What is the Hivemind?

[Kemrain]

We've never had that. Just a bit of idealogical "differences" when my ranger of Ehlonna picked on how a cleric of Pelor in our party worshiped his god (by going out and sunbathing to the point of sunburn). And the near time when a fighter in a different group went from CG to CN and teetered on the borderline of evil. If he'd slipped over that mark, my cleric of Torm would've had to, as much as it would've hurt her emotionally as the two had travelled for awhile before the start of the game, fight him to the death as she'd have to follow her duty to remove evil from the prime material. She did kill him but not for that reason; it was for the greater good as he'd gotten possessed by a demon and charged the party.

Wow.. That's kinda scary. Glad we don't have Torm in our pantheon. No offense, man.

- Kemrain the [Evil].

 

[Crothian]

What up with all the glaring, huh? It's a good way to strain your eyes. If you don't let up you are going to need glasses eventually, or if you already have 'em you'll need a stronger perscription.

it is a running gag from last August

 

[Kemrain]

Worse. Gods get their power from worshipers. The Atheists doesn't whorship anyone and spreads their ideas of non whorship and that effects the power base of all gods. IMC people whorship the pantheon and give tribute to different gods at differnet times. It is very greek in that way.

I couldn't understand an Athiest in a game where the power of the gods can be proven. I can totally understand someone refusing to believe the gods are all powerful or even deserving of recognition as more than merely powerful beings. I mean, an Archmage is pretty powerful, but we don't worship him, do we?

Though, that doesn't make them any better in the eyes of the gods. Could be a neat campaign. I'd like to see a story around thse ideas, where the gods couldn't just smite the non-believer's ass, y'know? Maybe they have Bans that prevent them from effecting non-believers, or something. Could be neat.

- Kemrain the Heathen.

 

[Jdvn1]

I'd like to see a story around thse ideas, where the gods couldn't just smite the non-believer's ass, y'know? Maybe they have Bans that prevent them from effecting non-believers, or something. Could be neat.

- Kemrain the Heathen.

I always thought that sort of thing was frowned upon. If Good Deity is against Bad Deity, why doesn't he just smite all of his followers? There's something stopping them, for sure.

 

[Kemrain]

I always thought that sort of thing was frowned upon. If Good Deity is against Bad Deity, why doesn't he just smite all of his followers? There's something stopping them, for sure.

Because he's GOOD! Duh!

But, good point. What stops Lord Evil?

- Kemrain the Curious.

 

[Jdvn1]

Because he's GOOD! Duh!

But, good point. What stops Lord Evil?

- Kemrain the Curious.

It's a good act to kill evil people!

Well, in D&D anyway. Sometimes. Kind of.

They have agendas and bans and various story-dependent reasons they don't go on homocidal rampages. The PCs just never know about them.

 

[Crothian]

I always thought that sort of thing was frowned upon. If Good Deity is against Bad Deity, why doesn't he just smite all of his followers? There's something stopping them, for sure.

It is a stalemate, sure the Good diety could smite all the bad one's followers, but the Bad one could do the same to the god ones and then they are both screwed. But it also can be becasue the gods do not have that ability to kill anything with a thought. Not all gods are considered all powerful.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Wow.. That's kinda scary. Glad we don't have Torm in our pantheon. No offense, man.

- Kemrain the [Evil].

Especially when he has this thing for destroying any evil one finds..... hence why I had to do that. I knew she could rez the fighter but had to do that to get rid of the demon who'd possessed him. Heck, with an alignment change, she'd have made one helluva paladin..... And I think it surprised the rest when she was the only one standing after that.... (after all, she had more hit points going into that than he did.) He was brought back by his goddess after that. And didn't have any hard feelings about it even though she went thru a bit of a guilt trip for it.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

It is a stalemate, sure the Good diety could smite all the bad one's followers, but the Bad one could do the same to the god ones and then they are both screwed. But it also can be becasue the gods do not have that ability to kill anything with a thought. Not all gods are considered all powerful.

Nah. They'd just try to kill one another.... after all, that's what happened in Faerun when Torm kicked Bane's ass.. Both were charged up, for lack of better term, with the sacrifice of their followers, especially Torm. Both died in the fight but it was definitely a fight to the death. A good vs. evil fight. Hence why, now that both are back, they hate each other with a passion that most usually use towards something better like getting laid.....

 

[Jdvn1]

It is a stalemate, sure the Good diety could smite all the bad one's followers, but the Bad one could do the same to the god ones and then they are both screwed.

Well, yes, obviously. There must be at least some sort of unwritten rule about deific ettiquite, though.

But it also can be becasue the gods do not have that ability to kill anything with a thought. Not all gods are considered all powerful.

Well, they don't have to be all powerful and able to kill everything with a thought. We're talking deities, not overdeities here. Have you seen the 3.0 Deities and Demigods? They could kill a whole bunch of people at a time, though.