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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8507020" data-attributes="member: 58172">Baruch A. Levine and Jean-Michel de Tarragon, “Dead Kings and Rephaim: The Patrons of the Ugaritic Dynasty,” Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 104, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1984, pp. 649-659, published by the American Oriental Society.Basically, the Rfaim are an aboriginal ethnicity in Canaan, who were feared because the ghosts of their ancestors were perceived to be a magically powerful influence in the Land.To confuse a historical ethnicity with Greek stories about "gigantes" actually makes the players misunderstand the Bible.In principle, a Christian setting for a D&D game should work fine.I think each D&D setting should have its own cosmology, that is tailored for the particular setting.For example, I enjoy playing a D&D game that has a mythologically accurate (animistic) Norse setting. I would love to play in a mythologically accurate setting for several cultures. Each setting needs its own peculiar cosmology.I dislike how 5e assumes the Wheel for everything, regardless of the setting.For a mythologically accurate Christian setting, I would probably prefer there to be more archeological accuracy, and be entirely human, ... and be less like Chronicles of Narnia.Alternatively, a romp thru Christian theology could be fun too. (The movie, Dogma, with Matt Damon was sorta like this.) But then there is no pretense to be realistic.In my own campaigns, I have the various monotheistic cultures perceive the Plane of Positive Energy (healing, wellbeing, resurrection, etcetera), as a manifestation of the Divine Presence. All the D&D 5e rules work normally.Generally, for monotheism, God doesnt intervene to fix everything and win every fight, because God wants humans to figure out how to make the world a better place. Every evil situation − hunger, sickness, poverty − is an opportunity to do good.</blockquote>

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