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How Might D&D Religions Differ From Real Life Religions?
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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 4508753" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Eberron had a very interesting take on D&D deities.</p><p></p><p>Essentially it didn't have gods who you could go and visit on their home planes - the gods are remote and unknowable (with a few exceptions). Most people worship a pantheon of good gods, venerating particular members of the pantheon for particular purposes. Power is not directly granted by the gods to their clerics, thus allowing for bad guys to exist within temple or church structures. Also spell-casting Clerics are (arguably poorly-named) exemplars of the church. the actual clerics (small c) who run most churches are expert/administrators, and not people who have divine miracles at the snap of their fingers.</p><p></p><p>- the exception is the god known as the silver flame, which is incarnate in the capital of thrane - you can walk in and see it if you get permission. This has perhaps led to a more aggressive faith (although there are at least 3 main strands of that faith too - conservative, liberal and radical in temperament).</p><p></p><p>It is a take on "D&D religion" which I find somewhat more attractive than the typical take from the old days.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 4508753, member: 114"] Eberron had a very interesting take on D&D deities. Essentially it didn't have gods who you could go and visit on their home planes - the gods are remote and unknowable (with a few exceptions). Most people worship a pantheon of good gods, venerating particular members of the pantheon for particular purposes. Power is not directly granted by the gods to their clerics, thus allowing for bad guys to exist within temple or church structures. Also spell-casting Clerics are (arguably poorly-named) exemplars of the church. the actual clerics (small c) who run most churches are expert/administrators, and not people who have divine miracles at the snap of their fingers. - the exception is the god known as the silver flame, which is incarnate in the capital of thrane - you can walk in and see it if you get permission. This has perhaps led to a more aggressive faith (although there are at least 3 main strands of that faith too - conservative, liberal and radical in temperament). It is a take on "D&D religion" which I find somewhat more attractive than the typical take from the old days. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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