Shattered Kingdoms

I didn't mean my (for shame) to be an excuse to turn this thread into an old discussion, but since I think the question is answered anyway...

I don't think any of the lightie churches should except impure members. I think that grey aura churches are fine accepting everyone (perhaps making a chaos/order distinction, though). I think that a lot of good RP can come from non-dark members of darkie religions, but I haven't had enough experience in the darky camp to say whether this is fair to the darkie immortals.

I think its quite fair. Isn't the evil suppose to spread?

Ditto. But since we're here, I recommend that newbies interested in a particular religion to pick a matching aura. (good/good, evil/evil, Ain/ordered, Marfik/chaotic, other gray/not extreme) It's not always necessary, but why make your life difficult?



If it can be good RP for grays to enter dark religions, why doesn't the same argument hold for light religions?

Sure, there are religions that are so linked to good and evil that a gray-aura character is manifestly silly. (Dulrik, Dabi, and so on.) Further, if following a god is going to betray one's alignment, it shouldn't be possible. For instance, I can't see an unprincipled character being untrustworthy enough to belong to Thuban.

But if the character's alignment allows him to seek the god, then the only other consideration should be whether the god is willing to accept the follower. That should be decided by the religion and the god on IC grounds, not some general rule on aura-matching.

Example: One Zavijite priest dismisses unprincipled characters as not having devotion enough to serve Zavijah's core values of knowledge and freedom. Another priest encourages the unprincipled to join the religion in hope of enlightening them, another of Zavijah's core values. Both should be valid interpetations, until the god and/or hierarchy decide otherwise.

There's a balance here. Roleplay prospers when priests can use a variety of ideas. At the same time, religions need boundaries to maintain unity and to encourage dramatic conflict. Yet when we must have strictures, let them at least flow from the IC roleplay of the god, instead of an arbitrary rule splitting philosophies into Team Good and Team Evil.

/end rant

Daughter was 1/2 Azzy, then she got 1/2 cut away, so then you merge it with 100% Azzy, that then gives you 125% Azzy.

Close enough to me.

Are we talking about merging in the supernature sense or in a more physical sense? If it is the latter then you can not have more then 100% so therefore the could not possible greater then 62.5 - 75% Azzy.

Fine, 75% Azzy = An altered form Az'Pook. And he is described in quite a few books as quite the evil of evil. I still don't see how I failed SK history 101

I once knew a grey-aura'd centaur priestess of Yenko that had high favour, and specifically worshiped only the winter aspect of the deity. The character worked very well, as I recall (and was exceptionally well played, but that's almost besides the point).

Benzo for the lose. lolz.

My fellow Explorers:

I think the place for debates about stuff like the nature and history of the gods is IC, so let's all try to stop showing off our 1337 IC Knowlegdez for the camera just for a moment, particularly when we've all seen exactly how ready half the pbase is to ignore the seperation of OOC and IC knowledge regardless of how it came to THEIR attention, thanks.

Hugs & kisses,

-M

Zavijah (wert) used to allow the investment of grey aura's into the faith, and when I was HF with Hevron I pushed for the grey aura to gain favor 2. I can't remember for the life of me if they ever got the HF flag after I left, but it is completely possible for a grey aura character to be invested into a light aura religion. As long as a grey aura character devotes their life to the god in question I don't see any reason to not invest a grey aura in any faith be it light, grey, or dark.

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