> At 09:41 a.m. 13/02/2009, you wrote:
> >Peter
> >
> > >Considering that Lodril agitates for the destruction of the Turos
> > >Temple in Darleep (Entekosiad p91), I have a hard time accepting
> > >this as regional variation.
> >
> >I'll have to look at that again, but this sounds like political
> >maneuvering. "Worship with our rites/hierarchy."
>
--snip-- excellent examples
Since the Gods do have opinions that exist outside the political ambitions
> of their priests, I don't see the need to assume that the Lodrili priests
> in
> Darleep were fibbing because they couldn't get along.
>
I am going to have to disagree with Peter on this.
Gods do not have ambitions. They are the way that they are, ever since the
Compromise.
In general, through the histories that I have written whenever something is
credited to the gods' desires, it is in fact the cult that is doing it, not
the gods.
If an action was set against the gods' natures, then their powers would not
function for that task (and maybe for anything done by the people). but the
priestly hierarchy sets goals and determines motivations, then says it is
the gods.
And it is not unusual for members of the same religion to fight against each
other, claiming divine motivation.
--
Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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