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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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 Posted - 08 Jun 2005 : 07:17:55
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Oghma is the more appropriate choice for the assignment of a philosophy portfolio.
Deneir and his clergy are dedicated more to the translation and distribution of various forms of literature and information, and keeping it updated and accessible - the true scholarly type.
Whereas, the church of Oghma is more concerned with the transitive aspects of knowledge and information, and its birth. Clergy of Oghma concentrate on ideas and knowledge and what they can learn from both old and new pieces of lore. If any type of philosophical thought is to be derived from the various texts of lore afloat around the Realms, the clergy of Oghma are the ones to know and understand it.
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Forge
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 08 Jun 2005 : 14:23:51
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| If Kelemvor weren't quite so martial in his aspects, he might even be a decent choice to pick up Philosophy, although somewhat lacking in overall lore, there is potential (albeit grim) for a god of death to have a hand in philosophy. |
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cpthero2
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 19 Feb 2020 : 05:34:33
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Mr. Schend,
This]/i] is why I love coming to this site so much. The man who made that entry what it was and explains the origins of it all. How frickin' awesome!
Thank you!
Best regards,
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[i]Originally posted by Steven Schend
Julia Martin and I came up with this during her edit/development of Faiths & Avatars way back in the TSR days....
We'd been discussing the Shar/Selune war and needed a reason for why Selune's power level was less than Shar's if theirs was the primal conflict of light vs. dark. That's when we came up with Mystra's origin. Mystra was born willingly of Selune sacrificing a lot of her power to create a separate god(dess) of magic, and apparently Shar had some power torn from her as well in the process (but held onto enough that she could later create the Shadow Weave, a later retcon).
In any case, the primary reason Selune's not as big as her dark twin sister (as I recall, anyways) is that she willingly parted with much of her power to create a balancing force that would also help protect Chauntea and the life she created on Toril from Shar's excesses.
Steven
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