Yliakean Religion

[Poopskin25]

Actually there is quite a lot of reference to religion in the game. Say hello to the NPCs they will normall say
     \"Greetings, stranger, Talad\'s blessings upon you.\"
Ask them who talad is and they will give you a good paragraph of info. As you can tell, it is my hobby to harass the NPCs.

[Valbrandr]

But the point is religion in the game as of now is not important to the Role playing that occurs.  Very few people includes it in the definition of their character and I myself put Atheist in on char select screen.  It just does not seem important as of yet.

[Kim]

Originally posted by SuburbanPlankton
There doesn\'t seem to be much information concerning religion available for the general populace.  We have all read the history of Yliakum, but that doesn\'t tell me *why* I should follow any particular god.

I think this is the main problem. I\'ve read the Yliakum History and know the whole story of the gods, but there\'s no mention of what either Laanx or Talad stand for. There\'s no philosophy for either religion, so what\'s the draw? The god\'s aren\'t coming down to strike us that I can see. If there was more of a belief system laid out for each religion, with canon, dogma, ceremonies (holidays), and some sort of \"payoff\" ( i.e. heaven, nirvana, etc) I think the religious setup in the game would be more believable, which may draw more people into it to RP.  Right now I don\'t even know what to do with the religions in game, aside from pick a god with the flip of a coin.

Actually, how much of the Yliakum History would be known by the populance anyway? Did Talad tell them all of his past affairs when they arrived? No one actually would know what Laanx was thinking and doing alone all those years, right? All the followers of the Black Flame should still be back in Kadaikos, so why is it even an option?

[SuburbanPlankton]

Originally posted by Kim
Actually, how much of the Yliakum History would be known by the populance anyway? Did Talad tell them all of his past affairs when they arrived? No one actually would know what Laanx was thinking and doing alone all those years, right? All the followers of the Black Flame should still be back in Kadaikos, so why is it even an option?

Well, there are many adventurers who have traveled all over Yliakum, on all seven levels, into the Stone Labyrinths, the caverns below the stalactite, and perhaps even to the surface.  They would return telling all sorts of stories, myths and legends from all over the world.

Of course, we don\'t know what the literacy rate is.  How would thse stories be passed from person to person, and more importantly, from generation to generation?  Can most of the citizens read the books at Jayose\'s library?  Does the average person go to school, or does learning take place in the home?

[Kim]

Originally posted by SuburbanPlankton
Well, there are many adventurers who have traveled all over Yliakum, on all seven levels, into the Stone Labyrinths, the caverns below the stalactite, and perhaps even to the surface.  They would return telling all sorts of stories, myths and legends from all over the world.

I wonder if they found the huge dump of waste and dead bodies under the Yliakum stalactite yet.

Originally posted by SuburbanPlankton
Of course, we don\'t know what the literacy rate is.  How would thse stories be passed from person to person, and more importantly, from generation to generation?  Can most of the citizens read the books at Jayose\'s library?  Does the average person go to school, or does learning take place in the home?

I really think there should be a forum just to discuss these types of questions... culture, history, how the world works. It doesn\'t seem to fit in General Discussion (Mostly in game happenings discussed there) or Rolelaying.