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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9548502" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Can you tell the difference between Rambo and Paul Blart mallcop at a glance? You kind of give away the whole game here, by saying &quot;assuming those Elves are of the same class, age, abilities, etc.&quot;. Maybe you can't tell someone's piety from a glance, but if you were true and loyal to your God or Goddess, then... wouldn't it make sense they might reward you? That's what Sainthood is. On a fundamental level, it is saying &quot;this person has abilities, ect. beyond what other people have&quot;. Yes, if two people are exactly the same, then they are the same. But the fact of the matter is, some people are not the same as other people. Anyone could have theoretically been Isaac Newton, he wasn't a god or an alien or a dragon.... but also only Isaac Newton could have been Isaac Newton. And sure, in theory any mugger could have cut out his kidney and killed him at any point in time.... but they didn't. He didn't die in a mugging. He didn't die until after his work was changing the world. The story of the man who was killed before he did anything important isn't what most people are interested in playing. They don't want to be random civilian #3 in the Rambo movie. They want to be a named character with an important role, and more than likely... they want to be Rambo. That's why they made a character like Rambo. Who could have in theory died at any point in any of his movies... but didn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9548502, member: 6801228"] Can you tell the difference between Rambo and Paul Blart mallcop at a glance? You kind of give away the whole game here, by saying "assuming those Elves are of the same class, age, abilities, etc.". Maybe you can't tell someone's piety from a glance, but if you were true and loyal to your God or Goddess, then... wouldn't it make sense they might reward you? That's what Sainthood is. On a fundamental level, it is saying "this person has abilities, ect. beyond what other people have". Yes, if two people are exactly the same, then they are the same. But the fact of the matter is, some people are not the same as other people. Anyone could have theoretically been Isaac Newton, he wasn't a god or an alien or a dragon.... but also only Isaac Newton could have been Isaac Newton. And sure, in theory any mugger could have cut out his kidney and killed him at any point in time.... but they didn't. He didn't die in a mugging. He didn't die until after his work was changing the world. The story of the man who was killed before he did anything important isn't what most people are interested in playing. They don't want to be random civilian #3 in the Rambo movie. They want to be a named character with an important role, and more than likely... they want to be Rambo. That's why they made a character like Rambo. Who could have in theory died at any point in any of his movies... but didn't. [/QUOTE]

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