﻿[h1]A religion outlives its founder: whoever holds its Holy City inherits it. Developed for use with [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2280231911]Core Mod[/url] (required) and [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2309504487]Sapiens[/url].[/h1]
In the base game a religion is frozen once its founder is eliminated: nobody can ever again earn Great Prophets for it, enhance it or use its Founder Belief. A civilization that conquers the Holy City of a fallen rival holds the seat of a faith it can never lead. [b]This mod lets that religion change hands.[/b]

[quote][h2]Religious Succession[/h2]
- Once a religion's founder has been [b]eliminated[/b], the religion passes to the civilization that holds its [b]Holy City[/b], provided that civilization has [b]not founded a religion of its own[/b].
- The heir becomes its founder in every respect: it earns [b]Great Prophets[/b] again, can [b]enhance[/b] and reform the religion and gains its [b]Founder Belief[/b].
- The handover is [b]permanent[/b]: a founder who is resurrected later does not get the religion back.
- A [b]living[/b] founder is never affected: losing the Holy City still costs only the Founder Belief.
- The AI plays by the same rule, and every civilization is [b]notified[/b] when a religion changes hands.[/quote]

[quote][h3]COMPATIBILITY[/h3]
Requires Gaia's [b]Core Mod[/b] in its [b]current[/b] version, with or without [b]Sapiens[/b]; an older Core leaves the mod inactive. It adds no save data, so it can be enabled on a game already in progress, and a religion that has changed hands stays with its heir if the mod is removed.
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[quote][h3]LANGUAGE SUPPORT[/h3]
Fully localized in: [b]English[/b], [b]French[/b], [b]German[/b], [b]Spanish[/b], [b]Korean[/b], [b]Russian[/b], [b]Polish[/b], and [b]Italian[/b].
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[quote][h3]CREDITS AND THANKS[/h3]
Concept, coding and design by [b]Gaia[/b]. The idea came from a player who conquered a Holy City and found that its religion could never be enhanced again. Thanks for bringing it up.
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[quote][h3]DISCLAIMER[/h3]
Sid Meier's Civilization V, Civilization, Civ, Firaxis Games, 2K Games, and Take-Two Interactive Software are trademarks of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. This mod is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Take-Two, Firaxis, or any of their subsidiaries.

This is a fan-made project. It is provided "as is" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Use at your own risk.

Redistribution, re-hosting, or inclusion of this mod or any of its components in other works is prohibited without written permission from the authors. All rights to third-party content remain with their respective owners.
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