> So, liturgists get total support from their congregation, but suffer
> the normal multiple target penalties.
>
> If you look at the tables, the multiple target penalties go up MUCH
> faster than do the support bonusses. For example, four people gives
> +2 -9 = -7 total. 500 people gives +20 -80 = -W3 total!
>
> This suggests that big cathedrals don't give useful blessings, oddly
> enough. More generally, you need a pretty good ability to give out
> much of a blessing even on a dozen people (say a few heroes and their
> followers....).
>
> Maybe this was intentional, but the way the book phrases it suggests
> that these should be kind of even. So I'd be inclined just to house
> rule it and say that there are no multiple target penalties, but
> maybe still allow community support, because big gatherings do seem
> like they should be more potent that small ones.
I was wondering about this one too, as related to the fact that churches can have access to several scriptures ...
Then it hit me : liturgists _don't_ just hold one service a week and spend the rest of the time sipping tea and port with Church Society members. They hold many services a week, so they probably get Total Support from the whole Community, but often only need to bless small numbers of them at a time (ie the more pious members of the Community benefit from smaller multiple targets penalties) (and I believe that's an example of veneration being pooled, what's more).
Anyway, do people who only turn up for the big Gods Day blessing only to stay away from church for the rest of the week really _deserve_ any breaks (house rules) ? I should hope not !
SINNERS !! Scourge 'em ! Scourge 'em all, I say !!
Julian Lord
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