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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 649432" data-attributes="member: 8461">Would priestesses in such a religion even refer to what they do as prostitution? I realize that a lot of what's being discussed here is the matter from a meta-game perspective, but it still seems to me that people seem to be thinking that these priestesses, who must in some form regard what they do as a holy work, would just say to themselves "we're temple prostitutes!"That doesn't seem quite right. Prostitution isn't a career that (as far as I understand) its practicioners take pride in. These priestesses wouldn't want to in any way suggest they're the same as dockside whores anymore than a paladin would say he's the same as a bandit, just because they both kill people who aren't of their alignment (okay, thats a minor generalization there, but the example works). They'd try to differentiate themselves from the idea that they're just prostitutes as much as possible, despite the fact that they essentially serve the same function. There are a myriad ways of doing this. They could not admit anyone not of their alignment, for example. They could ensure that being with them is "no risk" since they can use Remove Disease to eliminate the possibility of any STDs (and I imagine there would be another spell to eliminate chances of pregnancy, unless thats holy to them). There's the fact that they provide the rooms, instead of just some sleazy alleyway, etc.The bottom line here seems to be that these priestesses see themselves as carrying out a divine function, and since that is extremely different in intent from "secular prostitutes", they'd want to be seen as different in practice also.</blockquote>

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