Godly Glory (and the extent thereof)

[Dau]

Here, have a chocolate assortment of gods-and-religion questions I've been pondering.  (Mostly because I'm planning on making a religious zealot character.)  Kinda curious what the rest of the PS community thinks the answers would be.

* Are PS's gods capable of any level of omniscience?   In particular, how much can they poke into mortal minds?  If you claimed to be a follower of X but in your heart your true loyalty is to Y, can X tell you're a fibbing fibber who fibs?

* Can gods screw with followers of other gods?   Or can Talad place his followers under protection from Laanx's wrath, for example, or Xiosia run interference for her followers against Dakkru?

* How much do the beliefs of specific religions influence Yliakum's general laws?  I'm thinking about this specifically as pertains to the Iron Hand, since Laanx is supposed to be particularly attractive to politicians and other elite.

* Is any form of polytheism possible?   Or are all the gods of the jealous, 'you'll worship only ME' disposition when it comes to their followers?

* Which god actually has the most followers overall throughout Yliakum, anyway? 

[Aramara Meibi]

* Are PS's gods capable of any level of omniscience?   In particular, how much can they poke into mortal minds?  If you claimed to be a follower of X but in your heart your true loyalty is to Y, can X tell you're a fibbing fibber who fibs?

[ ]no [X]yes, but not in the way one would think, i think. The way I've always played it, once a character has made the proper devotion to their Deity of choice, there is established some link between that character and the Deity. This link can gain or lose strength in relationship to the strength of that character's faith and their devoutness.

* Can gods screw with followers of other gods?   Or can Talad place his followers under protection from Laanx's wrath, for example, or Xiosia run interference for her followers against Dakkru?

[ ]no [X]yes, see answer above. Maybe I should add this to the wishlist, but I would like to see a system like the magic way system in which a character can train their devoutness to a deity. It's just a sketch of an idea for now, but this way someone who has gained a high favor of talad could be less susceptible to the wrath of laanx.

* How much do the beliefs of specific religions influence Yliakum's general laws?  I'm thinking about this specifically as pertains to the Iron Hand, since Laanx is supposed to be particularly attractive to politicians and other elite.

Iiiii don't have enough information to answer this. That's a good question for the settings department though.

* Is any form of polytheism possible?   Or are all the gods of the jealous, 'you'll worship only ME' disposition when it comes to their followers?

It's possible I would think, considering the Gods are real entities in this universe. Most followers of Talad or Xiosia I think would be in favor of a harmony between the gods, while Dakkru, Laanx, Black Flame would not.

* Which god actually has the most followers overall throughout Yliakum, anyway? 

In my understanding of the settings, either Talad or Laanx, and maybe moreso Laanx over Talad. In actuality amongst the PC population, it's most likely Xiosia or Talad.

[Dau]

Maybe I should add this to the wishlist, but I would like to see a system like the magic way system in which a character can train their devoutness to a deity. It's just a sketch of an idea for now, but this way someone who has gained a high favor of talad could be less susceptible to the wrath of laanx.

That seems like it could be a really cool feature.   Mind you, for it to be worthwhile to implement you'd need more GM-run events where the gods dispense a little divine wrath, unless perhaps people with high ranks in devotion got special spells for it (making them like clerics or paladins). 

[Aramara Meibi]

unless perhaps people with high ranks in devotion got special spells for it (making them like clerics or paladins).

now that is cool