Chosen
Chosen is a civic in Stellaris 4.5.2. Requirements: Is some degree of Spiritualist. Not with Gestalt Consciousness, authority Corporate, civic Chosen Executives, origin Cybernetic Creed or Synthetic Fertility or Evolutionary Predators or Mindwardens or Endbringers or Hard Reset and 1 more. It gives +10 Psionic Aura Intensity Gain. DLC: Shadows of the Shroud.
- Kind
- Civic
- Group
- Regular empires
- Players can pick it
- yes
- Clashes with
- 4
- ID
civic_chosen
ChosenWhat Chosen does
The game's own effect text (the civic's description key), then its modifier lines as the game prints them.
- Starts the game in contact with a Shroud Patron.
- Additional Starting Technologies: 
Psionic Aura
- +10Psionic Aura Intensity Gain
Requirements
Read from the potential and possible blocks (the game's list rules: ethics, authority, civics, origin, species); the wording is ours, the quoted rule texts are the game's.
- Not: Ethic: Gestalt Consciousness
- Not: Authority: Corporate
- Not: Civic: Chosen Executives
- Is some degree of Spiritualist
- None of
- None of
Cannot be taken with Chosen
Civics that forbid this one or that this one forbids.
Natural Design
Chosen Executives
Imperial Cult
Augmentation BazaarsIn the game
WARNING: Blocks all Ascension Paths except for Psionic Ascension. Influenced by the Shroud in their early history, this society is bound to a pact of patronage with a powerful entity.
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Chosen: questions
What are the requirements for Chosen in Stellaris?
Is some degree of Spiritualist. Not with Gestalt Consciousness, authority Corporate, civic Chosen Executives, origin Cybernetic Creed or Synthetic Fertility or Evolutionary Predators or Mindwardens or Endbringers or Hard Reset and civic Imperial Cult or Augmentation Bazaars or Natural Design or Chosen Executives. DLC: Shadows of the Shroud.
What can't Chosen be combined with?
Natural Design, Chosen Executives, Imperial Cult and Augmentation Bazaars — each forbids the other in the files' rules.
What does the Chosen civic do?
It gives +10 Psionic Aura Intensity Gain, plus the effects its description lists.
Can Chosen be changed after the game starts?
Yes — it can be added or removed later when a civic slot opens or the government is reformed, if its requirements still hold.
What is the ID of Chosen?
civic_chosen (Stellaris 4.5.2).
Source: common/governments/civics/00_civics.txt and localisation/english, Stellaris Cygnus v4.5.2 (9776).