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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6761208" data-attributes="member: 22779">A couple of thoughts:1.  FR as it's set up is extremely ... capitalist.  There is an economy of worshippers, where having more worshippers makes you more powerful.  It's very, very different than any real world mythologies.  Zeus isn't king of the gods because he is worshipped the most, he's king of the gods because he's king of the gods.  In FR, all gods are effectively in competition with each other over worshippers, thus, it's very much not in their interests to allow anyone to not worship.  Non-worshippers are dead weight in the system.  They contribute nothing to the gods whatsoever, so, after death, what's the point of doing anything else but throw them away?  And, you don't want them wandering around, possibly dithering about whatever afterlife they happen to want to go to, more likely to be consumed by demons and thus strengthening demonkind.From a god's point of view, a Wall of the Faithless makes a lot of sense.  A faithless dies and his/her/its soul heads on up to be judged.  Since it's not claimed by any god, it's debatable whether or not it would eventually make it to whatever alignment plane it should go to, on its own.  These souls would be far more likely to be demon/devil fodder.  2.  The Wall of the Faithless is absolutely abhorrent when you think a bit more about it.  After all, what faith do babies exhibit?  Considering infant mortality rates in a pre-industrial society, the Wall of the Faithless is mostly made up of dead babies.  Yikes.  Although, that does make a pretty interesting campaign hook.</blockquote>

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