Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Corellon, the Elven Schism and Manichaeism
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="TwiceBorn2" data-source="post: 8118116" data-attributes="member: 7017725"><p>I view the stories about gods and their conflicts presented in D&D sourcebooks as nothing more than mythologies that various peoples cling to in order to explain their own collective place in the world, including historical enmities with other peoples/races/cultures (i.e., justifications for their prejudices and the various "isms" they cling to). Those mythologies in turn serve as the foundations for their moral codes.</p><p></p><p>As in the real world, there are many who like to think they know the will of (the) god(s), their own role in the divine plan, and who justify their actions (right and wrong) based on how they interpret a holy text or the will of a god. I tend to think that mortal attribution of divine motives does not necessarily correspond to actual divine motives. Who can truly know the mind of a god?</p><p></p><p>The above might deviate from the official cosmology (and the foundations of classes like the cleric and the relationships between alignment, the planes, gods and their divine servants), but that's how I tend to view religion even in fantasy RPGs. I'm not inclined to let PCs meet divine beings... that takes away too much of their mystique. So all they are ever left with are stories, faith, varied interpretations by those who claim to be wise and holy, and fleeting experiences (i.e., divine messages) that may seem confusing or contradictory... all of which make schisms within all faiths the norm, not the exception.</p><p></p><p>All real world cultures seem to cling to an idealized golden age that never truly was (i.e., they gloss over the horrors and lies of that "golden age"). And so it goes for my games. It is my understanding that this is how religion in Eberron works, though I have never laid eyes on an Eberron sourcebook or adventure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwiceBorn2, post: 8118116, member: 7017725"] I view the stories about gods and their conflicts presented in D&D sourcebooks as nothing more than mythologies that various peoples cling to in order to explain their own collective place in the world, including historical enmities with other peoples/races/cultures (i.e., justifications for their prejudices and the various "isms" they cling to). Those mythologies in turn serve as the foundations for their moral codes. As in the real world, there are many who like to think they know the will of (the) god(s), their own role in the divine plan, and who justify their actions (right and wrong) based on how they interpret a holy text or the will of a god. I tend to think that mortal attribution of divine motives does not necessarily correspond to actual divine motives. Who can truly know the mind of a god? The above might deviate from the official cosmology (and the foundations of classes like the cleric and the relationships between alignment, the planes, gods and their divine servants), but that's how I tend to view religion even in fantasy RPGs. I'm not inclined to let PCs meet divine beings... that takes away too much of their mystique. So all they are ever left with are stories, faith, varied interpretations by those who claim to be wise and holy, and fleeting experiences (i.e., divine messages) that may seem confusing or contradictory... all of which make schisms within all faiths the norm, not the exception. All real world cultures seem to cling to an idealized golden age that never truly was (i.e., they gloss over the horrors and lies of that "golden age"). And so it goes for my games. It is my understanding that this is how religion in Eberron works, though I have never laid eyes on an Eberron sourcebook or adventure. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Corellon, the Elven Schism and Manichaeism
Top