“His stats are mediocre—how far can one man go on looks alone?”

Conquering Venice with the power of handsome in CRUSADER KINGS II.

- Tom Hatfield

There are a lot of ways to ‘break’ Crusader Kings. You can become an immortal warrior, a devil worshipper with magic powers, or the literal antichrist. But recently I discovered a new way: By being super hot.

I first noticed this while playing as a character who had both the ‘attractive’ and ‘strong’ traits. I was surprised how high an opinion boost this gave and, like any gaming veteran, I immediately thought “Can I minmax this?”