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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 8119736" data-attributes="member: 7024481">no I've read a lot but not all of this thread.  It seems the OP has a moral problem with the idea of souls being stuck there and simply removed existence and thinks that any being that would let that happen is evil.  Which would assume gods in FR are like our modern concept of gods. But they aren't and they can't control everything, and bad and neutral gods get to do whatever they can get away with.  And just like in real life at that level of religion there's probably not a lot of remorse over a few crazy people who ignored the gods and did what they wanted to do till they died.   FR is a setting where religion is important.  That doesn't mean you have to play a religious character but I'd warn you in a game I ran in forgotten realms that religions are powerful and a common part of life for most people.  If you walk around bashing Lathander for instance, his clerics probably wont retaliate, but the local's might.   If you cause problems for an evil or neutral god they or their followers will come after you.  Now that being said most people are not heavily "religious"  they go to church tithe, get healing occasionally and go about their lives.  But I think in a setting like FR an atheist would be rarer than really High level Clerics.   The Proof is shoved in your face over and over and not believing in gods really just makes you  clinically insane.    It's the same as being a flat earth theorist in our modern world.  The preponderance of proof has been provided you just chose to not believe it. But if you want to play that character and deal with the consequences of how people treat you when they find out you don't believe in the Gods  who am I to say no.   It takes all kinds to have a game.  It sounds to me like you just have a problem with authority in General and don't think the DM who is running the game should be able to set boundaries.   Your post sound more like I've had bad DM's that gave me limitations I thought were stupid so everyone needs to do it my way or I'm out.  Maybe that's not what's your saying but that's what I'm receiving.   If I don't like a DM's game I don't come back, but I don't begrudge him and his players enjoying something that I don't.</blockquote>

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