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Makashi

Re: The Gods Fashion Police
« Reply #40 on: April 19, 2007, 01:29:40 pm »
I'd just like to add my part:

I see the wearing of colours as a guide, and representation of the God/Deity followed. Yes these colours should be worn by a cleric of the faith, but I really don't think it should be enforced upon the player. It is their choice how they play their characters at the end of a day.

When playing as Ranéwin, usually she wears something with Red when visiting the temple/Minaret of Symphony, to show respect, and also helps others to see that she is part of Ilsare's church.
This does not mean she is not going to change her garments ever. Sometimes Ranéwin will wear colours she normally wouldn't, but when she does it's not like shes turning her back on her faith or anything.

And there are points with characters, where they would prefer not to noticed, so will cover up representations from time to time (rarely) to avoid confrontations with people/npc's so on.

Wearing colours should still be part of the Dogma, but shouldn't be forced. As it does help create a definition for the deity, and makes spotting clerics of certain faith's very easy. Example I'd give, Celgar - Luncindate, and very very clearly so.....infact, has anyone ever seen him in something other than Blue?

Serissia and Mylindra are two other examples for the church of Rolfirien, so please, do wear your deities colours, but don't feel like you are being poked and prodded constantly not to change your clothing.
 

EdTheKet

Re: The Gods Fashion Police
« Reply #41 on: April 19, 2007, 04:13:29 pm »
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Playing such a cleric should be almost impossible to level unless you kept taking him out on quests, in which case he should always be begging the group to find a peaceful solution to everything

Hardly impossible, look at one of our first epic clerics, Athus Dephilie, cleric of Aeridin, succeeded his ECDQ (from before the time we had WLDQs) and was very good at following the dogma. Don't think I ever saw him hurt anything apart from undead.

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I think some people are interpreting the word "favoured" as "must" which is not correct. Other people are interpreting the same word as "if one feels for it" which is not accurate either in this situation.

I've tried to clarify this in the next handbook release.
 

 

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