09-12-2016, 02:15 PM | #1 |
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Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
As has been pointed out in another thread, Banestorm clerics don't really have access to "Holy Powers". Their power is more of a social nature.
So... what if actual Divine powers began manifesting among religious professionals? Let's say that after the year 2 000, people began having their prayers answered in more literal fashion. Among Christians this could be explained as the world entering the Seventh Day (one day is a thousand years, and the world was created 4 000 BC.) So the six days of creation are now over, and we are entering the Lord's Day. I'm sure someone sufficiently versed in Islamic lore can cook up some similar goobledy**** to explain things. Of course, it doesn't have to be true. What effects would this have on the churches and realms of Yrth?
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09-12-2016, 02:34 PM | #2 |
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Re: Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
Well, I'm not a member of the faith (any faith, not just abrahamic ones), nor a sociologist or anthropologist, but if I ran this, here's some of the things I would do
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09-12-2016, 02:40 PM | #3 |
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Re: Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
are the powers manifesting among the professionals or the laity? Who gets more: the village priests, the monasteries, or the high ranking bishops? if it manifests among the laity as well, does outward piety or inward sincerity make a difference? These all make BIG differences in the reaction of the church.
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09-12-2016, 03:11 PM | #4 |
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Re: Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
I'm thinking it scales with inward sincerity. This may be very unnerving to the hierarchy.
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09-12-2016, 04:31 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
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09-12-2016, 04:52 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
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Be very very careful inserting explicit divine intervention into a setting using real world religions. It is ... fraught, even if your players claim to be cool with it. |
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09-13-2016, 09:31 AM | #7 | |
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Or they thought they could control those with the touch of divinity within them. Never underestimate the power-hungry. |
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09-13-2016, 09:33 AM | #8 |
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Re: Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
Challenge accepted.
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09-13-2016, 09:44 AM | #9 |
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09-13-2016, 09:47 AM | #10 |
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Re: Adding Divine Favor to Banestorm
Yeah, I'm fairly certain that no one in my group would have a problem with it. I don't know that they are all atheists, but I strongly suspect it.
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