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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8285253" data-attributes="member: 2012">Copied over from The Piazza:Arn worship doesn't originate from Bluffside. The deity is a minor god from the Bard's Gate sourcebook. Arn's is a NG deity and the god's portfolio is "the sun" and "light." The deity is a messenger god for his father Vionir and his follower try to find the "remains" of the god's grandfather, Arden, in order to try to resurrect the dead god. The gods of bluffside aren't a tight-knit pantheon, but Arn is devoted to his parent deities. Arn's followers believe that by resurrecting Arden, they will be able to re-establish the Triumvirate of Light and destroy the evil that exists hidden in the shadows of the world. The god's main rival is the deity Tsathogga (the Demon Frog God) who was responsible for the death of Arn's grandfather.Thus, there isn't really a direct relationship between Arn and the Great Teacher. The gods of Bluffside were designed to be generic, so The Great Teacher is less a single physical entity than it is a divine archetype (IMO). However, there are ancient aspects of the god with unique names: Dylona (goddess of magic) and Olius (god of teaching and patience). These two deities were subsumed into the faith of the Great Teacher. The clergy of the Great Teacher would know a great deal about faiths beyond Bluffside, so they would likely be more tolerant than others. Knowledge brings wisdom. However, too much knowledge can corrupt, as well. The Great Teacher's typical worshipers are archaeologists, sages, historians, sorcerers, and wizards.For those that worship the gods of Bluffside, Arn is a foreign god that eventually might be seen as an aspect of one of The Twelve. The clergy of Bluffside would likely see Arn as an aspect of The Purifier whose typical worshipers include paladins, fighters, and barbarians. However, since Arn is also a messenger god, Bluffside's faiths might also associate him with the Traveler. (Abene doesn't at this point, however. The deity Lusos is a deity from an earlier age that has been subsumed into the Church of The Traveler.) The average citizen of Bluffside won't think of Arn as one of The Twelve.Arn and his faithful would value the wisdom of the clergy of the Great Teacher for what they might be able to find about Arden's death and where there might be divine remnants of the dead god on Kulan. The Great Teacher values knowledge above all and works towards recovering knowledge lost from previous ages. Magic is included in that knowledge as is understanding the world and all the things in it. The Great Teacher also stands for hope and understanding during dark times.</blockquote>

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