I really like this idea, especially of allowing temples (and maybe even
conclaves, my "wizard holding") to use sources to expand into.

I have 7 types of non-province holdings IMC.

* Law, which acts as the primary tax-gathering institution for regents
(instead of province).
* Guild, which acts as the local craft and professional institutions.
* Trade, which acts as the primary channels for foreign (and very
profitable) trade. replaces trade routes to fit more in line with "real
world" use of trade routes with far-off lands. Works just like the other
holdings, just creates far more money than anything else.
* Temple, which acts as formal, organized religious institutions.
* Conclave, which acts as formal, organized arcane learning and hoarding
institutions.
* Theatre, which acts as the entertainment organizations in the region.
Circuses, theatres, dance halls, etc.
* Source, which is the natural "magic of the land" power flowing in the
wilderness.

Kenneth Gauck wrote:
> Sources have been making a shift in my thinking away from just the origin of
> realm wizard`s power, to reflect a more magic-of-the-land concept. Druids
> and Sorcerers therefore are the characters who use sources, while clerics
> and wizards use temples or academies. Others have made similar points.
>
> What I was thinking about was creating a few interesting exceptions. Holy
> sites that would allow regular temples to add sources to temples. Things
> like the spot where Emperor Arianus IV, infused with the spirit of Haelyn,
> defeated Nugato, the Necromancer and his army of living dead. We know of
> the small chapel where the Book of Laws appeared in Diemed. The Orchid
> Chapel in Talanie might be more than just a temple holding, but a temple and
> a source, reflecting the imprint of Haelyn`s visions to Fitzalan.
>
> Kenneth Gauck
> kgauck@mchsi.com
>
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