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Religion, Temples and Priests.

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Iosyn:
Saw the other thread, no posts for 120 days and I'm not seeing any new threads for it.

What I'd like to see is more religion in the game-- Being able to construct shrines, temples-- religious items and the sort while dedicating them to a certain god or pantheon. You could have a priest or a bishop or something give sermons or lectures to the common folk, consoling deaths and such while converting the migrants to the worship of your chosen god.

perhaps there could be small bonuses for selecting one god over another, depending on the amount of worshippers you bring to the cause: for example, worshipping a god of fertility and ploughshares would have more dwarves spawning younglings and your farms would grow faster. Worshipping a god of fortresses and war would mean more sieges, or something.

Priests that could help console the commoners, indoctrinate the militia into believing they're fighting for holy war and less likely to baulk in the face of madness, or do spiritual battle with ghosts via excorcism-- And inquisitors/witch hunters, that can hunt down criminals, werebeasts and... "interrogate" them.

Hell, we could include holy miracles and saints: we could even have the gods themselves descend for a few turns for some heathen smiting of the clowns that just desecrated your church and turned it into a FUNportal. Cultists that migrate secretly to murder the high priest... Before being burnt alive atop the sacrificial alter to the God of Blood.

Great floods across the map to wipe all life from the surface of their world if the lords above are not appeased...
Not that we don't do that already, but I'd still like to hear your ideas, folks. :)

Novel:
Probably planned, as ya may have guessed :P. Relations with gods could get very interesting very quickly, and I'd love there to be atheist dwarfs who defy the so called "gods", right down to mass hysteria at the machinations of clowns. I'd also like there to be "gods" who act regardless of whether they're worshiped or not, as well as more prideful ones, stern and berserk and tricksters, of every shape and size. I'd like to see blessings and curses being developed further and being more unique to their god, with fallout arising depending on the reactions of their followers and others. Different kinds of explanations for gods should also exist, from one that require belief to those who were created at the end or beginning of time, and developing further, their role in the creation of the world, if they indeed had a hand.

Iosyn:
Planned? oh that's just awesome indeed. :D

I'd love to see a god cursing a chief medical dwarf for being goddamn lazy, while the lowly hauler that brought food and water to a prisoner or sick, disabled dwarf becoming a saint.

Novel:
Well, I'm almost certain. They're definitely planning on developing the interactions of religions and their leaders, and I'd be surprised if there's no plan to develop gods ;).

GreatWyrmGold:
Planned. Also, thread necromancy is OK in Suggestions.

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