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Regional Immersion and Cultural Enrichment (RICE)

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RICE, or Regional Immersion and Cultural Enrichment, adds immersion to different regions, cultures, and religions in CK3. As a spiritual successor to my Immersion Packs for CK2, it is a collection of "flavor packs" similar to PI's official flavor pack DLCs. RICE's guiding philosophy is to keep a focused scope that won't change gameplay significantly, but instead adds flavor across the world that is grounded in historical authenticity, especially for lesser-known places, peoples, and histories.

RICE might work on existing saves (with some missing features), but a new game is advised to be safe.

Feel free to use my work in your mods - all I ask is that I am credited and (if possible) to give me a heads up. If you liked the mod, feel free to favorite and rate it up!





RICE is designed with compatibility in mind, and runs fine with most mods - for more info, please see this webpage[cybrxkhansmods.godaddysites.com]. I avoid editing vanilla files to prevent conflicts with other mods. For example, new cultures are added via hidden events at game start instead of directly through history code. Compatches are available for:

• Eastern Etiquette
  
• Ethnicities and Portraits Expanded (not required but ensures RICE uses new ethnicities)
  
• Oriental Empires
  
• Unique Building Plus

Special content provided if you also play with The Fallen Eagle or Rajas of Asia[google.com], which do not require compatches.

I WILL NOT maintain compatches for most mods that may need one. Feel free to make your own (let me know so I can link it here). If you're a modder, don't hesitate to contact me on the forums or Discord about compatibility!




Each RICE flavor pack adds features to a region, culture, or religion, that include new activities, decisions, events, music, and more. Read the RICE wiki[ck3.paradoxwikis.com] and Flavor Pack Guides[cybrxkhansmods.godaddysites.com] for more info on new features, tips and tricks, and selected lists of academic sources I used for further reading.

There are currently 38 new flavor packs, shown on this map:





By default, RICE uses the original English text as a placeholder so you won't see gibberish for other languages.

• Chinese - submod by 牛奶大魔王 本模组支持中文，由牛奶大魔王领导的项目
  
• French - several translators including Mouchi have translated parts of the mod
  
• German - Dillo has translated much of the mod; there is a sub-mod that adds further translations
  
• Italian - submod by The_Invisible1
  
• Korean - submod by 티에
  
• Russian - submod by Herp B naHaMke and Maraniro
  
• Spanish - Ferchu has translated much of the mod.

"I have seen the Rus as they came on their merchant journeys and encamped by the Itil. I have never seen more perfect physical specimens, tall as date palms, blond and ruddy."
- Ibn Fadlan, 10th century Arab explorer

Please note some changes only take effect with new games. As changelog is too big to list here, see the full changelog here: https://steamoss.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/changelog/2273832430

• Very Immersive Events and Tales (VIET) - hundreds of new flavor events to spice up the game
  
• In Taberna (CK2 Edition) - the classic song from CK2 returns to CK3
  
• Recruit Courtiers - simple decision to spawn male or female courtiers in your court for a small price, similar to CK2
  
• Rename Egaliatarian Ethos to Cosmopolitan
  
• Rename Tribal Era to Late Antiquity

Thanks to all I worked with, took stuff from, and provided me encouragement and feedback over the years. Huge thanks also to the translators who put up with my erratic update schedule.

The credits list has gotten so long that it won't fit Steam's small word count restrictions for the description. Please see the following link for a full list of credits.