Followers and items: spies
89 companions, items and apparel spies can carry, with their effects in the game's words. Cultures are listed where only some can have one.
Companions (32)
Apprentice
Celtic, Eastern Germanic, Northern Germanic, Western Germanic, Sassanid, Sarmatian, Eastern Roman, Western Roman, Roman
Cunning: +3
A mere boy? After all, who would suspect an innocent child?
Breaitheamh
Investigate Corruption action: -5% corruption
Public order: +5 (local province)
He is the law...
Courtesan
Celtic, Eastern Germanic, Northern Germanic, Western Germanic, Sassanid, Sarmatian, Eastern Roman, Western Roman, Roman
- Cunning: +4
A delivered note, a whispered word; the courtesan knows and sees it all.
Courtesan
- Cunning: +2
There is comfort in a woman's arms, and no little intrigue!
Dancer
Celtic, Eastern Germanic, Northern Germanic, Western Germanic, Sassanid, Sarmatian, Eastern Roman, Western Roman, Roman
- Cunning: +2
"All your worries are lost, friend, in the gyration of her hips…"
Eastern Scribe
Research rate: +3% for civil developments (factionwide)
All commerce fails without written records.
Exotic Poisoner
Desert, Sassanid
Assassinate action: +5% chance of killing target
Poisoning is an art in the palaces of the east.
Famous Courtesan
Scout Ahead action: +1% movement range- Exploit Corruption action: +5% corruption money stolen
- Cunning: +2
Beautiful, well connected, discreet, and lovingly skilful.
Gelding
- Campaign movement range: +10%
"Calm, stoic and fast as the wind. He doesn't try to molest the other horses either."
Geomancer
Gather Intelligence action: +10 targets identified- Success chance: +3%
The power of the earth cannot be tamed, only respected.
Guard Dog
- Hostile agent success chance: -10%
"Woof!"
Haruspex
Ruin Provisions action: +5% fatigue rate
Ruin Stores action: -3 food production
Trade income: +10% trade agreement tariffs (factionwide)
"I have never seen bowels so troubled…"
Herbalist
- Wound recovery time: -1
"I know it tastes horrible. But it'll stop the fever in its tracks."
Leper Disguise
- Deceive action: +10% chance of stopping target
- Hostile agent success chance: -5%
No one searches a leper. Ever.
Master of Thieves
- Gather Intelligence action: +10 targets identified
- Success chance: +3%
Nothing is safe. Nothing.
Medicine Man
Zeal: +1- Wound recovery time: -1
"Rub this in twice a day…and breathe this in while you're at it…"
Numismatist
- Extort action: +5% chance of converting target
Misdirect Workforce action: +3 construction time- Research rate: +3% for civil developments (factionwide)
Coins remind lesser men of their proper loyalties.
Old Man
- Gather Intelligence action: +10 targets identified
"I have seen seventy long winters, so you listen…"
Pet Black Cat
Campaign line of sight: +10%
"Meow!"
Pet Jackdaw
- Agent action cost: -5%
- Campaign line of sight: +10%
"Caw!"
Pet Monkey
- Deceive action: +3% chance of stopping target
- Campaign spotting chance: +5%
- Hostile agent success chance: -10%
"He's so cute! What a little...BASTARD BIT ME!"
Pet Raven
- Agent action cost: -5%
Chance of being wounded after failure: +3%- Campaign line of sight: +10%
"His name is Alan... I like his... unkindness..."
Pet Snake
- Campaign spotting chance: +5%
- Hostile agent success chance: -10%
"Hissssssssss!"
Saka Tribesman
- Ruin Provisions action: +5% fatigue rate
- Trade income: +10% trade agreement tariffs (factionwide)
"Go on. Ask if his head goes to the top of his pointy hat."
Secret Policeman
- Investigate Corruption action: -5% corruption
Construction cost: -3% for port buildings (local province)- Public order: +5 (local province)
A man who listens from the shadows instils useful obedience in the common herd.
Shabrang Behzad
- Misdirect Army action: -5% movement range
- Infiltrate action: -3% chance of being detected
- Campaign movement range: +10%
"Dark as the night, fast as the storm. And wonderfully fire retardant..."
Skilled Courtesan
- Exploit Corruption action: +5% corruption money stolen
- Cunning: +2
Irresistible, lovely, and with just a hint of danger.
Treasurer
- Extort action: +5% chance of converting target
- Research rate: +3% for civil developments (factionwide)
Counting money is always a pleasure.
Uncouth Brigand
- Trade income: +10% trade agreement tariffs (factionwide)
"He has a good nose for an ambush."
Wagon
- Misdirect Army action: -5% movement range
- Campaign movement range: +10%
Faster than walking, and filled to the brim with hay.
Wise Woman
- Public order: +5 (local province)
"It is unwise to question wisdom, youngling!"
Zealot
- Assassinate action: +3% chance of killing target
- Zeal: +1
- Wound recovery time: -1
Enemies are only worthy when they are dead.
Items (30)
Acylis
- Scout Ahead action: +5% movement range
- Exploit Corruption action: +10% corruption money stolen
"I throw it at your head, and it comes back, see?"
Atropa Belladonna
- Assassinate action: +10% chance of killing target
- Wound recovery time: -1
"I assure you, these berries are a true delicacy. They're best if you eat them all at once."
Bronze Mirror
- Deceive action: +5% chance of stopping target
- Campaign spotting chance: +10%
"You see that beard with a gob… that's you!"
Calcitrapa
- Misdirect Army action: -10% movement range
"I bet even Androclus couldn't pull that one out."
Candle
- Ruin Provisions action: +10% fatigue rate
- Ruin Stores action: -5 food production
"From the smallest flame comes the largest fire."
Census Records
- Investigate Corruption action: -10% corruption
- Construction cost: -5% for port buildings (local province)
"It seems that you owe the Empire rather a lot of money, Mr. Crassus..."
Curse Doll
- Extort action: +10% chance of converting target
"Comes with several needles... It's for stress relief, you know."
Curse Tablet
- Extort action: +10% chance of converting target
- Misdirect Workforce action: +5 construction time
"You just scribble the name here and the dead do the rest."
Djinn
Desert, Sassanid
- Hostile agent success chance: -10%
Be extremely careful what you wish for...
Fake Letter
- Campaign spotting chance: +10%
"Drop it in the right place, see who picks it up."
Fake Tax Chest
- Exploit Corruption action: +10% corruption money stolen
"Fill it with rocks, and they'll never know the difference."
Fire-Tipped Arrow
- Ruin Provisions action: +10% fatigue rate
- Ruin Stores action: -5 food production
- Trade income: +3% trade agreement tariffs (factionwide)
"I love the smell of burning flesh in the morning."
Gold Coin
- Gather Intelligence action: +5 targets identified
Authority: +2
"People will gladly look the other way whilst distracted by the glint of gold."
Hearth Goddess Statuette
Celtic
Success chance: +10% for champions Target: Foreign army
"Ancestors mine, give me your help!"
Herbal Sleeping Potion
Celtic, Western Germanic
- Hostile agent success chance: -10%
"I'm not convinced this is wor--zzzzzzz"
House Registry
- Investigate Corruption action: -10% corruption
"It says here that you have only one child, where have the other ten come from?"
Lewd Wax Carving
- Scout Ahead action: +5% movement range
- Exploit Corruption action: +10% corruption money stolen
"Look like anyone you know? Do what I say, or your wife will receive it."
List of Contacts
- Gather Intelligence action: +5 targets identified
- Success chance: +2%
- Authority: +2
"Sometimes it helps to know where everyone lives. Now memorise it."
Naphtha
- Misdirect Army action: -10% movement range
- Infiltrate action: -5% chance of being detected
"And it burns, burns, burns…"
Nimrud Lens
- Deceive action: +5% chance of stopping target
- Campaign spotting chance: +10%
- Hostile agent success chance: -3%
"It may have been used as adornment, but it's great for making things look closer."
Pala
- Misdirect Army action: -10% movement range
- Infiltrate action: -5% chance of being detected
- Campaign movement range: +3%
"There was me, diggin' this 'ole..."
Pharmacopoeia
Desert, Sassanid
- Hostile agent success chance: -10%
With which life can be either preserved or taken without a trace remaining.
Poison Dust
- Agent action cost: -3%
- Chance of being wounded after failure: +10%
- Campaign line of sight: +10%
"Simply open the box, and blow."
Poisoned Feather
- Assassinate action: +10% chance of killing target
- Wound recovery time: -1
"Use this, It will make you feel better."
Salt
- Ruin Provisions action: +10% fatigue rate
"A little bit of salt to taste. Ahh go for it, the whole sack should do."
Scroll of Voces Mysticae
- Extort action: +10% chance of converting target
- Misdirect Workforce action: +5 construction time
- Research rate: +1% for civil developments (factionwide)
Filled with the names of those who bring misfortune, just waiting for the reckoning.
Silver Coin
- Authority: +2
"Any street urchin can be a powerful ally with the right incentives."
Tax Permit
- Investigate Corruption action: -10% corruption
- Construction cost: -5% for port buildings (local province)
- Public order: +2 (local province)
"You've failed to pay your taxes, I'm afraid we'll have to take our twenty-five percent in kind..."
Tincture of Hemlock
- Assassinate action: +10% chance of killing target
"A little eases the way along the shadowed road."
Apparel (27)
Agrimensor's Outfit
- Extort action: +3% chance of converting target
- Misdirect Workforce action: +10 construction time
- Research rate: +2% for civil developments (factionwide)
"Our survey says… it's a square."
Alopekis
- Agent action cost: -10%
- Chance of being wounded after failure: +5%
- Campaign line of sight: +10%
Who would suspect a simple Thracian traveller?
Beggar Disguise
- Infiltrate action: -10% chance of being detected
- Campaign movement range: +5%
"Spare a sheckel for an old ex-leper!"
Caestus
- Chance of being wounded after failure: +10%
"Beaten to a pulp, or just tenderised, sir?"
Clientes Outfit
- Ruin Provisions action: +3% fatigue rate
- Ruin Stores action: -10 food production
- Trade income: +5% trade agreement tariffs (factionwide)
"I'm here on behalf of the equestrians."
Comic Mask
- Zeal: +2
"There's nothing quite so frightening as a comedian in the corner of your cubiculum."
Cursus Publicus Uniform
- Misdirect Army action: -3% movement range
- Infiltrate action: -10% chance of being detected
- Campaign movement range: +5%
"Are those the top secret orders? I'll take them from here."
False Beard
- Success chance: +5%
Always stroke your beard when plotting world domination.
Farmer's Garb
- Ruin Stores action: -10 food production
Just a simple peasant, carrying his goods to the store. Who would suspect?
Groma's Outfit
- Misdirect Workforce action: +10 construction time
- Research rate: +2% for civil developments (factionwide)
"This is my groma, there are many like it, but this one is mine..."
Hair Dye
- Success chance: +5%
- Authority: +1
"A touch of grey here, and no one will know me at all."
Hooded Cloak
- Infiltrate action: -10% chance of being detected
"I'll just sit in this tavern and see what I hear."
Ibex Skin Cloak
- Scout Ahead action: +10% movement range
See how the wearer among the rocks and hills with ease.
Jewelled Mask
- Assassinate action: +5% chance of killing target
- Zeal: +2
- Wound recovery time: -1
"Me? That would be telling!"
Merchant's Outfit
- Construction cost: -10% for port buildings (local province)
"This seems like a good place to build a market. They'll never suspect..."
Messenger Disguise
- Deceive action: +10% chance of stopping target
- Campaign spotting chance: +3%
- Hostile agent success chance: -5%
"News from the capital! You are requested to wait here for a time."
Quartermaster's Uniform
- Ruin Stores action: -10 food production
- Trade income: +5% trade agreement tariffs (factionwide)
"War is organisation. I reckon I can save you a good few drachm."
Refugee Outfit
- Misdirect Workforce action: +10 construction time
"I'm just a simple refugee driven from my lands, there's nothing suspicious about me."
Senator's Robes
- Investigate Corruption action: -3% corruption
- Construction cost: -10% for port buildings (local province)
- Public order: +3 (local province)
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
Tigerskin Cloak
- Scout Ahead action: +10% movement range
- Exploit Corruption action: +3% corruption money stolen
- Cunning: +1
From the jungles of the east, the true king of the wild.
Tool Belt
- Agent action cost: -10%
- Chance of being wounded after failure: +5%
Even the most innocuous items can be a weapon in the right hands.
Trader's Outfit
- Construction cost: -10% for port buildings (local province)
- Public order: +3 (local province)
"Let's put a warehouse here, we’ll blend right in..."
Tragic Mask
- Assassinate action: +5% chance of killing target
- Zeal: +2
Anonymity is a strong defence against personal attack.
Villager Disguise
- Deceive action: +10% chance of stopping target
"Come this way, your greatness, this way is a short cut."
Wigs & Disguises
- Gather Intelligence action: +3 targets identified
- Success chance: +5%
- Authority: +1
"It's not just dressing in women's clothing. It's prudence."
Wolfskin Cloak
- Scout Ahead action: +10% movement range
- Cunning: +1
A fierce, cunning predator.
From ancillaries, ancillary_to_effects, ancillary_types, ancillary_to_included_agents and ancillary_included_subcultures (Steam build 25370302).