Nierite wrote:
At present, it is impossible for Heroes to change faith. In the current Legends of Arcanis Living Campaign, short of a campaign certified event (of which there are character documents and CP's and all that noise) you CANNOT switch Gods.
Yes, yes. Not to be dismissive of your shouting, but I think that has been clear all along. Every time I've mentioned it I've talked about changes that aren't necessarily changes in faith, but just in name, and I've also specifically mentioned the practical impossibility of it happening because no one from the new faith would train you in the new cants. I would assume something "practically impossible" like that would take campaign certification.
Nierite wrote:
If you wish to do it as a home campaign, there are a few things to consider as the Chronicler for authenticity to the universe:
3) While some Gods may be the same divine beings, their worship is not. As such, you can't simply transition between Anshar and Yig as one would a blue shirt from a red shirt. You would have to work on it and do a LOT of soul searching to reconcile the vastly different theologies. A similar point probably would even exist between the Hunnai version of Belisarda and the elorii version: Same Goddess, vastly different theology and paradigms in their worship. A lateral move like this is probably easier than a complete conversion to another god, but it still is VERY hard, as evidenced by the fact that only the highest level of Black Talon priestesses are told the 'truth' about the Fire Dragon, and those who can't handle the 'truth' are purged.
#1 and #2 are a given. My questions lie in #3 and realities vs. faith. Is it enough that a priest believes something, even if it is not true (such as Fire Dragon=Nier) to continue to get spells, or does it actually have to be correct? Does the fact that the Ashen Hide's believe that Fire Dragon=Nier and continue to get divine spells indicate that Fire Dragon=Nier?
And, as I proposed for my character earlier (though this would be invalidated as a character concept if Fire Dragon=Nier has to be true) would a character that believes that Altheres=Kassegore and worships him as both be able to get Altheres spells (since he would be advancing through their priesthood)? Obviously if the character believed that, he would need some campaign documentation to get any Kassegore/Fire Dragon spells. But that isn't my concern, my concern is whether if that assumption is totally wrong, whether he can still get spells for Altheres when he thinks something entirely wrong about him? He would have no problem being trained by the church (he knows to keep his heretical beliefs hidden), and he has (heretical)faith, but does it matter if his faith is (factually) wrong?
If it does matter that his faith is wrong, doesn't that indicate that Fire Dragon=Nier? If it doesn't matter that its wrong, than that opens up divine spell casters to all kinds of interesting heresies about their gods, as long as they believe them... right? I'm pretty much assuming it is the latter, since many priestesses of the Fire Dragon believe to their bones that the Fire Dragon is not Kassegore, and continue to get spells. Does that stand to reason?