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<blockquote data-quote="Jackcarter" data-source="post: 136447" data-attributes="member: 1651"><p>Don't mean to butt into yall deep thoughts, but... </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Can you explain this? My first thought is, "huh?!?" so some elaboration would be nice. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>If I recall correctly, that's not Common is FR, pidgin Chondathan that only Chondathan-influenced areas speak. I have no idea whether or not this was present in the older FR editions, but I think it's not bad for a setting everyone loves to bag.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Sure, but IRL, gods didn't grant powers or cause misfortunes either. Well, maybe they did, but we just dismiss them as natural disasters... Back to the point, it's a bit presumptuous to imply that because religion worked in certain way in RL, then it's better that it function so in the game. Not exactly what you mean, but can be easily juxaposed from. Maybe, if gods did have real power, world's religions would look more than Judaism and less politheistic? I think the Old Testament God is more relevant to how fantasy god would act in a polytheistic setting. Just as God railed against Baal and the other phoenician gods and jealously guarded his stewardship over his people, shouldn't the fantasy gods act in the same way?</p><p></p><p>After all, one can plausibly argue, from a gamer point of view, that God was powerless to prevent the enslavement to the Egyptians backed by their gods, or prevent the Babylonian captivity as well. Only by biding his time and through divine machinations, was God able to outflank the Egyptian and Babylonian gods and rescue his worshippers. Sacriligeous, yes, but makes certain gamer sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jackcarter, post: 136447, member: 1651"] Don't mean to butt into yall deep thoughts, but... Can you explain this? My first thought is, "huh?!?" so some elaboration would be nice. :D If I recall correctly, that's not Common is FR, pidgin Chondathan that only Chondathan-influenced areas speak. I have no idea whether or not this was present in the older FR editions, but I think it's not bad for a setting everyone loves to bag. Sure, but IRL, gods didn't grant powers or cause misfortunes either. Well, maybe they did, but we just dismiss them as natural disasters... Back to the point, it's a bit presumptuous to imply that because religion worked in certain way in RL, then it's better that it function so in the game. Not exactly what you mean, but can be easily juxaposed from. Maybe, if gods did have real power, world's religions would look more than Judaism and less politheistic? I think the Old Testament God is more relevant to how fantasy god would act in a polytheistic setting. Just as God railed against Baal and the other phoenician gods and jealously guarded his stewardship over his people, shouldn't the fantasy gods act in the same way? After all, one can plausibly argue, from a gamer point of view, that God was powerless to prevent the enslavement to the Egyptians backed by their gods, or prevent the Babylonian captivity as well. Only by biding his time and through divine machinations, was God able to outflank the Egyptian and Babylonian gods and rescue his worshippers. Sacriligeous, yes, but makes certain gamer sense. [/QUOTE]
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