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Old 07-25-2016, 05:11 PM   #4
David Johnston2
 
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Default Re: Monotheism in Epic Fantasy (Just like DF but with culture)

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Originally Posted by b-dog View Post
The simple way to have a monotheistic faith in DF style high fantasy game world. Just make all supernatural beings be affected as though they are evil. For example, a good cleric in a typical DF game is able to turn undead and resist evil powers from demons and so on. They only have power over those that are violating the rules of the gods or the supernaturally evil beings
A monotheistic cleric would have the powers of the standard cleric but also be able to treat neutral or good supernatural beings the way the standard cleric treats evil supernatural beings. Thus a monotheistic cleric can turn the fey and they can exorcise the temple of a good polytheistic faith (to the monotheistic cleric that was a temple to a false god). What do you think?
I think it makes no sense. Why would the polytheistic religions exist? There's no balance in the concept.

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Originally Posted by b-dog View Post
Yeah, lots of supernatural beings are good.
No they aren't. They're evil. In a monotheistic setting, the one god is the only good.
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