Lucius Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Re: Not D&D Fafnir?!? Augh! Wars have been fought over less egregious mistakes! "... the otherwise ridiculous suggestion that the two comrades fell out over the proper spelling of Fafhrd's name, the Mouser perversely favoring a simple Lankhmarian equivalent of 'Faferd' while the name's owner insisted that only the original mouth-filling agglomeration of consonants could continue to satisfy his ear and eye and his semi-literate, barbarous sense of the fitness of things." -- Lean Times in Lankhmar Yes, that was the one where Fafhrd became first an acolyte, and then the avatar, of one of the Gods IN Lankhmar, Issek of the Jug. Some of the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories could be in a world without Gods, for all They show up - others are practically crawling with Gods. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is a pantheistic monotheist at one end, and a non-pantheistic polytheist at the other. So it depends on which end you're talking to.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Re: Not D&D Belief systems can be "background info" only' date=' and largely allegorical or analogous to precepts held by prominent real-world faiths you are at least comfortable with...[/quote'] I'm writing a story where the underlying religion is Judaism with with serial numbers filed off. Its remarkably easy to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Re: Not D&D But does anyone have any specifically gaming related examples? Say, a published setting? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary considers Lucius guilty of Idle-atry Virtually every science fiction setting ever published. As to fantasy settings - it's a bit more difficult because magic and Gods are so tightly intertwined in "unthinking explanations for the unknown" - and has been previously pointed out, magic is often thought integral to a fantasy setting, hence it brings with it often Gods and Godesses as a possible source for magic/miracles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lezentauw Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Re: Not D&D As an example of a published setting, The Wheel of Time comes to mind. The only supreme being is the 'creator', and there is no involvement that being. I really don't recall anything religious based in that setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Re: Not D&D True, and to use my example from the maltheistic thread - Ravenloft has no religions either, although there are special rules for religious characters that come from other settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcamtar Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Re: Not D&D Anyone who wants to discuss issues relating to Christianity and gaming might want to check out the Christian Gamers Guild. http://www.christian-gamers-guild.org/ There are some great articles in the FAQ and Chaplain's Corner, but most of the activity is centered around the mailing list: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Christian_Gamers_Guild/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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