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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6759484" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>It doesn't matter what Pantheon you worship, so long as you worship someone. Different regions have different pantheons. In this case it would be like the Romans not caring about the Gauls or Celts having their own gods. But some devotion is required to earn a place in the afterlife. </p><p>The Roman example is really just an example of the simplicity of saying a prayer at a small shrine and asking for a blessing or making an offering to multiple gods when the need arises. </p><p></p><p></p><p>And that's fine. Again, it's okay to play the outsider who questions things. But that has some impact. In this case someone who rejects that gods doesn't do well after they die. </p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not like a few honest prayers and maybe sacrificing a few coins or a stick of incense is a huge burden. </p><p>The price asked isn't steep. The return on investment (an eternal afterlife for some honest and true devotion) is huge. </p><p></p><p></p><p>If you do some fantastic heroism in the world, you'd imagine benevolent gods lining up to be your patron. Powers great and small working their divine bottoms off to save your soul. </p><p></p><p>Checking FR wiki, the <a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Wall_of_the_Faithless" target="_blank">Wall</a> was created by <a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Myrkul" target="_blank">Myrkul</a> (god of the dead) to punish souls. Okay, dick move but he was captial-E Evil. And that doesn't mean all other deities approve of this or can do anything about it. It's his dominion, and following that Cyric, and now <a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Kelemvor" target="_blank">Kelemovor</a>. Who <em>was</em> pretty easy on noble faithless, but changed that when he became more neutral. </p><p>Does every accept this? Nope, and it seems like the good gods might oppose this (Mystra apparently ended her friendship with Kelemovor over treatment of the Faithless). But it's his call. A god stepping on the toes of another god strikes me as a bad idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6759484, member: 37579"] It doesn't matter what Pantheon you worship, so long as you worship someone. Different regions have different pantheons. In this case it would be like the Romans not caring about the Gauls or Celts having their own gods. But some devotion is required to earn a place in the afterlife. The Roman example is really just an example of the simplicity of saying a prayer at a small shrine and asking for a blessing or making an offering to multiple gods when the need arises. And that's fine. Again, it's okay to play the outsider who questions things. But that has some impact. In this case someone who rejects that gods doesn't do well after they die. It's not like a few honest prayers and maybe sacrificing a few coins or a stick of incense is a huge burden. The price asked isn't steep. The return on investment (an eternal afterlife for some honest and true devotion) is huge. If you do some fantastic heroism in the world, you'd imagine benevolent gods lining up to be your patron. Powers great and small working their divine bottoms off to save your soul. Checking FR wiki, the [URL="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Wall_of_the_Faithless"]Wall[/URL] was created by [URL="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Myrkul"]Myrkul[/URL] (god of the dead) to punish souls. Okay, dick move but he was captial-E Evil. And that doesn't mean all other deities approve of this or can do anything about it. It's his dominion, and following that Cyric, and now [URL="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Kelemvor"]Kelemovor[/URL]. Who [I]was[/I] pretty easy on noble faithless, but changed that when he became more neutral. Does every accept this? Nope, and it seems like the good gods might oppose this (Mystra apparently ended her friendship with Kelemovor over treatment of the Faithless). But it's his call. A god stepping on the toes of another god strikes me as a bad idea. [/QUOTE]
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