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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Capellan" data-source="post: 763987" data-attributes="member: 6294">Re: Re: Kull's First Report - Part 7Well to be honest, I am making it up as I go along ... and even then, Kull's personal faith in Hextor is a little different from the norm (Kull is, after all, LN rather than LE).That said, some of the things that Kull believes are:- with proper discipline, you can overcome any challenge- discipline requires strong leadership (ie you must be a strong leader to instill discipline in others)- strong leadership requires discipline (ie you cannot be a strong leader if you yourself are not disciplined)- physical needs (food; security) are the only true requirements of contentment: other freedoms/wants should be tolerated only so far as they do not impinge upon these needs- success requires sacrifice- victory is the only honour (it is better to be shamed, but survived, than to die for your 'honour')- tangibles matter; intangibles do not (this is pretty much the above two points, boiled down to the core concept)- you cannot - and should not - help those who will not help themselves (if a town is best by bandits, Kull would help them raise and train a militia to fight the attacker; but he would not help if they citizens did not agree to fight)I think that the central Hextorite church would be more oppressive and autocratic (yes, even moreso than Kull).  People would simply be made to do as the Church commanded, whereas Kull does actually try to use argument (and not a little bluster) to get his way.That said, Kull's idea of a 'model' society would still be a bit grim by our standards.  He would focus on material needs (shelter, food, security) and run things in a pretty strictly martial manner (all adults would be expected to serve in the militia and train with weapons; all children would be trained on where to go in an emergency - that sort of thing).  Everyone would be expected to contribute.  Free time would be quite limited.Actually, here's a really quick example of the difference between Kull's approach and the official Church approach (in practice):KullMy orders should be followed.  Discipline makes our society stronger, and I make my decisions for the good of all.The ChurchMy orders should be followed, because they are my orders.Of course, that's just my view of Hextor's Church in this campaign.  In CotRE, Hextor is one of the twin gods of the empire (together with Heironeous) so his function is a little different, and his church is closer to Kull's approach (though still LE, and more brutal than Kull tends to be).</blockquote>

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