Comments on: Saints of Mavros: St. Whiteskull of Bratislor

By: James Thomas

James Thomas — Sat, 12 May 2012 03:41:29 +0000

Good job Christina. Gets me even more interested in learning more about the Ghoul Imperium!

By: Doomedpaladin

Doomedpaladin — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:08:08 +0000

Masks aren’t meant to “sweep away” such concerns. They’re actually there to help muddy those waters. Any God/dess might be any other God/dess in disguise, so a given religion’s hierarchy’s approach to another God/dess and ITS religion might easily come into conflict with a PC of the same religion’s moral assumptions. So: A Paladin of Mavros is told by his church not to interfere with Ghoul Clerics of St. Whiteskull. He finds them eating an orphanage for some tactical purpose. Is he REALLY ok with following those orders?

By: Wolfgang

Wolfgang — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:36:04 +0000

Saints don’t really get masks, but greater gods do. There are indeed demi-gods and godlings, though a lot of that is arbitrary.

For instance, Veles is a greater god, the dark gods tend to be lesser (other than Chernovog), and some gods are greater or lesser in certain regions.

By: Christina Stiles

Christina Stiles — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:16:50 +0000

Wolfgang can explain best, but as a “mask,” he is a deity, albeit I’d say a demigod–much like Vasilka Soulay of Perunalia, whom I’ll be working on very soon.

By: einherjar

einherjar — Fri, 11 May 2012 00:02:58 +0000

I like this Christina. I mean, really, you had me at Dwarfslayer! Seriously, though, I find the “troop solution” a very nice twist – the battle of fleshies, undead and clockwork strikes a neat balance and wraps up St. Whiteskull’s demands of his faithful.
And yes, the only good dwarf is a (un)dead dwarf killing his fleshly relatives! Hooray for Morgau!

One point I’m a bit unsure of – under “Other Faiths” you mention “the deity”. Is there a hierarchy in Midgard re: demigods, saints, godlings, deities and gods? Or do “Masks” sweep all such frivolous concerns aside?