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Post by greatdane on Sept 11, 2015 12:23:53 GMT
...Wow, THAT is awesome.
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Post by Myrmex on Sept 12, 2015 13:43:58 GMT
Nice comic, but I have to ask. Is there some 'converting old cleric clause' that makes it so radically different aligned clerics won't try to kill each other when around each at the time they are trying to recruit new clerics? On a side note, Tlodnal is the child from Omelas as a god? The evil clerics may save their murderous impulses until after Maxo is converted to another religion, but more likely they have wisdom enough to save their battle for somewhere other than a castle that's currently full of powerful spellcasters and possible castle defenses similar to those in Silverfronds. Maxo thinks too hard about Tlodnal and exhibits psychotic behavior, probably has a tone of voice change, and utters something completely out of character. So what is Maxo "not ready for", in the Denizen's eyes? Would Maxo "be ready for it", if he thought of Tlodnal and was completely in control? In a way. Maxo isn't ready to embrace the ways of Tlodnal because those who are somehow won't consider Tlodnal deserving of his eternal punishment. It's powerful magic beyond mortal ability that causes even creatures with a good alignment to defy their otherwise compassionate nature and any sort of reason to advocate and/or enact cruelty towards that god. I'm starting to doubt that the "Good" gods are as good as they pretend... Anyways, the description of Tlodnal in the Manjulias Pantheon link seemed to imply that the gods just locked him alone in Demiplane and that it was his despair over being alone forever without being able to even kill himself what drove him to insanity, and that his pain and sadness filled the Demiplane until creating the Lands of Sadness and turning him into an evil god. However, what the undead priest said here seem to imply that the gods purposely created Tlodnal. And the fact that the gods created a failsafe to prevent anybody from realizing what huge assholes they are seem to support that. Can you tell us which one of the two is right? Was Tlodnal's creation an accident, or did they do it on purpose?
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Post by rogonandi on Sept 12, 2015 15:07:22 GMT
The evil clerics may save their murderous impulses until after Maxo is converted to another religion, but more likely they have wisdom enough to save their battle for somewhere other than a castle that's currently full of powerful spellcasters and possible castle defenses similar to those in Silverfronds. In a way. Maxo isn't ready to embrace the ways of Tlodnal because those who are somehow won't consider Tlodnal deserving of his eternal punishment. It's powerful magic beyond mortal ability that causes even creatures with a good alignment to defy their otherwise compassionate nature and any sort of reason to advocate and/or enact cruelty towards that god. I'm starting to doubt that the "Good" gods are as good as they pretend... Anyways, the description of Tlodnal in the Manjulias Pantheon link seemed to imply that the gods just locked him alone in Demiplane and that it was his despair over being alone forever without being able to even kill himself what drove him to insanity, and that his pain and sadness filled the Demiplane until creating the Lands of Sadness and turning him into an evil god. However, what the undead priest said here seem to imply that the gods purposely created Tlodnal. And the fact that the gods created a failsafe to prevent anybody from realizing what huge assholes they are seem to support that. Can you tell us which one of the two is right? Was Tlodnal's creation an accident, or did they do it on purpose? This might be one of those things which I can't say if it's true or not. It's could be true, or it could be an interpretation about what actually happened. In fact, the information about Tlodnal and the other gods in the pantheon page itself may also just be an interpretation.
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Post by Landis963 on Sept 16, 2015 4:02:40 GMT
To be entirely fair to clerics of the Tortured Child, it's a religion based on the precept that one entity should not suffer unwillingly and unduly for the sake of the entire world. Which is not an entirely unreasonable claim to make in the absence of geas...es? Geasi? What's the plural of geas again?
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