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<blockquote data-quote="cmbarona" data-source="post: 4999069" data-attributes="member: 71281"><p>I'm rather curious about creating a set of house rules to allow D&D 4e (of which I am a big fan) to work 1) on earth, and 2) with Christianity. I'm thinking something along the high-fantasy setting of the Arthurian legends: high fantasy, yet with an intriguing interaction with Christianity and its rituals and ideals. Take, for example, the birth of Merlin, conceived by a plot of evil fey who were thwarted by Merlin the baby being Christened.</p><p></p><p>What are some possible tweaks to the system? I'm honestly not sure where to start. I imagine most of it will be due to flavor rather than mechanical tweaks. Eladrin would be a perfect fit here, but what about Dragonborn? Can they be reskinned, or should they just be banned outright? Or might there still be some place for them in this world?</p><p></p><p>I created an alternate setting in another campaign which was monotheistic, with very few tweaks: the "gods" were simply saints or heretics who had lived in the world and passed away long ago. But I'm curious what other people think on the matter: could something similar work in Christianity's context? Are there other possible ways of portraying this?</p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p>I wanted to make a chart of standard D&D gods whose profiles we have paired with saints. Here's what we have so far:</p><p></p><p>Avandra: St. Christopher</p><p>Bahamut:</p><p>Corellon:</p><p>Erathis:</p><p>Ioun: St. Thomas Aquinas</p><p>Kord: St. George</p><p>Melora:</p><p>Moradin:</p><p>Pelor: St. Brigid</p><p>The Raven Queen: St. Joseph of Arimathea</p><p>Sehanine:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cmbarona, post: 4999069, member: 71281"] I'm rather curious about creating a set of house rules to allow D&D 4e (of which I am a big fan) to work 1) on earth, and 2) with Christianity. I'm thinking something along the high-fantasy setting of the Arthurian legends: high fantasy, yet with an intriguing interaction with Christianity and its rituals and ideals. Take, for example, the birth of Merlin, conceived by a plot of evil fey who were thwarted by Merlin the baby being Christened. What are some possible tweaks to the system? I'm honestly not sure where to start. I imagine most of it will be due to flavor rather than mechanical tweaks. Eladrin would be a perfect fit here, but what about Dragonborn? Can they be reskinned, or should they just be banned outright? Or might there still be some place for them in this world? I created an alternate setting in another campaign which was monotheistic, with very few tweaks: the "gods" were simply saints or heretics who had lived in the world and passed away long ago. But I'm curious what other people think on the matter: could something similar work in Christianity's context? Are there other possible ways of portraying this? EDIT: I wanted to make a chart of standard D&D gods whose profiles we have paired with saints. Here's what we have so far: Avandra: St. Christopher Bahamut: Corellon: Erathis: Ioun: St. Thomas Aquinas Kord: St. George Melora: Moradin: Pelor: St. Brigid The Raven Queen: St. Joseph of Arimathea Sehanine: [/QUOTE]
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