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#1 Pedrov Oct 05, 2013 21:25:54	Is there actual lore on St. Cuthbert and other deities? Specifically, St. Cuthbert's minor followers Order of the Rosy Cross of Truth and The Society of the Sanctified Mind, as well as the priestly order of The Chapeaux. Also, information on the book Tales of the Vulgar Fool. I'm trying to find a way in which a more neutral or chaotic character might follow St. Cuthbert because of his unyielding zeal and destructive tendincies.
#2 Kishri Oct 07, 2013 15:57:00	Being St. Cuthbert comes from Greyhawk, you should start there with AD&D (2e) and 3.5 having the most info. If you can't find the lore you seek, if you are the DM, simply create a sect that is more laid back. Sure, other members of his church might frown upon this sect, but that is good fodder for roleplay, espially at higher levels when church politics can matter more. If you are a player, pass the idea to your DM and hopefully he considers it. Keep in mind, as a player, even if you do find the lore you seek, it is still up to the DM to accept and include it in the game. Personally, I would. Heck, I would encourage the player to create the sect that he is going to play. That can be a lot of fun for both player and DM.
#3 Pedrov Oct 08, 2013 16:19:19	Thanks for the assist. The Greyhawk search did not garner much results, simply repeating the same three paragraphs that are on Wiki, but some of the related articles and papers were helpful. Although minor contridictions occured this site gave me enough to make a foundation for my own sect/lore: http://www.canonfire.com/cfhtml/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=843
#4 Kishri Oct 08, 2013 19:22:11	My pleasure. That wiki sounds pretty close to what you are seeking. Good luck and good gaming!
#5 bloodwhitewolf Oct 09, 2013 3:32:34	for st.Cuthbert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Cuthbert_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) for any deities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_deities i hope this helps for not only this deity but others as well
#6 Chiba_Monkey Oct 18, 2013 21:52:03	Dragon #358 had a long article on it, and there was some information in the Complete Divine, both of those are 3.5 era
#7 Krusk Oct 19, 2013 10:42:57	Wikipedia In 1972, when Gary Gygax began to playtest the new "Fantasy Game" that he and Dave Arneson would eventually develop intoDungeons & Dragons, using the dungeons underneath Castle Greyhawk, he did not have an organized religion. Since his campaign was largely built around the needs of lower-level characters, he didn't think specific deities were necessary, since direct interaction between a god and a low-level character was very unlikely. However, some of the players wanted a specific deity so that cleric characters could receive their powers from someone less ambiguous than "the gods". Gygax, with tongue in cheek, created two gods: St. Cuthbert—who brought non-believers around to his point of view with whacks of his cudgel[1] —and Pholtus, whose fanatical followers refused to believe that any other gods existed.

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Pedrov

Oct 05, 2013 21:25:54

Is there actual lore on St. Cuthbert and other deities? Specifically, St. Cuthbert's minor followers Order of the Rosy Cross of Truth and The Society of the Sanctified Mind, as well as the priestly order of The Chapeaux. Also, information on the book Tales of the Vulgar Fool. I'm trying to find a way in which a more neutral or chaotic character might follow St. Cuthbert because of his unyielding zeal and destructive tendincies.

Kishri

Oct 07, 2013 15:57:00

Being St. Cuthbert comes from Greyhawk, you should start there with AD&D (2e) and 3.5 having the most info.

If you can't find the lore you seek, if you are the DM, simply create a sect that is more laid back. Sure, other members of his church might frown upon this sect, but that is good fodder for roleplay, espially at higher levels when church politics can matter more.

If you are a player, pass the idea to your DM and hopefully he considers it. Keep in mind, as a player, even if you do find the lore you seek, it is still up to the DM to accept and include it in the game. Personally, I would. Heck, I would encourage the player to create the sect that he is going to play. That can be a lot of fun for both player and DM.

Pedrov

Oct 08, 2013 16:19:19

Thanks for the assist. The Greyhawk search did not garner much results, simply repeating the same three paragraphs that are on Wiki, but some of the related articles and papers were helpful. Although minor contridictions occured this site gave me enough to make a foundation for my own sect/lore:

http://www.canonfire.com/cfhtml/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=843

Kishri

Oct 08, 2013 19:22:11

My pleasure. That wiki sounds pretty close to what you are seeking. Good luck and good gaming!

bloodwhitewolf

Oct 09, 2013 3:32:34

for st.Cuthbert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Cuthbert_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)

for any deities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_deities

i hope this helps for not only this deity but others as well

Chiba_Monkey

Oct 18, 2013 21:52:03

Dragon #358 had a long article on it, and there was some information in the Complete Divine, both of those are 3.5 era

Krusk

Oct 19, 2013 10:42:57

Wikipedia

In 1972, when Gary Gygax began to playtest the new "Fantasy Game" that he and Dave Arneson would eventually develop intoDungeons & Dragons, using the dungeons underneath Castle Greyhawk, he did not have an organized religion. Since his campaign was largely built around the needs of lower-level characters, he didn't think specific deities were necessary, since direct interaction between a god and a low-level character was very unlikely. However, some of the players wanted a specific deity so that cleric characters could receive their powers from someone less ambiguous than "the gods". Gygax, with tongue in cheek, created two gods: St. Cuthbert—who brought non-believers around to his point of view with
whacks of his cudgel[1] —and Pholtus, whose fanatical followers refused to believe that any other gods existed.