Ethereals de-Damning Soldiers

Whitelaughter · 08-01-2012, 09:47 AM

A human who accepts a demonic Rite or Attunement is Damned - and even if the human repents, using a demonic Rite damns them all over again, restarting the salvation process.

However, one useful trick to make life easier for the human is to overwrite the Sorcery attunement (needed if the Sorcerer has gained the attunement via an Infernal Pact) - why not overwrite Rites, as well?

Beleth only has one Rite (even her expanded writeup doesn't add others): 'Spend 6 hours in Beleth's realm'. So if a Dream Soldier/Dreamshade has an Infernal Rite, this is the most likely one.

The ethereal gods can create Rites (EPG p82) but don't like sharing them as they have to pay the essence. Further, most Ethereals won't care if the their dream soldiers are Damned - they'll become dreamshades when they die, after all.
Still, some will object on principle. Additionally, any human on the run from Beleth won't be using the Rite any time soon, so an overwritten Rite won't cost the ethereal much (if any essence) - especially if the human is aiming for Heaven (in which case Beleth's realm will be completely inaccessible). So it might be worth the time of an Ethereal god to create the Rite - if only to have something to offer humans that won't threaten its' cherished essence supply.

08-01-2012, 09:47 AM	#1
Whitelaughter Join Date: Jun 2011	Ethereals de-Damning Soldiers A human who accepts a demonic Rite or Attunement is Damned - and even if the human repents, using a demonic Rite damns them all over again, restarting the salvation process. However, one useful trick to make life easier for the human is to overwrite the Sorcery attunement (needed if the Sorcerer has gained the attunement via an Infernal Pact) - why not overwrite Rites, as well? Beleth only has one Rite (even her expanded writeup doesn't add others): 'Spend 6 hours in Beleth's realm'. So if a Dream Soldier/Dreamshade has an Infernal Rite, this is the most likely one. The ethereal gods can create Rites (EPG p82) but don't like sharing them as they have to pay the essence. Further, most Ethereals won't care if the their dream soldiers are Damned - they'll become dreamshades when they die, after all. Still, some will object on principle. Additionally, any human on the run from Beleth won't be using the Rite any time soon, so an overwritten Rite won't cost the ethereal much (if any essence) - especially if the human is aiming for Heaven (in which case Beleth's realm will be completely inaccessible). So it might be worth the time of an Ethereal god to create the Rite - if only to have something to offer humans that won't threaten its' cherished essence supply.