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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heretic Apostate" data-source="post: 143160" data-attributes="member: 696">Harry [edit]Harrison[/edit] has an excellent trilogy of books dealing with a fascinating subject matter.  What if, instead of being converted to Christianity, the Vikings instead revived the old Norse mythology?  What if there was a religious war between Christianity and Norse mythology?Putting that aside, however, the big difference (D&D wise) between the religions was the place of priests within the community.  (At least, for the purposes of this poll.)The Cross viewed priests as separate from their flock.  They lead, but they are always outside.  Being a priest was a career in and of itself.  (No more explanation needed, right?)The Hammer viewed priests differently.  The Hammer sees priests as being a part of the people.  A priest looks no different than any other person, the only difference being the holy symbol around the neck.  Priests who worshipped the god of smithing were smiths, themselves.  They show their devotion by action, not by mumbled words.  They stand proud before their gods, not cowering like sheep.I'm sure you can guess which way I'll vote. <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=":)" />So, the question is, what type of church do you prefer, campaign-wise?Edit:  Yeah, yeah, so I get some names confused. <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=":)" />  Both of 'em are good authors....</blockquote>

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