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...)
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