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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5395364" data-attributes="member: 50895">I prefer that kind of outlook on religion in the game as well.Although I'm working with all those Eastern trappings that you don't necessarily mean, but <a href="http://ritepublishing.com/kaidan.html" target="_blank">Kaidan: a Japanese Ghost Story</a> setting is actively being developed for release probably in March 2011.I'm borrowing Shinto ideas, as well as Ojigami (ancestor worship), Shugendo (ascetic nature worship), and even some Buddhism, as I'm building a very Japanese setting and 3 part adventure arc.Although Shinto states that there are 'eight million spirits/gods' in their faith, the number is loosely intended to mean an infinite number - as larger than what is countable. There are lone rocks along the roadside that comprise some type of local shrine. Larger Shinto shrines might feature a wooden hut on high stilts, a spring to cleanse oneself near the entrance and a Torii gate. Only the most important Shinto shrines have permanent structures. Most Shinto shrines are nature areas like a spring, a waterfall, or other natural beauty site.While I'm working more specifically to those religions, you need only follow the idea and rely on uncountable number of 'holy sites' inhabited by spirits of varying power and their own adherents. I think your idea is very workable.</blockquote>