Adding to Yliakum's religion

[Twixbar]

I would like to see some more added to religion like a skill Category called religious Beliefs in it could be Laanx, Talad and Darkarru and then there could be monks who would act as trainers for each of these and as you get higher you can heal yourself and heal others and even skip the death realm but of course there would be time limits and debuffs (e.g Mental stamina and mana decrease and you would have to wait a day, an hour or a week before you could do it again and once the skill gets high enough you can becomea monk yourself by receiving special robes and dicounts in shops also after you die and escape the death realm you can respawn to a temple (e.g if you are laanx monk you can choose a laanx temple anywhere in yliakum if there is more than one to spawn at). 

[hulla]

Hello
You forgot Xyoxsa religion to !

And if you want learn more about   india gods and if you like "good" cartoon and blues dont forget to look at

http://www.archive.org/details/Sita_Sings_the_Blues

[enderandrew]

Even those that follow Laanx, Talad or Xiosha have to go to the Death Realm because of Dakkru.

The game already has Faction ranks.  Those that have high standing with a particular religion are already represented.  Perhaps people with a high Laanx rating should be able to get a buff/blessing at the Laanx temple.

[Rizin]

Hello
You forgot Xyoxsa religion to !

And if you want learn more about   india gods and if you like "good" cartoon and blues dont forget to look at

http://www.archive.org/details/Sita_Sings_the_Blues

Even those that follow Laanx, Talad or Xiosha have to go to the Death Realm because of Dakkru.

The game already has Faction ranks.  Those that have high standing with a particular religion are already represented.  Perhaps people with a high Laanx rating should be able to get a buff/blessing at the Laanx temple.

Xiosia

[hulla]

hehe
You dont need the "real name" for (virtualy) trust in

[zinder]

I don't think thats a good idea.

For one there is the problem how to avoid people acting contrary to a gods codex doing miracles left and right. All they would need is a high enough belief skill, even if they didn't follow that god's teachings at all. To avoid that you have to codify the gods and keep track of the chars actions, which is lots of error prone work.

Second what does the skill represent? Your dedication to the god - how can you train that and how does that affect you doing miracles? How that god views you - how does the char know and how is that trainable at all? How you can sweet talk the god - that would be trainable and allow you to do miracles?

No i think it is better to keep religion out of the skills. Faction ratings work and are understandable, it is how the church of that god views you. If you absolutely have to include player characters doing miracles in a god's name, it is better done by a long string of interrelated quests that get you a special conditional glyph at the end.

[zanzibar]

I don't like it because I think following a god should be a matter of life choices that you make.  But it would be in keeping with the settings.  The gods in Yliakum pay attention to worship more than values, and it's official that being loyal to specific gods will endow you with special privileges.  Why can't those privileges include special powers if you have a particularly strong history of worship?

Glyphs and factions are different than this.  Factions represent how other citizens see you.  You can have a high rating for Faction Talad and secretly be a Black Flame cultist.  And glyphs are merely devices created by Talad which channel the power of the Azure Sun for casting useful spells.

[khoridor]

A Belief skill ?
I have a maxed Disbelief skill.

[Bamko]

A Belief skill ?
I have a maxed Disbelief skill.

I don't believe that.