[Discuss] Another Take on Religion

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 27 Nov 2007 at 12:11, Anthony Anderson wrote:

> Loren is right (I believe it was he) when he said that religions (priests)
> need to essentially be their own realm.  This would go far in eliminating
> the one realm- one religion mentality, and work more toward subplots and the
> rise of mega-religions.  Right now, there are far too many out there, and
> most of them have relatively equal standing with each other.

I agree that there are too many tiny religions. This really prevents religion from 
reaching it s full potential. There really needs to be a pruning.

> The two major problems I see with religion currently, is not in the design,
> but in the way it's used.  Keep in mind that this is a vaguely fantasy
> medieval European-style setting.  So problem one is that way too many
> religions are based on eastern philosophies of no god, only enlightenment
> and understanding.

I agree 100%. Religion in the BattleMaster era should be about the worship of 
powerful gods, not about soul-searching Zen journeys.

> Problem two is that people are viewing religions from a
> postmodern worldview.  That religions are not entirely necessary, but serve
> as a means to an end.  And if one grows weary of a teaching, you can always
> find a new religion.  Medieval religions were dictated by the ruling body,
> and were very rarely deviated from by the family.  "Changing" your religion
> often meant being excommunciated from your family and possibly death if the
> locals found out.

I also agree with this, but I think we need to accept it as a consequence of 
people being who they are. Unless you can build in a massive penalty to 
changing religions, then people *will* switch their character's religions 
whenever they find in convenient.


-- 
Rob

All the world's a stage and the people on it are poorly rehearsed.




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