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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lombard" data-source="post: 194639" data-attributes="member: 4538">i am new to these boards, although I've been playing for over 20 years. i'm already an EN world addict.spoilers follow for the story hour thread "lady despina's virtue." sorry sepulchrave - i don't mean to "piss on your fire" as you would say, but there are some interesting people on these boards, and i'd like their opinion.-------------my character is  paladin 15/divine disciple 1. he has recently realized that he is the voice of god on earth. this is not your average, mundane dilemma so i was curious as to whether anyone else had rp'd a similar experience.obviously, it's really easy to slip into a dune-esque cliche or very deep cheesiness in this situation: fortunately the dm handles this all very well, and is on top of things.i am currently embroiled in a holy war which has split a lawful good church in half: lots of clerics and other paladins are skeptical about my claims and think i'm crazy. for technical reasons, which i won't go into, my god is only communicating with me, and is holding back from everyone else.my dilemma is this: lots of people think i'm a heretic. however, because my deity is speaking only to me, i KNOW that they're all heretics and i'm kosher. my character did not start this war, but is now stuck in a situation which means he has to prosecute it.i am trying to avoid the deaths of innocents, but at the same time root out corruption (mainly in an overzealous LN faction) and restore some kind of stability.  i'm not looking for specific solutions, here, because that would involve sharing far too much background material (and i'm really lazy). what i WOULD like is some kind of info along these lines:a) are there any historical parallels that spring to mind? this might help me get a perspective. mohammed is an obvious one - islam exploded onto the scene in the 7th-8th century, and war was pretty important (i realise it was NOT the only way it was spread, i really don't to start a religion debate here). christ is less relevant - he wasn't really into the war thing, although obviously later christians were. other warrior-prophets, anyone?b) my god is talking ONLY to me. i know this. other people are making the same claims - they are obviously liars. unfortunately, not everyone believes me, and many believe the other guy. paladins, clerics, holy warriors etc. if i don't handle this carefully, lots of paladins, acting in all sincerity, are going to die on both sides. i need to find a way to stop this happening.c) my character is not crazy, or suffering from a psychotic episode. my god really is talking to me. he is also being vague, so i have to interpret cryptic dreams and visions. i'd just like to say that my dm is a "rat-bastard". i haven't been on these boards for long, but i picked up that one pretty quick.</blockquote>

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