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The Colonel · 09-27-2019, 08:38 AM

Well, it would pretty much have to be monolatry in DF, since there unquestionably are other deity level powers floating about … but that's no obstacle.

Presumably you'd need a high tier deity with a broad portfolio to make up for all the different kinds of cleric spell lists you could no longer have. After that, all you require is one successfully converted chief and a succession of victories … I seem to recall references in Anglo-Saxon literature to "The God Christ, who is a mighty warrior and defeated the gods of our ancestors in battle, taking their lands and their people" and suchlike. However weird that looks to modern sensibilities, that's entirely congruent with many forms of polytheism. And there was always Constantine and his in hoc signo vinces dream...

09-27-2019, 08:38 AM	#2
The Colonel Join Date: Jul 2006	Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands? Well, it would pretty much have to be monolatry in DF, since there unquestionably are other deity level powers floating about … but that's no obstacle. Presumably you'd need a high tier deity with a broad portfolio to make up for all the different kinds of cleric spell lists you could no longer have. After that, all you require is one successfully converted chief and a succession of victories … I seem to recall references in Anglo-Saxon literature to "The God Christ, who is a mighty warrior and defeated the gods of our ancestors in battle, taking their lands and their people" and suchlike. However weird that looks to modern sensibilities, that's entirely congruent with many forms of polytheism. And there was always Constantine and his in hoc signo vinces dream...