[Discuss] anti-state-religion

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 31 May 2007 at 15:30, James wrote:

> J. Stephens wrote:
> >
> > The problem is that the majority of players don't see much positive 
> > benefit to religions at all.  They only see the negative aspects of 
> > "that religion is causing problems in my realm" and no real tangible 
> > way to thwart it short of making their own state religion to counter 
> > preach.  How many realms are really going to waste the resource of an 
> > Infil to follow around a Priest to hit them whenever they start to 
> > preach and stir up the common folk?
> >
> > For the average player, the Priest does more harm than good I think.  
> > How can that perception be changed?
> >
> Make it so that once a region has so much of a percentage of followers 
> the temple in that region can't be destroyed.  Then when the ruler wants 
> to use you as a weapon you can tell him what he can do.

The few times I have seen it used that way, the priests themselves want to help 
out. And the religion lets them ("Our priests owe their allegiance first and 
foremost to their realms, then to us"), if not outright encourages it. Or the 
realm is getting wiped out, and a bunch of the nobles convert to priest and go 
crazy preaching and inciting the commoners against the invaders. Sure, they 
get caught like crazy. Big deal. They weren't getting any gold to hire troops as a 
knight. At least this way they get to "fight back".


-- 
Rob

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