Deity Poll

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

Possible Bilbous, possible.

We had discussed similar.

[Under the moon]

I don't have a main character, and all my mAlts are of their own opinion, but include all the religions. So that is my answer.

[Lirreka]

*Lirreka walks in and places a point for the Blackflame.. and leaves before she is imprisoned.* 

[RoberetGoldsmith]

Roberet is a laanx guy  though not relgiously minded , he will occasionaly go to the temple.

 

[Duraza]

Maybe they praise the supermighty Panda

Bow to the panda! 

I'm sure there are some actual made up religions on ps. I've seen a few people who worship unknown gods and I made up a religion once too 

[Zan]

I'm in the same boat as UtM. I have characters loyal to various gods or even accepting towards combinations of them.

I would like to say though that the only God that really made an impression is Dakkru, because she actually came into the world through a storyline we could experience as players .. none of the others have by my experience. Well Talad and Laanx have had their run ins with mortals long ago but my characters aren't that old. Black Flame would obviously not appear in public or even reveal much of it's existence and Xiosia .. there I have no idea how or when she came into contact with mortals, aside from the book.

Then there's also the fact that Dakkru's rule feels more active than that of any of the other gods, for those who have died at least.

I'd really appreciate it if the other gods picked up the pace a bit and also played a more active role in the world of Yliakum .. or any connected realms.

[Phinehas]

I'd really appreciate it if the other gods picked up the pace a bit and also played a more active role in the world of Yliakum .. or any connected realms.

Yeah, we're stuck with a bunch of slacker-gods. Get with the program, people... err... gods!

[Xillix Queen of Fools]

we'll see what we can do . . .

[steuben]

a bit of a mixed kettlt for steuben viscosa...

xiosia by upbringing
dakkru, by second career... not that he worships her really just seems to.
and the thrall of a dead god by story... yeah i know. but i let's me crave in a few more things, that may or may not end up being eliminated as ps grows up.

but as i chase out the question more perhaps xiosia at heart. guess i'll build him as that after the next big wipe.

[Jeraphon]

I beleive links to the information about the religions in game would help you get a better answer to your poll for the newer members.

Well I'm not linking anything, cause newer members would have seen the blurbs in char creation much sooner, but here's a breakdown in a sentence or two each:

Talad - Be kind and generous, cause we're all in this together.
Laanx - Strive for self-perfection, for Laanx demands no less.
Xiosia - Respect nature in all its forms.
Dakkru - Live well, so your death has more meaning.
Blackflame - *classified*
Atheist - I'm a lazy RPer who'd normally be ostracized by society for my atheism if I conformed to settings, but thank goodness there are lots of other lazy RPers around to back me up! Added bonus, I can do whatever I want cause I don't have to answer to a god, so it's easy! (Alternatively: I don't care about the gods, and don't want to interact with a society that doesn't want to interact with me because of it.)
Polytheist and Other - not really a choice at all, given the settings.

[Lirreka]

Atheist - I'm a lazy RPer who'd normally be ostracized by society for my atheism if I conformed to settings, but thank goodness there are lots of other lazy RPers around to back me up! Added bonus, I can do whatever I want cause I don't have to answer to a god, so it's easy! (Alternatively: I don't care about the gods, and don't want to interact with a society that doesn't want to interact with me because of it.)
Polytheist and Other - not really a choice at all, given the settings.

I laughed, because its true -  you can just leave the rest out and have "I'm a lazy RPer" 

[Suno_Regin]

Well if you don't want people to be 'lazy', don't write in the settings that Diaboli and Klyros walk away at the mention of religion.

[bilbous]

You seem to have left out the worshipers of Mammon, those who's only concern is filthy lucre, this would seem to apply to many of the inveterate miners regardless of who they may profess to follow. It would also seem to include most of the power levelers who spend all their time killing things to buy that next level.
Do not get me wrong I am not suggesting Mammon as anything more than a figure of speech to represent those ruled by greed.

[Jeraphon]

Oh, I know what you're saying, bilbous. However, one who powerlevels and "worships mammon" is perfectly justified in following Laanx, because he's striving to be the best he can be. Laanx loves the players who are diamonds in the Bartle test.

I'm just saying in regards to my "lazy RPer" comment that a lot of people cop out when RPing their character. Atheism isn't meant to be an easy path, especially when the gods make themselves known. If you want to RP an atheist within settings, you should be RPing yourself as something of an outsider, a loner, someone who other people pity and look down on. (And yes, a lot of Klyroses could justifiably fit into this for various reasons, as would Diaboli. But even they might be able to attach themselves to deities.) It doesn't go against settings to be an atheist (as it currently does to be a polytheist and worship more than one of the gods) as long as you understand such an action would have an IC consequence of ostracism.

Most players who choose atheism don't do this at all, because they think atheism's the easiest path, not having to talk about gods or think about them when making decisions. (Or in RL they're atheists and figure they should RP themselves...because it's easy to RP yourself.) They'll do everything as if they fit in perfectly with the rest of society. And as I said they certainly wouldn't. Talad and Xiosia worshippers would likely pity them from afar, whereas Laanx and Dakkru worshippers would snub them as people who are wasting their lives. To RP otherwise and take the path of least resistance is lazy. There you go.

[Phinehas]

Isn't it possible for atheists to slip between the cracks as far as other players are concerned? They may have detrimental consequences from the gods, but surely not from other players? If I worship Laanx and you don't, I'm not going to shun you more because you don't worship Talad either, I'm only going to care that you don't worship the same god I do... Or if you do worship Talad I'm not going to say, "At least he's not an atheist."

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're not right about people using atheism as a cop-out, but it seems a bit of a stretch to say that you would be shunned by society... How would they even know? Do they follow you around to see if you ever enter any temples? I doubt it... The Laanx worshipers aren't going to interrogate everyone they meet just to make sure that they do, at least, worship somebody...