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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 3877752" data-attributes="member: 54364">Funny, my next campaign, which I hope to start in the next few weeks, is based on a  montheistic religion. And like you I want Druids as well. I also want devils and demons.In terms of Clerical magic: I don't have an issue as I'm using Conan D20 rules and the magic system is different. Magic is magic, there's no arcane vs divine dichotomy. And very few people can use magic in any case.Gods never make personal appearances in my campaigns so I'm not worried on that score. There's not even any burning bushes, talking clouds or magic mushrooms in my upcoming campign. All that miraculous stuff happened in the long ago and far away. As to the existence of only one god, I'm not sure. It wont come up given the nature of magic and abscence of personal appearances. Certainly the players and characters are free to debate this should they wish to, but I don't feel the need to answer the question. If it comes to it I'll just shrug and say: I can't tell you that. There ARE supernatural beings. And Pelor/Pholtus is one of them. But he is not the only one. Nor is there any guarantee that he is the proverbial Big Kahuna. That is a matter of faith for the characters. In fact if you want to have a bit more inter-character debate then NOT answering some basic questions might be the way to go. Leave as much as possible open to question.As far as religion in the world is concerned I've always liked a good reformation/religious war. So my One Great Church is already split in two: The Pelorines and the Pholtics. These are analogous to Catholic and Protestant in  terms of flavour. They refer to God by different names that represent different aspects taken by the god in their bible (Pelor and Pholtus of course). But this is not to say they consider Pholtus and Pelor to be different beings, they (the worshippers) simply emphasise different elements as more important. And of course there's doctrinal disputes and political ones.* *The Pelorine Church has a unified head based in an ancient southern city and is very hierarchical. Scripture is interpreted by the Church. Tithes go to the pontiff and are then re-distributed. The Pholtics by the nature of their faith are less inclined to hierarchical churches and place more emphasis on individual spiritualism. Tithes get spent locally.It's set in a version of the Hapsburg Empire that's split along confessional lines. I'm all set for a 30 Years War at some point, with different principalties being either Pelorine or Pholtic.I'm not going to use the alignment system, never been a big fan of it anyway. The simple fact is everyone thinks that their way is good and other ways are varying degrees of bad. For instance my local head of the inquistion thinks all non-Pelorines are bad but some are simply misguided (most Pholtics) while others (for instance Druids) are down right evil pagans. The Duke on the other hand is secretly interested in Pholtism and finds Pelorianism (the offical religion of his own principality) to be overly simplistic and is also fascinated by the (highly illegal) study magic.My main villain is the leader of a cult of Dagon worshippers. All very Lovecraftian. Old Dagon is inimical to humanity (and dwarfanity and elfanity, etc.)  and very real. He wont show up of course, but he will send minions (I love a good minion) to cause death and destruction. Thus proving his existence. Or does it?Zechan: I like the saints/avatars idea. But IMC saints won't have actual mechanical effects, nor will they make personal appearances. Mmm, sudden thought: a feat that grants a special blessing when one prays to their patron saint. Note to self, need list of saints and their portfolios, miracles and deaths. One hagiography needed.And certainly politics between different monastic orders is a great idea. It's just human nature. Historically the different orders were rivals a lot of the time. And in a good drama it'll be a lot more of the time. Anyway, that's how I'm handling mine. Hope it provides some inspiration for yours Lord Tirian.Good luck with it. And if you decide to post any of the adventures I'll be keen to read and see how thigns turn out for you.Cheers.</blockquote>

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