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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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 Posted - 16 Jan 2006 : 05:10:51
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I still don't understand what constructs having (or not having) blood has to do with this?
Tempus strikes me as a warrior of an almost primitive sort exemplified by a warrior battered and bleeding after departing the field of battle in triumph.
Magic is not his way: his way is about flesh and steel, individual skill and luck and the cost of battle as often represented by wounds and scars. I just don't see constructs (even with the living construct subtype: yes, I've read the Eberron material) as being consistent with what I see as the essential flavour of Tempus.
I don't have my books with me so I can't cite particular parts of his dogma etc... in support. Anyway, trust the above explains my particular POV.
Fair enough.
I was actually looking at these hypothetical constructs in terms of their functionality... rather than just their composition, since I imagine that Tempus is a fairly utilitarian deity -- using all he can to ensure the promotion of warfare. An army of living constructs would, I believe, factor into that ideaology.
And a point to note... I was only regarding these constructs as useful during the Time of Troubles. As such, I didn't think Tempus could really afford to be all that *picky* when it came to defending his terrestial worshipper bases from attacks by rival deities.
But, as I said above... that is fair enough  .
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 16 Jan 2006 : 05:22:04
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Not to stir the pot, but I did just do a quick read over of the material on Tempus in both Faiths and Pantheons and Faiths and Avatars, and a couple of points come to mind:
Gond is allied to Tempus according to his entry.
Tempus wants to protect warfare as an institution that is respected and has rules to it.
Tempus favors the actions of bold warriors.
I can see you making an arguement that he wouldn't want to create an army, since it doesn't utilize an existing warriors with a passion for warfare.
On the other hand, I can see warforged, being living constructs, perhaps being Tempus' and Gond's compromise on the matter, since it would be a created army, but one composed of sentient beings that are capable of bravery (or cowardice) and not just mindlessly ordered into battle.
Yes, I know, I didn't resolve a darn thing. I just wanted to point out that you could find support for both ideas in the dogma of Tempus. |
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Eremite
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 16 Jan 2006 : 09:01:13
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| Perhaps they are Gond's idea for a gift to Tempus: living war machines that can still feel pain and fear... even if they can't bleed.... ;) |
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