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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shallown" data-source="post: 1682138" data-attributes="member: 1368">Maddman75"You the game police or something? Truth be told if my players would go for it I'd run a fantasy game under Unisystem. But they like D&D, so we use that system."No! not really but I do think the proper tool for the proper job. Rules, to me, are just tools to craft "something". That "something" is different for different groups some groups want a great story some just want to kill stuff, some just want to play for fun and some are a mix of the above.I just think some people expect something from D&D its not designed to do. I think D20 is more flexible but D&D is only one part of D20. If your players like D&D for whatever reason I personally think it best to use it to do what it does best. Tell D&D stories. That still leaves a great deal of variety but it does, in my mind, exclude some types/styles of games.See I added lots of "my opinion" stuff in my sentences so it is very obvious that this is what I think not what others have to do. I'm just sharing my thoughts ... sorry you seemed to think those ideas were some sort of oppression on my part. I didn't realize anyone thought I had any sort of power <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=";)" />now to answer MacQuote:Originally Posted by ShallownWhy is Oghma giving away knowledge. I have trouble envisioning a God that gives away power and knowledge without a price. Maybe I play my God's more the greek/Roman kind that are petty and human in their traits. I just can't see a God of any pantheon/focus just giving away what makes them a God. MacThere are no standard rules explaining exactly what makes a God a God. Granted in your world maybe the God of Knowledge just collects knowledge without ever putting it in a Library - but that sounds more like a God of Secrets to me. Many religions horde their secrets - but others might see it as their divine duty to spread knowledge and share it with others (or at least members of their own religion). Can you make up reasons for why they would not do this? Sure, but that's not "rules."Actually a God of knowledge, once again to me, retains his power becuase he knows not becuase he shares. He gives knowledge=power to those who deserve it. True he would share a lot but not everything. Especially anything that gives away his power. Why do we need him if he shares all his knowledge?Well its not "rules" to assume religions share knowledge. I sort of base my religions on the real world, not to be realistic but becuase that's what I know and most people easily understand. I don't want to waste the game with people trying to understand everything in the game. Sort of why I use standard calenders and days of week, seasons and so forth. If everything is alien nothing is special. So it goes against most religions sharing info in any time period. But hey that's they way I do things, I wouldn't expect any one else to do it my way. Just thought I would share.Later</blockquote>

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