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01-15-1998, 06:08 PM #1Fredrik LundbergGuest
Queations, thoughts and opinions
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I know it has come up before but please bear with me any way. I don't =
remember exactly what Ed Stark said about the departed gods cerillia but =
I think it where something along the line that since they where dead =
their priests didn't get any spells.
My question is:
According to The Complete Priest's Handbook faiths are divided into =
three categories according to what they worship: Gods, Forces and =
Philosophies. Philosophies are faiths worshipping an idea, or a set of =
ideas but doesn't all religion have a set of ideas and if so if their =
god died couldn't they be considered to worship a philosophy with the =
same portfolio and area of command as the dead god as long as they still =
worshipped the ideas of their dead god?
The priesthood magical power wouldn't be as great as if the god was =
alive but the priests would still have some magical powers?
Assuming that the reasoning above is true, what spheres would Adurian =
priest's who still worships dead gods have access to? or for that matter =
the priests in the lands from where the Basarjis descend from (I don't =
remember what it's name is but doesn't the books say that the Khinasi is =
now forbidden to trade with those lands since they spread the "heretic" =
notion that the gods that they worship there are dead).
I would also ask if some one who has access to Book of Priestcraft could =
be so kind as to either post some examples of priestly battle- and realm =
spells if its not to much to ask (and doesn't break any copyright laws).
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On the subject of firearms and gunpowder in Cerillia I would like TSR to =
keep them away. For those DMs that wants to have firearms and gunpowder =
do use them but please, please, please keep them away from official =
products. Personally I like the explanation that Margaret Weis & Tracy =
Hickman uses in the Darksword Triology to why there aren't any firearms =
or any kind of machines. There it exist nine mysteries of magic and one =
of them is the forbidden mystery of Technology (also known as death) and =
is only practised by those that "walk the path of darkness".
And finally I would like to thank TSR for the Players Option book Spells =
and Magic and specially Rich Baker Who I believe was "responsible" for =
it. It is one of the best things that has ever published for AD & D that =
I have read.
Thanks for reading this far,
Fredrik Lundberg
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I know it has come up =
before but=20
please bear with me any way. I=20
don't remember exactly what Ed Stark said about the departed gods =
cerillia but I=20
think it where something along the line that since they where dead their =
priests=20
didn't get any spells.
My question =
is:
According to The Complete Priest's =
Handbook faiths=20
are divided into three categories according to what they worship: Gods, =
Forces=20
and Philosophies. Philosophies are faiths worshipping an idea, or a set =
of ideas=20
but doesn't all religion have a set of ideas and if so if their god died =
couldn't they be considered to worship a philosophy with the same =
portfolio and=20
area of command as the dead god as long as they still worshipped the =
ideas of=20
their dead god?
The priesthood magical power wouldn't =
be as great=20
as if the god was alive but the priests would still have some magical=20
powers?
Assuming that the reasoning above is =
true, what=20
spheres would Adurian priest's who still worships dead gods have access to? or for that matter the priests in =
the lands=20
from where the Basarjis descend from (I don't remember what it's name is =
but=20
doesn't the books say that the Khinasi is now forbidden to trade with =
those=20
lands since they spread the "heretic" notion that the gods =
that they=20
worship there are dead).
I would also ask if =
some one who has=20
access to Book of Priestcraft could be so kind as to either post some =
examples=20
of priestly battle- and realm spells if its not to much to ask (and =
doesn't break any copyright laws).
On =
the subject of=20
firearms and gunpowder in Cerillia I would like TSR to keep them away. =
For those=20
DMs that wants to have firearms and gunpowder do use them but please, =
please,=20
please keep them away from official products. Personally I like the =
explanation=20
that Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman uses in the Darksword Triology to =
why=20
there aren't any firearms or any kind of machines. There it exist nine =
mysteries=20
of magic and one of them is the forbidden mystery of Technology (also =
known as=20
death) and is only practised by those that "walk the path of=20
darkness".
And finally I would like to thank TSR =
for the=20
Players Option book Spells and Magic and specially Rich Baker Who I =
believe was=20
"responsible" for it. It is one =
of the best=20
things that has ever published for AD & D that I have =
read.
Thanks for reading this =
far,
Fredrik =
Lundberg
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