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Have You Seen My Son
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Question....do the mushrooms taste good in a nice garlic butter sauce? Asking...ah...for a friend. Yes. For a friend. Totally not Viv's people who like eating farmed shrooms. Or to nab a few to send to Pestocali for food prep. Nope. Not at all.
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Grav
A confused leftist
Taste will vary from every myconid. Some may have the highest toxicity levels others might be like gourmet level mushrooms.
I can understand that friend, got writers block and sleep problems, so you aren't alone. Hope that you are feeling alright though.
Shipmaster Sane
You have been weighed
No worries, good to have you.
Leepysheepy
Miserable Fuzzy Humanoid
How do the mushrooms feel about people farming and eating mushrooms? I imagine it probably fits fine into their "circle of life" motif but wanted to be clear on it, since many subterranean kobold cultures likely practice mushroom farming for food.
Do they make mushroom tea and mushroom hooch?
Grav
A confused leftist
They accept it and a myconid can be easily replaced.
The bodies of those devout to Intei cannot be raised as undead, rather, if they do return, they return as living shadows.
That said, since Intei has no nation, most people don't even realize this, as they still go through their local funeral customs to prevent undeath.
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Aside: while people can decide to ban his cult from their nations (and if you do do that, please inform me
so proper consequences can be arranged), I would otherwise expect most cities and major settlements have some temple to the God of Knowledge, as his temples also serve as schools and libraries, both of magical knowledge and mundane.
The temples are structured in such a way as to have contrasting light and shadows throughout, cast either by the sun, moon, lanterns. The primary duty of clergy is to teach and manage the library as well as serve their local community through supplying of magical services and answering questions that might need answers. No knowledge is strictly forbidden to be handed out, but the local clergy might refuse based on their own judgement (if they deem the person to be destructive or if such knowledge would harm the community).
That said, since Intei has no nation, most people don't even realize this, as they still go through their local funeral customs to prevent undeath.
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Aside: while people can decide to ban his cult from their nations (and if you do do that, please inform me
so proper consequences can be arranged), I would otherwise expect most cities and major settlements have some temple to the God of Knowledge, as his temples also serve as schools and libraries, both of magical knowledge and mundane.The temples are structured in such a way as to have contrasting light and shadows throughout, cast either by the sun, moon, lanterns. The primary duty of clergy is to teach and manage the library as well as serve their local community through supplying of magical services and answering questions that might need answers. No knowledge is strictly forbidden to be handed out, but the local clergy might refuse based on their own judgement (if they deem the person to be destructive or if such knowledge would harm the community).
Shipmaster Sane
You have been weighed
The men of the Hold worship a plurality of the gods, but generally not in the way they are usually worshiped outside, i.e., intei appears as a figure in their religion, and they pray to him, but their dogma is significantly different than the orthodoxy the god/avatar has lain down.The bodies of those devout to Intei cannot be raised as undead, rather, if they do return, they return as living shadows.
That said, since Intei has no nation, most people don't even realize this, as they still go through their local funeral customs to prevent undeath.
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Aside: while people can decide to ban his cult from their nations (and if you do do that, please inform me
The temples are structured in such a way as to have contrasting light and shadows throughout, cast either by the sun, moon, lanterns. The primary duty of clergy is to teach and manage the library as well as serve their local community through supplying of magical services and answering questions that might need answers. No knowledge is strictly forbidden to be handed out, but the local clergy might refuse based on their own judgement (if they deem the person to be destructive or if such knowledge would harm the community).
How does that even work with active deities? If people hold to a different orthodoxy than the god lays down, the gods have avatars and heroes who can correct it. If the society then refuses, wouldn't they then fall out of favor of the deity?
Reimu Hakurei
Fantasy Heaven
Oh right, regarding Godly Implements. They're not just super powerful items, they're not so mundane. In Pathfinder terms, think of them as being on a level above even major artifacts. They are hack items that are meant to ignore the normal rules, suitable tools for Gods who define said rules as they please.
While the basic means for creating their form is certainly exceptional(Forging concepts and impossibilities from the Dreamlands into a physical form and the likes), that's really just the chassis. Each Godly Implement is 'filled' with a facsimile clone of the God who commissioned it- usually a specific 'viewpoint' of the God(For example, Shahrivar's 'Sun' Aspect would probably be used for his Solar Chariot). This is pretty flexible and depends on the item, which itself could range from a pin, to a building, or even a sword or vehicle. But each one is completely unique and meant to be overwhelmingly strong. It's the same vein as something like Zeus' thunderbolts or Hades' Cap.
I imagined them in a lot of ways being a good symbolic expression of a gods authority over their given purview. This sort of ties in with the Firstborn getting his Crown being a trigger for bad times ahead.
I thought that'd be some good fluff for why they're so strong compared to just your 'run of the mill' super powerful magic item.
While the basic means for creating their form is certainly exceptional(Forging concepts and impossibilities from the Dreamlands into a physical form and the likes), that's really just the chassis. Each Godly Implement is 'filled' with a facsimile clone of the God who commissioned it- usually a specific 'viewpoint' of the God(For example, Shahrivar's 'Sun' Aspect would probably be used for his Solar Chariot). This is pretty flexible and depends on the item, which itself could range from a pin, to a building, or even a sword or vehicle. But each one is completely unique and meant to be overwhelmingly strong. It's the same vein as something like Zeus' thunderbolts or Hades' Cap.
I imagined them in a lot of ways being a good symbolic expression of a gods authority over their given purview. This sort of ties in with the Firstborn getting his Crown being a trigger for bad times ahead.
I thought that'd be some good fluff for why they're so strong compared to just your 'run of the mill' super powerful magic item.
Draco
Adida
I presume in the same way that there were various practices of the faith in ancient Greek religion. Depending on where you lived, Aphrodite was either daughter of Zeus, daughter of Uranus, or a war goddess of undefined parentage. There's even a practice that considered Zeus and Hades to be the same guy, just two Personas.
Also since all of our gods have distinct personalities, how they view the different doctrines that provide them worship probably varies drastically between them. There should be some at least that believe as long as they are receiving positive worship from a society, the specifics of it aren't important, while others could take offense at the differences.
Also also, the odds of an Avatar from another nation trying to "correct" another people's views about their deity and not starting a war are slim at best.
Shipmaster Sane
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The Hold has it's own Avatar and Heroes that the people there trust more than "outsiders". It would be virtually impossible to convince these people that you were, in fact, an Avatar, or sent by a god, even without their own heroes and Avatar insisting you were a liar. They just flat out wouldn't believe you werent some kind of powerful heretical archmage masquerading, or worse, a demon or enemy avatar pretending to be a divine emissary
Vaad wouldn't permit another god to take actions against the hold, but yes, their clergy may well be out of favor with several of the gods they worship, and just be refusing to believe it.
Certainly... which means that it behooves people who go "oh, my people worship your god differently" to outline HOW they are different.
That's certainly true... but doesn't necessarily apply to those few gods (like Intei) who don't have a country. There's a reason Intei's avatar is called "The Wanderer" after all, he's not bound to any single land.
That smacks of "I'm making up your shit for you". Simply put, the only Avatar and heroes your people have is the one for Vaad, you don't get to say "Oh yeah, they TOTALLY have their own avatar and heroes for Intei who defines it for them". Simply put, that's stepping on everyone else's toes.
I will note one minor detail *snerk* that may have escaped people...
The Shadowed Dancer didn't come into existence until after the accords which the rest of the gods are bound by... and nobody ever bothered to ask if they agreed to them.
Take of that as you will...
*dances away with a laugh and a smile*
The Shadowed Dancer didn't come into existence until after the accords which the rest of the gods are bound by... and nobody ever bothered to ask if they agreed to them.
Take of that as you will...
*dances away with a laugh and a smile*
Shipmaster Sane
You have been weighed
Well that... isnt what I said. At All.
I said the xenophobic hillbillies worship your god incorrectly, and stubbornly refuse to change, and their one avatar and plurality of heroes support them.
Draco
Adida
What does that have to do with what I said?
So then there's some weird fellows who say you're worshipping their god wrong when you've got your entire society's system of beliefs that dates back centuries. That's not going to be convincing.
That isn't what he said at all. He said the heroes and Avatar of Vaad would call people who said their worship of Intei was wrong heretics, not that he had his own heroes of Intei. It is perfectly reasonable to expect a xenophobic people to think any outsider who questioned their beliefs was trying to lead them astray.