Information Flow in "typical" D&D
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Irda Ranger
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Magic and Gods
I have considered what can and cannot be known during my various forays into world creation. I think that one of the things that a lot of people miss is the role that Arcane and Divine Divinations play in the scheme of things.
Take Fharlaghn for instance, God of Travel and Roads. How long do you think he would let his Clerics go around thinking that the world is flat? Don't you think that at some point some cleric of his would ask: "Hey Big Guy! What does the world look like anyway?" Besides, his Clerics can fly. You don't have to go very high before the curvature of the Earth becomes obvious.
Speaking of Earth, I bet that Garl Glittergold has let on that no matter where you stand, Down is always towards the Center.
And don't forget this Pelor. I see the Holy Dream now "Hey, Worshippers, lets get this straight. You revolve around Me."
Of course, this all assumes that your cosmology resembles that of out little Solar System here in the Milky Way. However your world looks, you can rest assured that Clerics and Wizards who can do Divinations (and those trained by them, which is all of them) know the truth. Or at least a version of it anyway. And since it seems like every little village has a shrine to someone or other, tended by a Priest of the Divine So-And-So, you can rest assured that anyone who stops by and asks the local Priest/ Wizard/ Wise Woman "Yo Bob, what's the world look like anyway?" He'll go "Ball of dirt, floating in nothing. Crunchy outside, hot and soft in the middle."
At least, that's what I would figure ...
Irda Ranger
I have considered what can and cannot be known during my various forays into world creation. I think that one of the things that a lot of people miss is the role that Arcane and Divine Divinations play in the scheme of things.
Take Fharlaghn for instance, God of Travel and Roads. How long do you think he would let his Clerics go around thinking that the world is flat? Don't you think that at some point some cleric of his would ask: "Hey Big Guy! What does the world look like anyway?" Besides, his Clerics can fly. You don't have to go very high before the curvature of the Earth becomes obvious.
Speaking of Earth, I bet that Garl Glittergold has let on that no matter where you stand, Down is always towards the Center.
And don't forget this Pelor. I see the Holy Dream now "Hey, Worshippers, lets get this straight. You revolve around Me."
Of course, this all assumes that your cosmology resembles that of out little Solar System here in the Milky Way. However your world looks, you can rest assured that Clerics and Wizards who can do Divinations (and those trained by them, which is all of them) know the truth. Or at least a version of it anyway. And since it seems like every little village has a shrine to someone or other, tended by a Priest of the Divine So-And-So, you can rest assured that anyone who stops by and asks the local Priest/ Wizard/ Wise Woman "Yo Bob, what's the world look like anyway?" He'll go "Ball of dirt, floating in nothing. Crunchy outside, hot and soft in the middle."
At least, that's what I would figure ...
Irda Ranger
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