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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6780500" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I think it is, actually. I think that part of the problem in this discussion is that you heard a brief description of a character "defying the gods" and for you that conjured up the idea of a character whose mission was to tear all gods down. But I think that both [MENTION=6799436]MG.0[/MENTION] and myself meant a somewhat more nuanced character. I don't really feel that most faithful characters would have their faith rocked to its core by one person they met who defied the divinity of the gods. I would imagine most would look on them with either pity or amusement, or a mixture of those two. A faithless person would have to really go out of their way for a cleric to actually perceive them as a threat to the gods.To use a modern analogy, I see the faithful as voters in an election...they've chosen their candidate and support him/her. The faithless character chooses not to vote...perhaps out of apathy or out of disgust for the system or maybe because he can't bring himself to pick any of the options. Now, the voter may have a strong opinion about the non-voter, but I wouldn't expect him to view him as a dangerous dissident that was a threat to all of democracy except in extreme circumstances.I just wanted to point out that this is a great example.</blockquote>