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<blockquote data-quote="Leif" data-source="post: 5795231" data-attributes="member: 48762">CityState of the Invincible OverlordGreat news!&nbsp; I found a pdf copy online!&nbsp; Now finding a particular street on the map will be quite a challenge, but they're there somewhere!&nbsp; (Speaking of religion --- in CityState there are weird temples on just about every corner.&nbsp; These so-called 'deities' may or may not be what they claim to be.&nbsp; Clerics cast First Level spells with the energy in their own minds/bodies/spirits so what is commonly offered as 'proof' of a deities existence is actually invalid as proof of anything beyond the cleric's belief in the deity.&nbsp; Second-Fifth Level spells are granted by increasingly powerful minions of the deity.&nbsp; [Or minions of some deity wishing to perpetuate belief in the deity in question.]&nbsp; Sixth and Seventh Level spells come directly from the deity himself/herself.&nbsp; We'll go ahead and stick with the Melnibonean Mythos as primary, Donblas (L/G) being the most powerful good deity, worshipped by all Good alignments and even some Neutrals, mostly Lawful/Neutrals.&nbsp; [I'll allow clerics of all good alignments and even L/N to worship Donblas, to keep it simple.]&nbsp; There are dozens, hundreds, scads of churhes/temples all across the CityState.&nbsp; Most of these are dedicated to false gods -- the temples exist to ensnare the unwary and the gullible, and separate them from ther coin.&nbsp; There are some, however, that are truly malevolent and dangerously wicked.The Overlord himself is probably on the questionable side of Neutral at best.&nbsp; (Like the saying goes:&nbsp; 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.')&nbsp; Nevertheless, he does manage to pull off a delicate balancing act and keep the powers in the CityState played-off against one another more or less evenly.&nbsp; It is likely that anyone vested with such power would eventually succumb to temptation and fall from grace at least somewhat.&nbsp; Therefore, while it might seem desirable to replace the Overlord with a Paladin, or other L/G Paragon of Virtue, there is really no viable way to do this, even if the current Overlord could be removed from power, which would be the very definition of a Formidable task.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Leif, post: 5795231, member: 48762"] [b]CityState of the Invincible Overlord[/b] Great news! I found a pdf copy online! Now finding a particular street on the map will be quite a challenge, but they're there [i]some[/i]where! (Speaking of religion --- in CityState there are weird temples on just about every corner. These so-called 'deities' may or may not be what they claim to be. Clerics cast First Level spells with the energy in their own minds/bodies/spirits so what is commonly offered as 'proof' of a deities existence is actually invalid as proof of anything beyond the cleric's [i]belief[/i] in the deity. Second-Fifth Level spells are granted by increasingly powerful minions of the deity. [Or minions of [i]some[/i] deity wishing to perpetuate belief in the deity in question.] Sixth and Seventh Level spells come directly from the deity himself/herself. We'll go ahead and stick with the Melnibonean Mythos as primary, Donblas (L/G) being the most powerful good deity, worshipped by all Good alignments and even some Neutrals, mostly Lawful/Neutrals. [I'll allow clerics of all good alignments and even L/N to worship Donblas, to keep it simple.] There are dozens, hundreds, scads of churhes/temples all across the CityState. Most of these are dedicated to false gods -- the temples exist to ensnare the unwary and the gullible, and separate them from ther coin. There are some, however, that are truly malevolent and dangerously wicked. The Overlord himself is probably on the questionable side of Neutral [i]at best[/i]. (Like the saying goes: 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.') Nevertheless, he does manage to pull off a delicate balancing act and keep the powers in the CityState played-off against one another more or less evenly. It is likely that anyone vested with such power would eventually succumb to temptation and fall from grace at least somewhat. Therefore, while it might seem desirable to replace the Overlord with a Paladin, or other L/G Paragon of Virtue, there is really no viable way to do this, even if the current Overlord could be removed from power, which would be the very definition of a [u]Formidable[/u] task. [/QUOTE]

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