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Religion skill

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#1
drizzt420
Apr 20, 2011 14:05:28 How do you treat the religion skill in your game? Since in general the gods are silent or non-existent and divine classes are generally not available where does that leave this skill? If it is one of a characters trainable skills do you allow them to choose another one that would make sense with their character?
#2
adanar
Apr 20, 2011 14:10:13 In Our group we changed it.
For Us Nature fulfills the role most of the time. So we changed Religion for Psionics.
#3
drizzt420
Apr 20, 2011 14:18:37
In Our group we changed it.
For Us Nature fulfills the role most of the time. So we changed Religion for Psionics.

I wondered about that....I figured Arcana could serve as the base skill for Psionics & Magic but I like your idea better.
#4
siromega
Apr 20, 2011 16:03:13 It takes a back seat to skills like Athletics/Nature/Endurance, although because Ul Athra is a decent part of our game (well you know, his artifacts and such) it's not totally left out. Occasionally I'll throw in a few customs for people I make up on the spot, like how some Genasi venerate Stone Brother, or how Kreen have a heaven and a hell in other planes. Not big stuff, although I did try to super-re-fluff Legacy of Baelard for Athas (and hence changed the gods/statues/holy symbols) to primordials and other old creatures.
#5
claytoniantomb
Apr 20, 2011 18:08:20 Religion skills should really be replaced by history skills in Athas. I like the idea of a psionic skill being used in a similar way to the arcana skill, but only on Dark Sun. Otherwise, arcane covers all non-divine magic, including psionic magic.

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#1 drizzt420 Apr 20, 2011 14:05:28	How do you treat the religion skill in your game? Since in general the gods are silent or non-existent and divine classes are generally not available where does that leave this skill? If it is one of a characters trainable skills do you allow them to choose another one that would make sense with their character?
#2 adanar Apr 20, 2011 14:10:13	In Our group we changed it. For Us Nature fulfills the role most of the time. So we changed Religion for Psionics.
#3 drizzt420 Apr 20, 2011 14:18:37	In Our group we changed it. For Us Nature fulfills the role most of the time. So we changed Religion for Psionics. I wondered about that....I figured Arcana could serve as the base skill for Psionics & Magic but I like your idea better.
#4 siromega Apr 20, 2011 16:03:13	It takes a back seat to skills like Athletics/Nature/Endurance, although because Ul Athra is a decent part of our game (well you know, his artifacts and such) it's not totally left out. Occasionally I'll throw in a few customs for people I make up on the spot, like how some Genasi venerate Stone Brother, or how Kreen have a heaven and a hell in other planes. Not big stuff, although I did try to super-re-fluff Legacy of Baelard for Athas (and hence changed the gods/statues/holy symbols) to primordials and other old creatures.
#5 claytoniantomb Apr 20, 2011 18:08:20	Religion skills should really be replaced by history skills in Athas. I like the idea of a psionic skill being used in a similar way to the arcana skill, but only on Dark Sun. Otherwise, arcane covers all non-divine magic, including psionic magic.