I was definetly thinking more along the lines of the Renaissance and the Borgias and others when I asked the question. It was a time so over the top with some very ambitious men, and a lot of things happening.
Per the suggestion from another thread. ;)
So the pope is dead. What would be a good system to have an adventure where a new pope is eleceted?
I am thinking of some thing that is filled with lot of devious political intrigues. ;) And given how some historical popes behaved, candidates...