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patchwork · 09-17-2016, 03:23 AM

I've used Theology as a necessary skill to puzzle out the allegiance and motivation of spiritual entities quite often, actually. When a blazing, terrible light tells you "fear not", the untrained have no idea whether they're dealing with an obedient or fallen angel, for example. When it appears as a skeletal crocodile covered in swamp moss, that represents a slight situational penalty. (Communicating clearly, in natural language, is something few spirits can do, and if you're dealing with one of those you have problems no matter what its allegiance...)

09-17-2016, 03:23 AM	#8
patchwork Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Religious Ritual and Theology I've used Theology as a necessary skill to puzzle out the allegiance and motivation of spiritual entities quite often, actually. When a blazing, terrible light tells you "fear not", the untrained have no idea whether they're dealing with an obedient or fallen angel, for example. When it appears as a skeletal crocodile covered in swamp moss, that represents a slight situational penalty. (Communicating clearly, in natural language, is something few spirits can do, and if you're dealing with one of those you have problems no matter what its allegiance...)