenience, and strengthening overall game balance.
· The beta version was released earlier than scheduled, allowing players to play and provide feedback over the weekend.
· You can participate by right-clicking the game on Steam, selecting 'Properties' -> 'Betas' tab, and choosing 'Open Beta'.
· These patch notes are for the beta release, and minor changes may occur before the official release.

· Character-specific stories in the Situations tab: Minor stories related to characters, such as pets or conquerors (El Cid, Hereward the Wake), now appear in the Situations tab.
· New aging-related traits: New traits are added that affect older characters, shortening their lifespan and adding realism.
· Barber Shop color picker: A feature brought from mods, allowing you to freely change the color of character outfits.
· Improved travel planning: Quickly edit routes during pilgrimages or hunts to avoid dangerous areas or detour to places where you can gain experience.
· Event nameplates: Most events now display the name, title, and relationship of characters appearing on screen for convenience (based on a popular mod).
· Court visual customization: Choose your preferred court layout regardless of the region you are playing in.
· Ledger added: Similar to other Paradox games, a ledger has been added, allowing you to view various information at a glance. It offers 9 pages (Wars in Progress, Artifacts, Characters, Families & Dynasties, Domains, Counties, Titles, Faiths & Religions, Cultures), and also displays the top 3 global information.
· Upgrade buildings from the Domain page: You can now upgrade buildings from the Ledger's Domain page without having to navigate to each county.

Category	Details
Knight Management	· Added functionality to manage characters serving as knights · Minimum Prowess requirement can be set · Specific characters such as heirs, relatives, and councilors can be prohibited from being appointed as knights
Ledger Pages	· Wars in Progress · Artifacts · Characters · Families & Dynasties · Domains · Counties · Titles · Faiths & Religions · Cultures

· The existing cumbersome knight system has been streamlined and revamped to offer more interesting choices.
· Now, you select a knight and focus on desired attributes, and the knight will acquire and train apprentices.
· If a knight dies or is replaced, their apprentice will take their place, becoming a new knight.
· The micro-management of having to manually find successors is gone, and knight specialization becomes possible.
· This change is expected to significantly improve gameplay.

· Cossack Kingdom creation decision: A decision to create a Cossack Kingdom has been added for nomads and former adventurer nomads.
· Wenuan Ruler Bartering: Wenuan rulers can now pay for adventurer mission contracts with bartered goods instead of gold, making adventurer gameplay much easier in this region.
· Restoration of the Carthaginian Empire: Restoring the Carthaginian Empire unlocks a new Phoenician Heritage flavor.

· Numerous bugs have been fixed thanks to community feedback.
· Character infection probability adjusted: Character infection probability values have been modified, which will change how diseases function.
· Disease outbreak event rebalancing: The frequency of disease outbreak events has been rebalanced (likely reduced).
· Factions at war persist: If the first leader of a faction at war is imprisoned, the war will no longer be invalidated; a new leader will be elected from the participants, and the war will continue.
· Prestige loss for landless adventurers removed: Landless adventurers no longer lose prestige when marrying characters below the Duchy tier.
· Improved quality of book artifacts based on education level: Education levels 4 and 5 now appropriately add quality to generated book artifacts.
· 'Enlightenment Vows' development requirement removed: The requirement of 30 capital development for the 'Enlightenment Vows' coronation oath has been removed, making early university establishment easier.

· Venetian Veteran limit: Venetian Veterans are now limited to a maximum of 1 stack, similar to House Guards.
· Domain Limit changes: Domain Limit is no longer directly granted by Stewardship and has been moved to other lifestyle trees.
· Event frequency review: Event occurrence frequency has been reduced, and adjustments have been made to focus more on events related to characters players care about.
· Reduced travel event frequency: Travel event frequency has been reduced from 1/5 to 1/20.
· Shortened event cooldowns: The maximum cooldown for several events, such as feasts and funerals, has been shortened from 8 months to 5 months.
· Iberian Struggle ending conditions eased: Conditions for the Iberian Struggle to end more frequently have been eased, allowing it to conclude without direct player intervention if all other ending conditions are met.
· Improved AI court language selection: AI will now make more rational choices when selecting court languages, reducing instances of seeing Chinese court languages in Europe.
· Game Rule: Unlock All House Legacies: A game rule has been added to unlock all House Legacies for free, either for the player or for everyone.
· Improved Nomad targeting: When using the 'Conquest of Kingdom' casus belli, nomads will now attack historically realistic targets, reducing instances of nomads conquering France.

· Interface-related bug fixes and Barber Shop changes have been applied.
· Added old age crutch animation: Crutch animations for elderly characters have been added to match the new aging-related traits, better visually representing character aging.

· Multiplayer synchronization error fixes: Several synchronization errors occurring in multiplayer have been fixed, which is expected to improve game stability.
· Confederate Partition changes: Confederate Partition will now only create one additional top-level title for each secondary heir. This differs from the previous method of creating all possible titles, allowing the primary heir to retain more domains.
· A bug where duchies were not appearing as a purchase option for merchants has been fixed.