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Akryn
Acolyte
Finland
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 Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 08:24:10
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KnightEJR
I looked into this and as far as i could find out you are absolutely right about the Drow bardic traditions (alltho i must admit that of the later one i found very little information but if their sole purpose is to sing in Lolth´s temples to me they are just singers) and i think that the deathsingers are not restricted to any special deity. Baelquesh on the other hand are for sure Lolth´s servants.. Maybe Vhaeraun has his own version of these, but to me it seems unlikely that the masked god would have many of these temple singers.
I would love to see a song written by a Deathsinger (or a sage of considerable insight on the drow way-of-life) just to see how accurate they are and in which way they glorify the victor and put to shame the defeated one. I kinda got the feeling when reading the book that the Deathsinger was not really interested in just recording all kinds of death around him but only very special occasions and individuals in contrast to a normal bard who might sing a song or tell a tale about... well pretty much everything. |
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Icelander
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 24 Jul 2013 : 08:27:04
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Originally posted by Kuje
Well,
In FR, unless the character/NPC is insane, everyone worships at least some of the deities, however since bards aren't divine casters they usually don't have a patron deity.
The deities in FR are active and everyone knows they exist so it'll be pretty weird to not at least give a prayer/some words to the deities.
Well, I'm pretty sure that politicians, business leaders, generals and high-ranking civil servants exist and can affect my life, but I've never worshipped any of them.
If I was myself capable of unleashing magical powers through mystic incantations, the playing of instruments or spellsong, I would have even less inclination to worship entities just because they were better at magic than I was.
After all, any miracles they performed would, to me, not seem all that miraculous, just examples of someone more powerful or learned than I was using the same forces I was capable of using. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 24 Jul 2013 : 14:34:26
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Well, its like this... if you don't worship someone, you get stuck in a wall for all eternity.
So it is like like worshiping politicians- if you don't pay your taxes, they stick you behind a wall.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Irennan
Great Reader
Italy
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Posted - 24 Jul 2013 : 14:55:48
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Originally posted by Markustay
Well, its like this... if you don't worship someone, you get stuck in a wall for all eternity.
Just use a sledgehammer...
Icelander makes a valid point about this, and I think that followers of the non obnoxiously tyrannical gods should be more like allies, or ''co-workers'' than servants.
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