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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 3885276" data-attributes="member: 2209">Going off the Freeport Trilogy description of the founding of the faith it seems a more hidden knowledge religion than one based on spreading all knowledge.Remember that Vecna is a god of hidden knowledge too so some appropriate things could be taken from there and adapted.From the Living Greyhawk deities document 2.0:Vecna's worshipers always whisper their prayers. True rites are never performed in front of those of other faiths. If the god knows all the true hidden knowledge about souls then he could be useful in evaluating the dead so they can go to the appropriate afterlife, similar to Maat in Egyptian mythology.Lore of the Gods has some good stuff for this:Maat’s rituals revolve on ceremonial purification. Duringceremonies petitioners are often bathed and perfumed as a signof cleansing. Incense and oils are also common elements in theseceremonies. A common prayer to Maat is as follows: “Upon myheart that I have had when on Earth, don’t stand against me aswitness, don’t make a case against me beside the great god”.Thoth is the counterpart of Maat recording the lives of men for their eternal judgment. He is more directly linked to knowledgeThoth is the giver of knowledge, and hisfollowers petition him for mental strength and clarity of vision,especially in the face of difficult decisions. Scribes and otherwriters pray to him for inspiration and better command of theart. Others pray to him to settle disputes. Finally he is givensacrifices to be kind when recording the events of one’s life in thebook of eternity and to petition on behalf of the faithful shouldtheir final judgment be in question.Thoth’s cult is one of profound and intense ritualinterjected into almost every aspect of their daily lives fromdressing, to eating, to entering certain rooms. The most elaboraterituals involve major events such as birth, death, marriage andindoctrinations. Their initiation ritual requires years of intensivetraining to complete, following which the initiate is laid in asarcophagus and pierced through the head with a spiralingbeam of white-light that links his will to Thoth and projects itinto higher consciousness.</blockquote>

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