Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="System Ufera" data-source="post: 6287629" data-attributes="member: 6671268">Ah, I had thought that maybe the "birth control leading to sex revolution" might have related to what you were saying. The thing is, I had not previously mentioned whether or not those or similar technologies and/or related knowledge existed in my game's world.However, I still don't know where you're getting Judeo-Christian from.I'm glad someone agrees with me on this...  The game I'm making is actually an entire system build from scratch.Ah, I hadn't thought of those things. Hm...Perhaps this doesn't address the ideas of whether or not clothing and decency laws are arbitrary, but the whole "physical beauty" thing does bring up another subject. I was thinking on an on-and-off basis that Im-Tinar's followers might offer services related to physical transformation; if and how that would translate to an actual domain on the part of Im-Tinar herself is questionable, but given her focus on beauty, as well as the "idealization" aspect that has been discussed here, it would make sense that some people would go to her or her followers to try to change their appearance and form, either for the purpose of becoming what they think is beautiful, or because for some other reason (transgender, or even trans-specie?) they are uncomfortable with what their body is. Going back to the discussion of whether or not beauty is subjective, those seeking such services might have some unconventional requests, but they probably wouldn't be denied service based solely on that.That in itself makes me think that worship of Im-Tinar would be less dogmatic and more personal; Im-Tinar herself would probably have her own standards of what things are "beautiful," but even she would not have those personal standards become part of the religion. She would instead want followers to pursue and appreciate what they think is beautiful or ideal. This could potentially lead to conflict within the following, as opinions would differ and expressions would get more or less intrusive to others... which could then become a plot hook for a campaign!</blockquote>

Verification