Church of the Lesser God - Revision history

Rock at 16:24, 6 January 2026

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	The original sect would also include helpful references to local [[psychologist\|psychologists]] to help people cope with the senselessness of existence, as well as sympathetic [[doctor\|doctors]] willing to assist those who had chosen [[suicide]] to end their suffering. In contrast, the church of the beast offered no such guidance in their version of the book.		The original sect would also include helpful references to local [[psychologist\|psychologists]] to help people cope with the senselessness of existence, as well as sympathetic [[doctor\|doctors]] willing to assist those who had chosen [[suicide]] to end their suffering. In contrast, the church of the beast offered no such guidance in their version of the book.

			==Prayers==
			Lay followers do not pray to the deity, for there is no point in doing so and he does not ask for it. Only [[divine spellcaster\|divine spellcasters]], such as [[Cleric\|Clerics]] or [[Druid\|Druids]], pray to him. They pray at [[sunset]], when darkness falls, and feelings of [[despair\|futility]] and [[death\|finality]] set in.

	==[[Taboo\|Taboos]]==		==[[Taboo\|Taboos]]==

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	==Domains==		==Domains==
			Creation<ref>Spell Compendium, p.272</ref>, Envy<ref>Spell Compendium, p.273</ref>, Fate<ref>Spell Compendium, p.274</ref>, [[Law Domain\|Law]]

	==Favored Weapon==		==Favored Weapon==

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Trivia

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	{{Ref}}		{{Ref}}

			[[Category:Cause of Madness]]
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Trivia

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Rock at 14:01, 24 December 2025

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* [[The (Dark) One]], [[darklord]] of the Divided States, holds a loathing for both sects, but especially for the church of the beast. As it knows full well that the soul and the afterlife exist, the church's message angers and offends it.		* [[The (Dark) One]], [[darklord]] of the Divided States, holds a loathing for both sects, but especially for the church of the beast. As it knows full well that the soul and the afterlife exist, the church's message angers and offends it.
	* Even in the Divided States' current climate of tyranny and [[anarchy]], the church of the beast is not universally welcome. Its proselytizing has led to several city-wide riots, followed by the destruction of said cities.		* Even in the Divided States' current climate of tyranny and [[anarchy]], the church of the beast is not universally welcome. Its proselytizing has led to several city-wide riots, followed by the destruction of said cities. Even brutal tyrants tend to take exception to cults that might wreck their territory by driving people into [[despair]] and [[madness]] with their message.

	{{Ref}}		{{Ref}}

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Holy Book

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	==Holy Book==		==Holy Book==
	The ''Book of Reality'' contains the mythos of the lesser god, scientific articles that support the church's claim that there is no afterlife nor a grand scheme to creation, and a number of ritual prayers that allow [[priest\|priests]] to receive [[divine magic]] [[spell\|spells]] from the deity - but no explanation as to why a disinterested and possibly absent god would grant any magic at all.		The ''Book of Reality'' contains the mythos of the lesser god, scientific articles that support the church's claim that there is no afterlife nor a grand scheme to creation, and a number of ritual prayers that allow [[priest\|priests]] to receive [[divine magic]] [[spell\|spells]] from the deity - but no explanation as to why a disinterested and possibly absent god would grant any magic at all.

			{{Spec\|It is possible that the deity is less disinterested in the [[Prime Material Plane]] than his mythos claims, and that he wants his clergy to be powerful enough to perpetuate his church, or else that he wants his creations to be able to see evidence of his power.}}

	The original sect would also include helpful references to local [[psychologist\|psychologists]] to help people cope with the senselessness of existence, as well as sympathetic [[doctor\|doctors]] willing to assist those who had chosen [[suicide]] to end their suffering. In contrast, the church of the beast offered no such guidance in their version of the book.		The original sect would also include helpful references to local [[psychologist\|psychologists]] to help people cope with the senselessness of existence, as well as sympathetic [[doctor\|doctors]] willing to assist those who had chosen [[suicide]] to end their suffering. In contrast, the church of the beast offered no such guidance in their version of the book.

Rock: /* Mythos */

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Mythos

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	==Mythos==		==Mythos==
	The church upholds the belief that the material universe was created by its [[deity]] on a whim, out of [[envy]] for the works of superior powers and to see whether he could. The 'lesser god' made the universe and all life, but has no love for it and holds no plans for his creation, and may indeed have lost interest in it by now. The deity offers no judgment, no protection, no aid, not even an [[afterlife]] for those who believe in him. Life and existence have no purpose or value; they are but a temporary abstraction that will end in oblivion.		The church upholds the belief that the material universe was created by its [[deity]] on a whim, out of [[envy]] for the works of superior powers and to see whether he could. The 'lesser god' made the universe and all life, but has no love for it and holds no plans for his creation, and may indeed have lost interest in it by now. The deity offers no judgment, no protection, no aid, not even an [[afterlife]] for those who believe in him. Life and existence have no purpose or value; they are but the product of an envious godling's whim and curiosity; a temporary abstraction that will end in oblivion.

	Notions of the [[soul]], civilization, morals and ethics are the work of other powers, who invaded the lesser god's creation and tampered with the 'sad apes' ([[humanoid\|humanoids]] of all kinds). They will not survive the universe's destruction. (Needless to say, the church has no positive relations with other faiths.)		Notions of the [[soul]], civilization, morals and ethics are the work of other powers, who invaded the lesser god's creation and tampered with the 'sad apes' ([[humanoid\|humanoids]] of all kinds). They will not survive the universe's destruction. (Needless to say, the church has no positive relations with other faiths.)

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Favored Weapon

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	==Favored Weapon==		==Favored Weapon==
	Unarmed strikes and/or natural attacks: the weapons the deity granted to his creations.		Unarmed strikes and/or natural attacks: the weapons the deity granted to his creations at their birth.

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==