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see
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 Posted - 14 Sep 2012 : 12:33:44
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Originally posted by sleyvas
Her clergy concept needed some work, because the whole wearing a mirror mask was stupid.
Oh, no, that's fine. The Guardian of Liars of course has clergy wearing the mirrored mask and running around constantly telling obvious lies and whatnot. After all, it's fun for the priests who get to do that, and the common folk need to hear about Leira somehow.
But, it also serves as a distraction. If you're busy looking at the ones in the weird getup and dismissing her clergy as stupid, you won't think to look for the ones who are going around bare-faced, passing themselves off as non-clerics or clerics of other gods, doing the real work of the Lady of the Mists.
And, of course, those might just be another layer, too. The real work could be done by clerics that don't even know they're hers, worshiping gods that never existed except as an illusion of the Mother of Illusionists.
Go on, try to prove anything about a deity of lies and illusions. Ao said something to the greater gods? Go ahead and prove that Ao hasn't always been a trick of Leira's. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 14 Sep 2012 : 17:07:00
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Originally posted by see
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Originally posted by sleyvas
Her clergy concept needed some work, because the whole wearing a mirror mask was stupid.
Oh, no, that's fine. The Guardian of Liars of course has clergy wearing the mirrored mask and running around constantly telling obvious lies and whatnot. After all, it's fun for the priests who get to do that, and the common folk need to hear about Leira somehow.
But, it also serves as a distraction. If you're busy looking at the ones in the weird getup and dismissing her clergy as stupid, you won't think to look for the ones who are going around bare-faced, passing themselves off as non-clerics or clerics of other gods, doing the real work of the Lady of the Mists.
And, of course, those might just be another layer, too. The real work could be done by clerics that don't even know they're hers, worshiping gods that never existed except as an illusion of the Mother of Illusionists.
Go on, try to prove anything about a deity of lies and illusions. Ao said something to the greater gods? Go ahead and prove that Ao hasn't always been a trick of Leira's.
That's absolutely fine and should have been the take on how it was presented. It was presented though that they all go adventuring in the outfit, etc... (and yes, I understand the concept "that's part of the lie"... but when we're talking about a game product, give the true concept). I always felt that "yes" there would be some Leirans were in their temples wearing that getup, but outside their temples they were dressed just like us. It wouldn't be a big secret though (everyone would know that the Leirans in the temple wear that outfit and take it off to "practice" their religion)... the problem just comes in figuring out WHO is a Leiran. In fact, they may wear that getup in their temples because THEY don't even know who their fellow Leiran priests are. There may be a lot more priests of Lliira who are actually Leirans, such that they subtly mispronounce the name of their deity and others don't realize it. |
Alavairthae, may your skill prevail
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MrHedgehog
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 15 Sep 2012 : 09:45:32
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| I loved Leira. Obviously priests in different regions would have different attire... but the mirror mask was a really cool idea in my opinion. |
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Forgotten Realms Divinity - Bane
