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<blockquote data-quote="Bitbrain" data-source="post: 7572954" data-attributes="member: 6863864"><p>I have a bunch of odd religious sects in my home setting, and that's before you even consider the yuan-ti serpent cults:</p><p></p><p>PILGRIMAGES</p><p>Worshippers of the "Red Thunder" make a journey to the ruined City of Copper at least once in their life. This now-desolate city was built around an impact crater, in the center of which is a 35' radius circle of pure copper.</p><p>The great prophets of this faith are known to stand on this circle of copper during thunderstorms, receiving visions whenever the exposed metal is struck by lightning.</p><p></p><p>There is a tribe of elves that try to bury every single one of their dead in a vast cave system known only to themselves. They believe that the spirits of the dead buried in this cave (and only those buried here) pass into the Feywild.</p><p>Should one of their number die and the body not be buried in this particular cave, this tribe believes that the soul of that unfortunate elf will be condemned to wander the earth forever as a banshee.</p><p></p><p></p><p>PURIFYING FOOD</p><p>There are entire tribes of cannibalistic "Sand-Reavers" that refuse to cook their food. It has something to do their insane belief that the world is a paradise. A supposed Garden of Eden which they were never driven out of.</p><p></p><p>Followers of the Church of the Divine Lucre (taken from this one really obnoxious temple in <em>Exile 3: Ruined World</em> that worships wealth) purify their food by sprinkling a minuscule quantity of gold dust onto each and every meal they consume.</p><p></p><p></p><p>UNUSUAL RESTRICTIONS</p><p>Only one tribe of halflings is allowed to wear clothes. It has something to do with the Son Spirit heroically putting out the blue flames of the Spellplague, forever blemishing his skin and the population of this halfling tribe along with it.</p><p><strong>Edit</strong>: there are six deities in my halfling pantheon. The Sister/Mother Spirit and her children the Son and Daughter Spirits, and the Brother/Father Spirit and his children the Nephew and Niece Spirits.</p><p></p><p>BODY MODIFICATIONS</p><p>The "Face-Burners" smear this alchemical gel over the faces of those who convert to their religion. This gel then turns the skin around the face transparent. Individuals born into this faith are exempt from this practice.</p><p></p><p>The priests of the Church of the Divine Lucre weave strands of golden wire into their skin, and precious gemstones into their hair.</p><p></p><p>Priests of the Druidic faith will cut a length of vine and insert it into their navel at the start of religious ceremonies, not removing it until the ceremony is finished. The length of vine is meant to symbolize a fetus' umbilical cord.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bitbrain, post: 7572954, member: 6863864"] I have a bunch of odd religious sects in my home setting, and that's before you even consider the yuan-ti serpent cults: PILGRIMAGES Worshippers of the "Red Thunder" make a journey to the ruined City of Copper at least once in their life. This now-desolate city was built around an impact crater, in the center of which is a 35' radius circle of pure copper. The great prophets of this faith are known to stand on this circle of copper during thunderstorms, receiving visions whenever the exposed metal is struck by lightning. There is a tribe of elves that try to bury every single one of their dead in a vast cave system known only to themselves. They believe that the spirits of the dead buried in this cave (and only those buried here) pass into the Feywild. Should one of their number die and the body not be buried in this particular cave, this tribe believes that the soul of that unfortunate elf will be condemned to wander the earth forever as a banshee. PURIFYING FOOD There are entire tribes of cannibalistic "Sand-Reavers" that refuse to cook their food. It has something to do their insane belief that the world is a paradise. A supposed Garden of Eden which they were never driven out of. Followers of the Church of the Divine Lucre (taken from this one really obnoxious temple in [I]Exile 3: Ruined World[/I] that worships wealth) purify their food by sprinkling a minuscule quantity of gold dust onto each and every meal they consume. UNUSUAL RESTRICTIONS Only one tribe of halflings is allowed to wear clothes. It has something to do with the Son Spirit heroically putting out the blue flames of the Spellplague, forever blemishing his skin and the population of this halfling tribe along with it. [B]Edit[/B]: there are six deities in my halfling pantheon. The Sister/Mother Spirit and her children the Son and Daughter Spirits, and the Brother/Father Spirit and his children the Nephew and Niece Spirits. BODY MODIFICATIONS The "Face-Burners" smear this alchemical gel over the faces of those who convert to their religion. This gel then turns the skin around the face transparent. Individuals born into this faith are exempt from this practice. The priests of the Church of the Divine Lucre weave strands of golden wire into their skin, and precious gemstones into their hair. Priests of the Druidic faith will cut a length of vine and insert it into their navel at the start of religious ceremonies, not removing it until the ceremony is finished. The length of vine is meant to symbolize a fetus' umbilical cord. [/QUOTE]
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