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Message: <blockquote data-quote="willpax" data-source="post: 264546" data-attributes="member: 1602">The major religion of my campaign world is monotheistic: there is one creator deity who started the universe into motion, and built into that design certain moral precepts, but does not otherwise interfere in things. This religion is even more like some earthly ones in that it is based in a set of ancient holy writings, and many sectarian squabbles within this faith concern differences in interpretation of these holy writings. There are other kingdoms who do not share this faith: animistic tribes in the remote woods and hills, and a very materialistic polytheistic mercantile nation to the south (their basic tenets are: might makes right, our gods are mighty, so must be appeased through the proper rituals, wealth is a sign of the favor of the gods, and only your fate in this world matters). I also have a race of lizardmen who worship dragons as totem figures. I sidestep some of the issues of clerical power by understanding clerical spells as being powered by the collective belief of the followers rather than directly from any particular deity, and by claiming that most priests can't cast spells--only a select few have been given divine gifts.</blockquote>