So I Need Some Cuthbertite Dogma...

[Henrix]

I rather like the way one of my players does it; kicking down doors and shouting "I am the Law!".


The slightly twisted church of St. Cuthbert in Diamond Lake according to the Age of Worms adventures (in Dungeon 124), is also quite good.

 

[ForceUser]

I rather like the way one of my players does it; kicking down doors and shouting "I am the Law!".

Yeah, Judge Dredd is a good model for a cleric of an extreme Cuthbert faction.

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

I'm currently playing a misguided "champion" of St. Cuthbert. Barbarian/Cleric. Which works out, character-wise, very well.

He spouts Cuthbertine doctrine most of the time ... "Wrongdoers must be brought a'right." etc etc. His battle-cry is "Accept St.Cuthbert as your personal castigator!"
And: "PAAAAAAAAAN" (much like the Tick's "SPOOOOOON")

He's misguided because when he sees wrongdoing or evil championing over goodness it fills him with unmitigated rage ... thus the barbarian part (and the PAAAAN battlecry, because we need something simpler when we're angry).

Seems to work ... but yea, St. Cuthbert really tends to come off as the grumpier Catholic Nun of deities. Instead of getting smacked across the knuckles with a ruler, though, you're more likely to get a whap upside the head with a club.

--fje

 

[radferth]

I don't know if this helps, but I ran a campaign in which one character was a cleric of St. Cuthbert. We established that Cuthbertines always present a united front to outsiders, but within the church debate is respected and even encouraged. Of course, whapping one's opponent upside the head is considered a valid rebuttal, so most folks are reticent to challenge senior clergy to a debate. The church as I ran it stressed common sense, hard work, the protection of innocents, and whapping people upside the head.

 

[ForceUser]

I'm currently playing a misguided "champion" of St. Cuthbert. Barbarian/Cleric. Which works out, character-wise, very well.

Just curious--do you allow barbarians to be lawful, or has he lost his ability to rage? Or is he a non-lawful follower of Cuthbert?

I think playing a cleric of Cuthbert would be fun. I'd probably play mine more like the Judge Dredd archetype--he knows the law, and he's ready to punish wrongdoers.

 

[Kelleris]

The church as I ran it stressed common sense, hard work, the protection of innocents, and whapping people upside the head.

That seems to be the consensus opinion. Now if I can only find a way to make the whapping of people upside the head an acknowledged pillar of the faith, I'll be in good shape - I can play that up for laughs and the PC will still have the more serious stuff to associate with the Mark if he decides to go all roleplay-y on me.