The Collective is its own Mortuary Cult, feed the mushrooms as the dead enter Lravitus' maw to be recycled to the rest of nature.
Taste will vary from every myconid. Some may have the highest toxicity levels others might be like gourmet level mushrooms.Question....do the mushrooms taste good in a nice garlic butter sauce? Asking...ah...for a friend. Yes. For a friend. Totally not Viv's people who like eating farmed shrooms. Or to nab a few to send to Pestocali for food prep. Nope. Not at all.
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Hey sorry everyone had a bad couple of days, gonna try and catch up x.x Sorry for poofing :<
No worries, good to have you.Hey sorry everyone had a bad couple of days, gonna try and catch up x.x Sorry for poofing :<
Taste will vary from every myconid. Some may have the highest toxicity levels others might be like gourmet level mushrooms.
How do the mushrooms feel about people farming and eating mushrooms? I imagine it probably fits fine into their "circle of life" motif but wanted to be clear on it, since many subterranean kobold cultures likely practice mushroom farming for food.
They accept it and a myconid can be easily replaced.How do the mushrooms feel about people farming and eating mushrooms? I imagine it probably fits fine into their "circle of life" motif but wanted to be clear on it, since many subterranean kobold cultures likely practice mushroom farming for food.
The men of the Hold worship a plurality of the gods, but generally not in the way they are usually worshiped outside, i.e., intei appears as a figure in their religion, and they pray to him, but their dogma is significantly different than the orthodoxy the god/avatar has lain down.The bodies of those devout to Intei cannot be raised as undead, rather, if they do return, they return as living shadows.
That said, since Intei has no nation, most people don't even realize this, as they still go through their local funeral customs to prevent undeath.
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Aside: while people can decide to ban his cult from their nations (and if you do do that, please inform me so proper consequences can be arranged), I would otherwise expect most cities and major settlements have some temple to the God of Knowledge, as his temples also serve as schools and libraries, both of magical knowledge and mundane.
The temples are structured in such a way as to have contrasting light and shadows throughout, cast either by the sun, moon, lanterns. The primary duty of clergy is to teach and manage the library as well as serve their local community through supplying of magical services and answering questions that might need answers. No knowledge is strictly forbidden to be handed out, but the local clergy might refuse based on their own judgement (if they deem the person to be destructive or if such knowledge would harm the community).
How does that even work with active deities? If people hold to a different orthodoxy than the god lays down, the gods have avatars and heroes who can correct it. If the society then refuses, wouldn't they then fall out of favor of the deity?The men of the Hold worship a plurality of the gods, but generally not in the way they are usually worshiped outside, i.e., intei appears as a figure in their religion, and they pray to him, but their dogma is significantly different than the orthodoxy the god/avatar has lain down.
I presume in the same way that there were various practices of the faith in ancient Greek religion. Depending on where you lived, Aphrodite was either daughter of Zeus, daughter of Uranus, or a war goddess of undefined parentage. There's even a practice that considered Zeus and Hades to be the same guy, just two Personas.How does that even work with active deities? If people hold to a different orthodoxy than the god lays down, the gods have avatars and heroes who can correct it. If the society then refuses, wouldn't they then fall out of favor of the deity?
The Hold has it's own Avatar and Heroes that the people there trust more than "outsiders". It would be virtually impossible to convince these people that you were, in fact, an Avatar, or sent by a god, even without their own heroes and Avatar insisting you were a liar. They just flat out wouldn't believe you werent some kind of powerful heretical archmage masquerading, or worse, a demon or enemy avatar pretending to be a divine emissaryHow does that even work with active deities? If people hold to a different orthodoxy than the god lays down, the gods have avatars and heroes who can correct it. If the society then refuses, wouldn't they then fall out of favor of the deity?
Certainly... which means that it behooves people who go "oh, my people worship your god differently" to outline HOW they are different.Also since all of our gods have distinct personalities, how they view the different doctrines that provide them worship probably varies drastically between them. There should be some at least that believe as long as they are receiving positive worship from a society, the specifics of it aren't important, while others could take offense at the differences.
That's certainly true... but doesn't necessarily apply to those few gods (like Intei) who don't have a country. There's a reason Intei's avatar is called "The Wanderer" after all, he's not bound to any single land.Also also, the odds of an Avatar from another nation trying to "correct" another people's views about their deity and not starting a war are slim at best.
That smacks of "I'm making up your shit for you". Simply put, the only Avatar and heroes your people have is the one for Vaad, you don't get to say "Oh yeah, they TOTALLY have their own avatar and heroes for Intei who defines it for them". Simply put, that's stepping on everyone else's toes.The Hold has it's own Avatar and Heroes that the people there trust more than "outsiders". It would be virtually impossible to convince these people that you were, in fact, an Avatar, or sent by a god, even without their own heroes and Avatar insisting you were a liar. They just flat out wouldn't believe you werent some kind of powerful heretical archmage masquerading, or worse, a demon or enemy avatar pretending to be a divine emissary
Vaad wouldn't permit another god to take actions against the hold, but yes, their clergy may well be out of favor with several of the gods they worship, and just be refusing to believe it.
Well that... isnt what I said. At All.That smacks of "I'm making up your shit for you". Simply put, the only Avatar and heroes your people have is the one for Vaad, you don't get to say "Oh yeah, they TOTALLY have their own avatar and heroes for Intei who defines it for them". Simply put, that's stepping on everyone else's toes.
What does that have to do with what I said?Certainly... which means that it behooves people who go "oh, my people worship your god differently" to outline HOW they are different.
So then there's some weird fellows who say you're worshipping their god wrong when you've got your entire society's system of beliefs that dates back centuries. That's not going to be convincing.That's certainly true... but doesn't necessarily apply to those few gods (like Intei) who don't have a country. There's a reason Intei's avatar is called "The Wanderer" after all, he's not bound to any single land.
That isn't what he said at all. He said the heroes and Avatar of Vaad would call people who said their worship of Intei was wrong heretics, not that he had his own heroes of Intei. It is perfectly reasonable to expect a xenophobic people to think any outsider who questioned their beliefs was trying to lead them astray.That smacks of "I'm making up your shit for you". Simply put, the only Avatar and heroes your people have is the one for Vaad, you don't get to say "Oh yeah, they TOTALLY have their own avatar and heroes for Intei who defines it for them". Simply put, that's stepping on everyone else's toes.