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Do Demon Lords/Dukes of Hell grant spells to worshippers as gods do?
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<blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 5055462" data-attributes="member: 18832"><p>In Eberron, the source of divine magic is impossible to determine with any real confidence. Worshippers of the various religions generally believe that the gods exist and grant spells, but even they can't deny that some people who don't worship gods at all, or who worship non-deific entities like demon overlords or daelkyr, still possess divine powers.</p><p></p><p>The usual theory from the followers of the Sovereign Host is that the gods - either the Host or their counterparts in the Dark Six - are the real source of these powers. Non-religious scholars have suggested that divine power can be drawn from the shattered remnants of Siberys, the Dragon Above (a ring of glowing fragments that encircles the planet) and/or the energies of Khyber, the Dragon Below, and some of these scholars go so far as to suggest that <strong>all</strong> divine energy comes from these sorts of sources, and that the gods either don't exist or aren't <strong>directly</strong> responsible for divine spells. The idea of gods and other entities as a "focus" for magic drawn from a more universal source is relevant here.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile you have followers of other faiths, like the elves of Aerenal who believe that their Priests of Transition draw their divine powers from the gestalt created by all of their deathless/undead ancestors, who inhabit a tomb city and act as a guiding body for their living descendants, or the kalashtar followers of the Path of Inspiration who more or less don't worry about where their divine powers come from. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mhacdebhandia, post: 5055462, member: 18832"] In Eberron, the source of divine magic is impossible to determine with any real confidence. Worshippers of the various religions generally believe that the gods exist and grant spells, but even they can't deny that some people who don't worship gods at all, or who worship non-deific entities like demon overlords or daelkyr, still possess divine powers. The usual theory from the followers of the Sovereign Host is that the gods - either the Host or their counterparts in the Dark Six - are the real source of these powers. Non-religious scholars have suggested that divine power can be drawn from the shattered remnants of Siberys, the Dragon Above (a ring of glowing fragments that encircles the planet) and/or the energies of Khyber, the Dragon Below, and some of these scholars go so far as to suggest that [b]all[/b] divine energy comes from these sorts of sources, and that the gods either don't exist or aren't [b]directly[/b] responsible for divine spells. The idea of gods and other entities as a "focus" for magic drawn from a more universal source is relevant here. Meanwhile you have followers of other faiths, like the elves of Aerenal who believe that their Priests of Transition draw their divine powers from the gestalt created by all of their deathless/undead ancestors, who inhabit a tomb city and act as a guiding body for their living descendants, or the kalashtar followers of the Path of Inspiration who more or less don't worry about where their divine powers come from. ;) [/QUOTE]
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