wilcoxon wrote:
Any chance of an official ruling on this soon? One of my players is probably going to play a female divine ss'ressen.
Also, just to double-check, both males and females can be Templars of the Fire Dragon, correct? Males are just barred from taking Arcane or Divine archetype.
Would love to get words from above on this topic. But I wouldn't hold my breath on it. As generally thoughtful as Team PCI is I don't know that the campaign staff has gotten down to this level of working out how spells and sects interact with political changes.
If it was my personal home campaign my ruling would be that the teachings of cants originating from ancient Ssethregore and the First Imperium are sufficiently different that they would NOT count as the same sect regardless of the political realities on the ground (though maybe an analogue to the Council of Nicaea could harmonize the teachings...) But in a shared world campaign something simple and enforceable (and perhaps more player friendly) is the way to go.
As to Templars, remember that the Ssressen society is more highly regimented than ours. There is nothing stopping a female PC ssressen mechanically, but its a really rare choice. Usually the military sphere is the domain of the guys and spiritual matters (and government) is the role of the ladies.