101 (And More) Tasks For A Wandering Priest

[Kaodi]

So my latest idea for a campaign I would like to play in as a wandering priest on a mission to heal ills, cleanse evil, and generally convert village folk to his religion in a none too aggressive way. This is the sort of game that would probably work best for one player, since it is focused on a task that most characters would not be interested in unless they all shared the same faith, and because it would nice not to be upstaged; the latest in my ideas while suffering from game withdrawal.

Anyway, while it may be not be one of the most popular aspects of D&D and other roleplaying games in general, there is a strong tradition of holy servants and warriors in adventuring parties, so I figured it might to worthwhile to start a list of ideas for plot looks or small tasks that a wandering/adventuring priestly type might be asked to perform.

1. Reconsecrate a village graveyard to comfort villagers fears that something unsavoury might be going on there.
2. Adjudicate a contentious divorce between the elder and his or her spouse.
3. Persuade a prodigal son to return to his home.
4. Explore an ancient mausoleum that is suspected to be haunted.
5. Deal with a young woman who has lost her grip on reality.
6. Say the last rites for someone who is to be executed.
7. Outsmart a local priest of a rival religion.
8. Settle down and become the local priest.
9. Drive off some unusually persistent animals preying on livestock.
10. Deliver a plea for aid to the head of their religion.

 

[RedTonic]

1. Guide a repentant criminal (or villain) in a quest for atonement.
2. Purify the religious hierarchy of secret heresy.
3. Heal a dogmatic rift in the Temple.
4. Reconsecrate a fallen temple taken over long ago by evil forces (and possibly subsequently abandoned).
5. Minister to and protect a flock out in the frontierlands.
6. Recover and protect sources of forbidden, blasphemous knowledge.
7. Destroy a vile weapon which promises to create a new champion of evil.
8. Purify and convert an evil, sentient weapon or artifact.
9. Save the soul of someone struggling with their faith in the face of true adversity.
10. Organize relief for a region suffering from a plague, natural or supernatural.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

21. Recover a stolen relic.
22. Verify/investigate rumors of divine activity (eg, miracles).
23. Conduct field research into a historical church figure (eg, for candidates for sainthood).
24. Serve as ambassador to a government, rival church or other organization.
25. Officially record an important event for church historian.

 

[Thagdal]

26. Write Messages for the illiterate common folk
27. Do a village circuit performing marriages, baptisms and the like
28. Lay the foundation stone for a new church out in the wild
29. Missionary Work, or delivering supplies/moral guidance to missionary outposts
30. Rescue clergy/missionary from a hostile situation (wrongly jailed, anti-religious sentiment etc)
31. Collect signatures from clergy in the countryside to agree to new judgement or collect votes for the new head priest
32. Gather support for a temple in a city that's due to be torn down to make way for the new hotel/seamstress building.
33. Outreach tours (ala Billy Graham)
34. Collect dirt from every parish for an earthbinding church ritual.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

35. Convince a relutant allied power (spirit, druid, dragon, baron, etc) to aid the church.
36. Halt a plague in a village.
37. Carry an important message or document between high-level church functionaries.
38. Serve as judge for a religious dispute (eg, who owns this land, which ritual is correct, etc) in a far-flung settlement.
39. Collect tithes (forcibly?) from wayward congregants.
40. Escort/guard an important church functionary on travel.
41. "Emcee" a religious festival or celebration.
42. Commune with higher powers to ask guidance on behalf of an important or wealthy congregant.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

43. Perform various rites. (Fertility rites for the fields, marriage, etc.)

 

[Scott DeWar]

43. Perform various rites. (fertility rites for a marriage, etc.)

fify, and you are welcome!

 

[Stormonu]

44. Bring word of your god to areas where he/she is not known to the populace
45. Interpret the divinely inspired dreams of others
46. Deliver portents of your deity to the populace
47. Foment rebellion against unjust rulership or actions
48. Consecrate and/or teach new priest/missionaries
49. Excorsism of evil spirits
50. Reveal a new aspect/interpretation of your deity
51. Denounce a dubious, legalized action as a perversion of your faith's tenets
52. Craft a supernatural guardian to protect the faithful
53. Reveal an enemy who is fomenting unrest against the faithful with false accusations
54. Mystically travel with the dead to ensure their proper arrive at their final destination

 

[Hand of Evil]

55. Census - count of members of family
56. Holy Pilgrimage
57. Verify a miracle
58. Collection of records from temple/monks (could be to get a fact right)
59. Self-learning (walk-about)
60. Paperwork - wills and births
61. Agent on site (because there has to be some one from the church at historical event)
62. Visit shrine
63. Political - they do not conform to current views of leaders and have been ordered to roam for a number of years, this could also be who they are related to.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

64. Repair a significant item (idol, bell, stained glass window, etc)
65. Interview and appoint someone to fill and open position in a local temple.
66. Restock a distant settlement church (holy water, cure potions, etc)
67. Preside over a witchburning.
68. Participate in the election of a high-ranking church official.
69. Go to the frontlines to raise/heal a captain of the church's holy warriors.