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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 401363" data-attributes="member: 5137">Naw, I just tossed out some ideas and you ran with one of them! The only misinterpretation is the belief that I had somehow thought deeply about the issue and come up with a particular approach to using the material I was tossing <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.To continue expanding on ways to view the GM's Hidden Notes aspect:1) God withdrew/concealed His Light for 1,000 years in mourning for the death of Jesus Christ. Now the Light returns, and with it, miracles! Some things you could mix in with this are "minor gods" for other pantheons, twelve immortal disciples (who were promised the Second Coming would occur within their lifetime), and Nephilim awakening to stir things up with mortals again.2) The magic fell and rose on its own, for some other reason. Now all gods are returning... it just happens that Europe is dominated by worship of the Christian God, and so in that region He is functionally all-powerful. Either God or His priests have concocted an explanation that trivializes all other Gods (tying in nicely with the Jealous God stereotype). This could easily become a War of Faiths between the Church and Everybody Else <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.3) There are no Gods - priestly magic is a function of the faith aspect of the mind, or one's own higher self and enlightenment (hence the WIS prereq). The soft priests received no powers because they sought temporal power rather than inner enlightenment. Of course, an explanation is concocted for why "God's" activity level has risen. As with (2), this could become a War of Faiths... except that the reasons for the war would be human ones, meaning internal conflicts for the Church as well, and many enlightened folks who see no problem with other people's faith.4) God is as inactive as ever. All of the priest's powers are coming from devils, with a very subtle plan to derail humanity from true enlightenment by giving it to them easy... You could also take a Cthulu approach to this: the Old Ones awaken every thousand years and the powers of madness arise with them. Fanatics of "God" tap the Old Powers, while those with the Blood stirring in their veins summon eldritch energies from dark dimensions. One thousand years ago, the Christ sacrificed himself in a great ritual (with the aid of the Roman Emperor) to put them at bay, but now they return.For me? Just perfect! Remember, "cheese" is just "cheese badly executed". When cheese is well executed, it's called "classic", "touching" or "a brilliant example of the genre".I like that the Flowering has become capitalized. If I'd been thinking, I'd have made it a proper noun from the start <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.I also like how you've tied psions directly into the Light of God.</blockquote>

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