[Discuss] The priest game

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 11/21/07, Tom Vogt <tom at lemuria.org> wrote:
>
> Ed Ryan schrieb:
> > I am writing with regard to how dead-ended the priest game seems to
> > be. I have been playing a priest for some time, and I'm finding that
> > there really isn't anywhere to go with the character. The roleplaying
> > opportunities can be good, but I basically just play the character
> > twice a day to use up all of the hours preaching. There aren't really
> > any avenues for advancement, either politically or through game
> > mechanic. The one escape valve, becoming a martyr, requires the level
> > of honor and prestige of a Hero, but there's no way to accumulate
> > either. To change class in any other way carries a threat of the gods'
> > displeasure, which has so far been vague enough to deter me.
> >
> > Is this all there is to the priest game? Endless preaching, punctuated
> > by the occasional assassination attempt?
> >
>
> Unfortunately, yes.
>
> And that's because priests are abused. Most religions are bullshit
> religions that were actually created to serve some political purpose and
> are run by politicians (often rulers or dukes) that use the religion as
> an extension of their realm politics.
>
> I'm thinking about some changes.



A lot of that probably stems from the way religions are founded in the first
place. Chances are if you're a regional lord, you're in good with the
government and so you listen to them when you make your faith. There are
some religions with some depth to them, and there is a project right now to
make a really, really complex one, but it's taking *forever* as a
result. Not to mention there's little chance of building a temple
since no one has a region yet.

Religions are going to be used in two ways depending on the two basic groups
of battlemaster. The RP group will rp, build the religion and 'believe'. The
strat people will use the faith to achieve some goal (usually the
destruction of their enemy's) For religions to be what you want, there has
to be more rp people then strat, or at least strat players who are willing
to not use it as a tool.


One thought is a bit radical, but tell me what you think about it:
> Only priests can ever be senior members in a religion.
>
> That would ensure that religions are actually run by the characters
> interested in religion, and not by politicians. Maybe more religions
> would try to put pressure on realms, instead of being used by them.
>
> Or is that too radical?
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