tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post8198381262772247892..comments2024-03-14T10:32:29.233-05:00Comments on Blood of Prokopius: Saintly Saturday: St. Zephaniah the ProphetFrDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-14321817705764936882011-12-06T16:31:21.733-06:002011-12-06T16:31:21.733-06:00@Russ
No words in my mouth...that is pretty much w...@Russ<br />No words in my mouth...that is pretty much what I had in mind. BTW the cleric-as-deacon is still in play in an A.D.-type setting whereas this is B.C. <br /><br />@Matthew<br />Thanks for the kind words. Sabeans? Sure, why not?FrDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459281821319914530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-62126458841804186922011-12-04T17:14:41.205-06:002011-12-04T17:14:41.205-06:00I'm continually impressed with your gaming exe...I'm continually impressed with your gaming exegesis. Criminy! And as much as I like the idea of the Deuternonomic Reform as D&D Campaign, I love the astral-magic religion (maybe call them the Sabeans?).Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2290828421410624791.post-86128450368191172802011-12-04T16:25:47.240-06:002011-12-04T16:25:47.240-06:00I like your differentiation between non-casting pr...I like your differentiation between non-casting priest and casting prophet. I might have a greatly diminished prayer/spell list for them that centered on blessing, sanctification, and protection, but as NPCs it probably doesn't matter.<br /><br />I also like the fact that this all puts prophets outside of a hierarchy (though what about your clerics-as-deacons idea?) and allows "outsiders" (like women) to represent the faith in a way that priests couldn't.<br /><br />I also like the idea of the priests of false gods being magic-users. It's not that what they worship doesn't exist or powerful or even in smoe ways god-like. They just aren't gods, so they don't offer divine blessings. They offer secret knowledge of the universe instead, a gift not of faith, but bargained for in fear and blood. Desperate, cynical men with lots of power but lots more to lose.<br /><br />Not to put words in your mouth, but it's what comes to mind. :-)Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818303172957630563noreply@blogger.com