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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon_Dahl" data-source="post: 6075045" data-attributes="member: 89822">Great thread! Fantasy theology and related issues are always close to my heart. Let’s see…Killing a God… Well, gods aren’t all made from the same mold. Some were born gods and some were made gods. If someone is made as god, usually you can unmake it. Sometimes this process can be so difficult that it’s just better to imprison the god (assuming you want to kill them). Gods can die due to neglect if they have no worshippers. In my game a deity dying due to neglect is the most common way for a god to die… Old gods and new gods.Good temples compete for followers. If you have temples Pelor and Heironeous, they naturally compete for souls. Clerics tithe and followers too. Temples devote themselves to the people who tithe and do not cast spells to non-followers. Imagine how few remove diseases does a group of eight mid-level clerics have? They store them day-to-day basis just for their followers, who basically pay to reserve such spells. It’s their right to have them cast upon them when needed and non-tithing people can screw themselves. All temples, good or bad, take competition followers very, very seriously. Tithing usually works only for one specific temple. Unless the faith has an organized world church (like Pelor now has in my, a “pope” called Archlight included), only the temple where you tithe will give you spells. They might sell you potions too. In order to have access to the best spells of the temple and buy magical items, you need to be a real follower, attending masses every Sunday and show genuine piety.Tithing has this general mechanism: The first two months tithe in advance, after that you pay normally the last day of a month. Temples make sure that you don’t cheat.The only exception to the “no spells for non-believers” rule is the lycanthropy. All temples must handle these cases but basically all of them take double-pay for the spells.Clerics have never offended any tenets in my game. Usually my players play clerics by the book. I’d like to give some warning first and maybe one day without spells. Repeated or serious offences would make one an ex-cleric. Paladins on the other hand have been more difficult. I had one paladin who thought it’s ok to let others steal as long he doesn’t steal :-/ Really, this is true; the player thought the paladin code means that as long he doesn’t do bad things, everything is ok. That was very disappointing.</blockquote>

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