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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 3829603" data-attributes="member: 54846">True, but there are still other options.One that's been suggested is that Divine magic taps into sources of divine power. An example would be... First, when divine spellcasters prepare their spells, they aren't "granted" specific spells, but they do exactly what mages do (prepare them, do the necessary rituals to have that magic 'primed' so they can complete it later), rather than them GIVEN cure light wounds as opposed to GIVEN bless. Their prepared spells are, in effect, 90% ready, they just need to go the final 10%. Then, the source of ENERGY that POWERS that 10% is not the God's, but a Source of power.For example: The Qalabrin created a Soul Cloth; a great artifact that they bound the souls of hundreds of thousands of their victims, sealing their essence and souls inside this epic artifact. Whenever Evil priests (Or at least, whenever priests of the Blood fo Vol) pray, the chanting and sequence of their prayers are rituals that summon/tap into the Soul Cloth. The Blood of Vol priests don't know this. But their traditions of "say these words as you pray for your spells" is the litany ritual which channels the ancient, evil power bound inside the Soul Cloth. Likewise, Eberron may not be a Conscious entity Granting Spells to the Druid right over There who is Specifically Asking for Control Water, but that druid over there, when he casts Control Water, is tapping into the very power of Eberron, and the power of Eberron fuels his magic. It's not "granted" by someone, but he's basically hooking his Jumper Cables to the Earth's Battery and then directing the magic out the way he wants it. He just doesn't know that's what he's doing. I personally prefer the "Faith=Power", but I just don't think that is the Only option. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Well yeah. But if you're using Requiem for a God and you apply it to A God, then you've all ready broken the ambiguity of the existence of the Gods, after all. I mean, if you just put a bullet in the head of the Silver Flame or the Undying Court, I'm pretty sure you've diverted from Canon, so I'm totally not afraid to talk in theories and options. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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