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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silveras" data-source="post: 1132468" data-attributes="member: 6271">In my worldIn my world, there are some groups of deities. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Elder Gods - creators of the multiverse, they are not dependant upon the worship of mortals for their power. They embody universal things, like Light, Darkness, Magic and War. Humans, Dwarves, Gnomes, Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Orcs all worship these gods to some degree. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Younger Gods - Ascended former mortals from prior ages, these gods depend on the worship of their followers to maintain their power. Their portfolios include things like specific types of magic (Illusion, Divination) and specific types of combat (archery, swordsmanship). These are worshipped by the same mix of races as the Elder Gods, plus some Elves. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Fey Powers - These are powers that are rivals to the Younger Gods. They are also less mighty than the Elder Gods, but they have great power over nature. The Elves and Humans are their primary worshippers. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Elemental Powers - These powers are somewhere below the Elder and Younger Gods in power. They rule the Elemental worlds. Each is part of a triad, with a Good, Neutral, and Evil power for each element. They "serve" the other Gods as administrators for Elemental affairs. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Spirit Lords - These are the spirits of ideal animals and plants. They also "serve" the Gods, in their own way, but Shamans see them as being more important than the "civilized" gods. </li> </ul>The primary religious organizations in my world are the Old Faith (Druidic) and the Church of Aventon (Clerical). The Druids are divided into sects that celebrate the various aspects of nature -- good Druids who revere pastoral locations; evil Druids who revere the savagery of predators, and neutral Druids who revere the natural order. Among Humans, the Clerical Church is also divided into sects. The sects all follow the same main beliefs and tenets, but there are minor differences over emphasis on some points. <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anti-Magists -- This Fundamentalist (Lawful G/N) sect believes only Clerics should be allowed to wield magic. They fear distrust arcane spellcasters, expecting they will be corrupted by summoned creatures. This sect produces Sacred Exorcists and Church Inquisitors. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Free-Thinking - A Liberal (Chaotic G/N) sect that believes education in education for all. These priests sponsor arcane spellcasters, and </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Patriarchists - This Fundamentalist (Lawful G/N) sect believes that males have been most influential in the history of the Church, and therefore are (and should be) more important than females. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Matriarchists - This Liberal (Chaotic G/N) sect believes that females have played as important a part as males in the Church's history. They teach and promote female equality. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Orthodox - The Moderate (LG/NG/N/CG/NG/CN) core "standard" (and most common) sect of the Church. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cult of the Black Flame - A malevolent (Evil) secret offshoot sect that reveres the Gods the other sects merely propitiate. </li> </ul>The Dwarves have two main sects: Traditional and Open. The Traditional sect believes that the Dwarf Churches should be for Dwarves only, and that mixed Dwarf-Human realms are a bad idea. The Open sect believes that mixed realms are a good way to save the declining Dwarf population and that Humans should be allowed to worship in Dwarven Temples. There's more, of course, but this post has gone on long enough for now. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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