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<blockquote data-quote="Prism" data-source="post: 7684702" data-attributes="member: 9501"><p>The religion section is generic. It covers things like forms of worship, prayers, how devotees sometimes worship new gods and forget old ones, the afterlife.... that kind of stuff</p><p></p><p>The gods section itself covers the details or worship for specific gods. So for example if we take Lathander, we are told that he is the god of the dawn, that people often pray to him before embarking on a new endeavor, his colours are rose, gold and violet and that his followers despise undead. No mention of the god himself - no description, thoughts or background. No mention of Amaunator in his section. No allies nor enemies. In fact the only thing we know about the god himself is his alignment NG.</p><p></p><p>Wizards did say that they were going to make the gods more distant from now on and I see this as a good example of that. I'm not sure we will ever know what really happened during the Sundering (which is great since our group already made our own lore up) and if we will ever learn the same amount of detail about the gods that we did during the Time of Troubles. So are Lathander and Amaunator the same god? I'm not sure we will ever find out and I'm happy about that because a church with schisms, claims of heresy and disagreements is far more interesting. If the DM ever chooses to reveal to their group the truth behind such an issue then they can do so without worry about going against canon.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ed Greenwood pretty much always writes from the perspective of Elminster, who himself is an unreliable source. Elminster himself sometimes wonders if Mystra uses him to feed the information she wants him to know. Mortals (and us) know almost nothing about Mystra but rather we know what Elminster knows, which in turn is what Mystra wants him to know.</p><p></p><p>RAS did include a cut scene about Lloth in the latest book. It seemed to be there to give us some background about the reason behind the Rage of Demons storyline. In this case we are getting to learn something that no mortals would ever know (actually one might do) but I believe information like this will be pretty rare. There is certainly nothing like it, that I have seen, in SCAG.</p><p></p><p>I have to say that I really like the way that SCAG is done. Its a bit like an old Volo's Guide but from an unnamed persons perspective. Lots of open ended descriptions leaving plenty for the DM to fill in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prism, post: 7684702, member: 9501"] The religion section is generic. It covers things like forms of worship, prayers, how devotees sometimes worship new gods and forget old ones, the afterlife.... that kind of stuff The gods section itself covers the details or worship for specific gods. So for example if we take Lathander, we are told that he is the god of the dawn, that people often pray to him before embarking on a new endeavor, his colours are rose, gold and violet and that his followers despise undead. No mention of the god himself - no description, thoughts or background. No mention of Amaunator in his section. No allies nor enemies. In fact the only thing we know about the god himself is his alignment NG. Wizards did say that they were going to make the gods more distant from now on and I see this as a good example of that. I'm not sure we will ever know what really happened during the Sundering (which is great since our group already made our own lore up) and if we will ever learn the same amount of detail about the gods that we did during the Time of Troubles. So are Lathander and Amaunator the same god? I'm not sure we will ever find out and I'm happy about that because a church with schisms, claims of heresy and disagreements is far more interesting. If the DM ever chooses to reveal to their group the truth behind such an issue then they can do so without worry about going against canon. Ed Greenwood pretty much always writes from the perspective of Elminster, who himself is an unreliable source. Elminster himself sometimes wonders if Mystra uses him to feed the information she wants him to know. Mortals (and us) know almost nothing about Mystra but rather we know what Elminster knows, which in turn is what Mystra wants him to know. RAS did include a cut scene about Lloth in the latest book. It seemed to be there to give us some background about the reason behind the Rage of Demons storyline. In this case we are getting to learn something that no mortals would ever know (actually one might do) but I believe information like this will be pretty rare. There is certainly nothing like it, that I have seen, in SCAG. I have to say that I really like the way that SCAG is done. Its a bit like an old Volo's Guide but from an unnamed persons perspective. Lots of open ended descriptions leaving plenty for the DM to fill in. [/QUOTE]
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