Alternatively, you can risk the nation’s wrath by sending raiding parties to plunder their vast (again, off-screen) lands. Here, you can offer the Emperor various gifts in return for ‘Grace’, which, in turn, can be spent on requesting certain favours. If not though, you’ll have to make do with one of the handful of Taoist rulers, or perhaps the pagan Bon (another new religious addition) of the Sumparu kingdom.Ĭhoose anybody within range of the famous Silk Road trade route and you’ll be interacting (indirectly) with China’s Emperor through a separate menu screen. Now, chances are that as a Crusader Kings 2 player looking at a new expansion pack you’ll have at least one of those. Playing as one of the newly added Han dynasty requires a start date earlier than 1066 so that needs The Old Gods.
The Middle East (close enough to interact with what Jade Dragon offers) generally requires Sword of Islam. If you want to play as 90% of the Buddhist regions, you’ll need Rajas of India. A significant amount of those kingdoms (and duchies, and so on) of the east are restricted by prior DLC.
That actually tosses up an interesting wrinkle, and one which links back to the now copious number of Crusader Kings 2 expansions. To get the most out of Jade Dragon, you’ll want to start a new game somewhere in the eastern portion of the map.
Sorry pal, got to keep the Emperor happy.