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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8194558" data-attributes="member: 6915329">Or more like Lovecraft's ghouls.I actually think it would be more like wizard spells, only instead of having them in a spell book, they're part of the religion's holy works. To bring up your exorcist idea, anyone can quote the holy texts or ancient epics or whatever, but only True Believer (as per the piety rules, which as you say could quite possibly be in a supplement instead of the main rules) could use the quotes to banish off a demon or force a supernatural entity to reveal its true form.Thanks for the explanation!Agreed. Also since we have a much better view of the &quot;unpleasantries&quot; that occur amongst clergy of many religions (to use as neutral a term as I can) than we did back when D&amp;D was being actually first created.I think it's possible that they might use more generic deity concepts--God of the Underworld, God of the Harvest--rather than specifically give each one a name and alignment, and each one could have examples of how it's a good, neutral, or evil deity. A god of the underworld takes care of dead, keeps ghosts from escaping, is utterly implacable, actually wants people to die but doesn't actively kill them, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8194558, member: 6915329"] Or more like Lovecraft's ghouls. I actually think it would be more like wizard spells, only instead of having them in a spell book, they're part of the religion's holy works. To bring up your exorcist idea, anyone can quote the holy texts or ancient epics or whatever, but only True Believer (as per the piety rules, which as you say could quite possibly be in a supplement instead of the main rules) could use the quotes to banish off a demon or force a supernatural entity to reveal its true form. Thanks for the explanation! Agreed. Also since we have a much better view of the "unpleasantries" that occur amongst clergy of many religions (to use as neutral a term as I can) than we did back when D&D was being actually first created. I think it's possible that they might use more generic deity concepts--God of the Underworld, God of the Harvest--rather than specifically give each one a name and alignment, and each one could have examples of how it's a good, neutral, or evil deity. A god of the underworld takes care of dead, keeps ghosts from escaping, is utterly implacable, actually wants people to die but doesn't actively kill them, etc. [/QUOTE]

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