An idea for a new religion.

[Onyxsoulle]

So, I went through the different religions in game and read about them.There was one thing I noticed about them all; while considered heresy by th Order none of them were really bad.

So I thought I'd toss up an idea to fix that problem. ;P

Demon worshipping is needed. A religion that is wholly opposite of the Order.

Now I haven't thought of any strings for it( other than something involving sacrificing pets), I was thinking if people thought this was a good idea they could tack on some string ideas.

One idea I did have though( and this ties into something that's on the furthest burner in the imms kitchen, I believe) is tying it to mages( obviously). I'm very much pro-summon circle mages. It shows a good witch/bad witch (meditation vs. summoning)split in the Mage ranks, showing that there are some that even other mages won't go near.
How does this tie into the religion? One word: control. A demon worshipping Mage would have little to no obstacles when using spells on a demon worshipping mundane.


Just an idea I thought I'd toss out there. :D

[Bennie]

This is cool. I can't speak very much from a mage perspective (I've played mages, but not too heavily, I admit. I never figured out demon-summoning either). But from the perspective of a rabid Orderite-player, one thing I always wanted was more active/scary heresies.

In my experience, having mundane people who don't believe in Davism about doing shenanigans always seemed appealing. Having a heresy that doesn't so much just kind of contradict Davism but just works in spite of it is all well and good, but having a group that works so wholly against it (other than mages) would be doubly cool in my opinion.

I'm not sure how best to execute it but new and interesting heresies have always been something I've wanted to see.

[Leech]

We have this already! It's as simple as saying 'I worship such and such demon, hear me roar.'

[Kinaed]

We're planning on (eventually) re-adding summoning. In that vein, I could see demon worship springing up - but I'm not sure if it'd rate organized religion status, or if doing so wouldn't dilute a theme with plenty of religions already. I do think more people would play this one, however.

[Applesauce]

I could see demon worship springing up - but I'm not sure if it'd rate organized religion status, or if doing so wouldn't dilute a theme with plenty of religions already.

Especially since there are/were so many demons (26 or so?). Given the literally possessive nature of the demons they would probably not want their followers hanging out with folks under various other demons and calling it the same religion. So if it were official this would mean adding over two dozen "organized" religions.

They might not even want followers running around with their OWN followers, for the risk of them bonding and reducing the thrall held by the demon.

I would love to see this aspect of magery come back, since it really was the biggest way people could unequivocally say "No really, witchcraft is BAD." But it did always seem more of a 1:1 relationship than a religion, though I'm sure it could be done either way in RP.