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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 8574018" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>The assumption of the setting is that no one ever really definitely encounters gods. There's never any explicit divine intervention that doesn't have other possible explanations. If someone 'offends their god and loses their powers,' it could simply be that they've lost confidence in their own path, that the power was theirs all along, that they never needed the feather to fly, etc.</p><p></p><p>Or maybe they got their powers by tapping into the gestalt faith of a religion, and they're really drawing upon the energy of all the worshippers and their shared belief, with no god other than what the worshippers think exists. Maybe it does. Maybe not. Maybe the hierarchs of the church do rituals to invest formal priests, and if they excommunicate someone, it only works if that person cares.</p><p></p><p>Of course, you can have a real god if you want, too. That's your call as GM.</p><p></p><p>Reasonable options that fit into canon.</p><p></p><p>1. Some minion of the Voice of Rot (perhaps some frost giant warlock) who actually trains the PC to wield power of a fey titan.</p><p></p><p>2. Some remnant of the demonocracy, who understands how to exploit the faith of the Clergy and is ingratiating himself into their power structure.</p><p></p><p>3. A member of the Ghost Council, who is lending the PC power as an experiment to see if later on they could do the same with their loyal minions.</p><p></p><p>4. A fey lord exiled to the Bleak Gate who isn't that bad and is trying to earn his place back on the Unseen Court in the Dreaming.</p><p></p><p>I could pitch others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 8574018, member: 63"] The assumption of the setting is that no one ever really definitely encounters gods. There's never any explicit divine intervention that doesn't have other possible explanations. If someone 'offends their god and loses their powers,' it could simply be that they've lost confidence in their own path, that the power was theirs all along, that they never needed the feather to fly, etc. Or maybe they got their powers by tapping into the gestalt faith of a religion, and they're really drawing upon the energy of all the worshippers and their shared belief, with no god other than what the worshippers think exists. Maybe it does. Maybe not. Maybe the hierarchs of the church do rituals to invest formal priests, and if they excommunicate someone, it only works if that person cares. Of course, you can have a real god if you want, too. That's your call as GM. Reasonable options that fit into canon. 1. Some minion of the Voice of Rot (perhaps some frost giant warlock) who actually trains the PC to wield power of a fey titan. 2. Some remnant of the demonocracy, who understands how to exploit the faith of the Clergy and is ingratiating himself into their power structure. 3. A member of the Ghost Council, who is lending the PC power as an experiment to see if later on they could do the same with their loyal minions. 4. A fey lord exiled to the Bleak Gate who isn't that bad and is trying to earn his place back on the Unseen Court in the Dreaming. I could pitch others. [/QUOTE]
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