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<blockquote data-quote="Mystaros" data-source="post: 4043037" data-attributes="member: 3921"><p>Well, realize that if you are going with monotheism and Christianity is the One True Faith, then all other magic is, by default, arcane as opposed to divine. You could punt it and say that the "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me" means that there <em>are </em> other gods, but then that is not truly monotheism as in "this world has truly only the One God."</p><p></p><p>So if Christianity is the One True Faith, and the Trinity of Father/Son/Holy Ghost the only True God, then all other religions are false, and other gods in the setting are merely devils (or even more likely, all are Lucifer in different guises, regardless of apparent alignment). The magic they teach, therefore, is not Divine, but arcane, regardless of how it is gained, and if it does not fall under the Grace of God, it is by definition "of Chaos."</p><p></p><p>Then of course you have the issue of how to deal specifically with Judaism and Islam in this setting, but I'm not going to touch that can of worms with an 11' pole... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Oh, as to the Mongols... Griffith Dragonlake mentioned centaurs. If you want to go with something fantastic, that is the way to do it. With, as Griffith noted, the leaders being half-fiends centaurs...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mystaros, post: 4043037, member: 3921"] Well, realize that if you are going with monotheism and Christianity is the One True Faith, then all other magic is, by default, arcane as opposed to divine. You could punt it and say that the "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me" means that there [I]are [/I] other gods, but then that is not truly monotheism as in "this world has truly only the One God." So if Christianity is the One True Faith, and the Trinity of Father/Son/Holy Ghost the only True God, then all other religions are false, and other gods in the setting are merely devils (or even more likely, all are Lucifer in different guises, regardless of apparent alignment). The magic they teach, therefore, is not Divine, but arcane, regardless of how it is gained, and if it does not fall under the Grace of God, it is by definition "of Chaos." Then of course you have the issue of how to deal specifically with Judaism and Islam in this setting, but I'm not going to touch that can of worms with an 11' pole... ;) Oh, as to the Mongols... Griffith Dragonlake mentioned centaurs. If you want to go with something fantastic, that is the way to do it. With, as Griffith noted, the leaders being half-fiends centaurs... [/QUOTE]
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