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ShadezofDis
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 28 Mar 2008 : 14:18:40
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Originally posted by Ranak
You don't cross an ocean to spread your religion, get there, and decide to accept the native gods. That's just silly.
Was that ever stated as the point of the Helmites accompanying . . . was it . . . damn. . . that Baulder's Gate merc band. . . wow, brain freeze.
Anyhow, was that ever stated? Because. . . well. . . I was always of the impression that the Helmites were the clerical support and not missionaries.
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Kheris
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 28 Mar 2008 : 14:43:13
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Originally posted by ShadezofDis
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Originally posted by Ranak
You don't cross an ocean to spread your religion, get there, and decide to accept the native gods. That's just silly.
Was that ever stated as the point of the Helmites accompanying . . . was it . . . damn. . . that Baulder's Gate merc band. . . wow, brain freeze.
Anyhow, was that ever stated? Because. . . well. . . I was always of the impression that the Helmites were the clerical support and not missionaries.
Are you thinking of the Flaming Fist Mercenaries?
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ShadezofDis
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 28 Mar 2008 : 14:50:15
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Originally posted by Kheris
Are you thinking of the Flaming Fist Mercenaries?
I loves me some BG and BG2
Yes sir, that'd be the one.
It's kinda lame that I remember Duke Eltan's name but not the Flaming Fist's.  |
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Kheris
Seeker
USA
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Posted - 28 Mar 2008 : 14:57:35
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Originally posted by ShadezofDis
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Originally posted by Kheris
Are you thinking of the Flaming Fist Mercenaries?
I loves me some BG and BG2
Yes sir, that'd be the one.
It's kinda lame that I remember Duke Eltan's name but not the Flaming Fist's.
Not in the least, I only remember them because of all the times they came to *ahem* detain my character after summoning a few hundred skeletons in Beregost.
What?? Like you never wanted an ant farm for skeletons! 
As far as polytheistic temples, I made some up based on mini-pantheons. This way my players could find a temple to the Triad, or one to a group of deities popular in a given area, so they might find a temple to Lathander and Chauntea in a farming community, and so on. |
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ShadezofDis
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 28 Mar 2008 : 15:37:29
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Originally posted by Kheris
Not in the least, I only remember them because of all the times they came to *ahem* detain my character after summoning a few hundred skeletons in Beregost.
What?? Like you never wanted an ant farm for skeletons!
Nice.
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Originally posted by Kheris
As far as polytheistic temples, I made some up based on mini-pantheons. This way my players could find a temple to the Triad, or one to a group of deities popular in a given area, so they might find a temple to Lathander and Chauntea in a farming community, and so on.
Yep, that's how I see it. Priests of deities who's dogma's don't conflict would be more able to serve the community in a central space, rather than several different temples.
It also provides a wealth of intrigue and it makes infiltration of the church by opposing forces make more sense, IMO. |
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