Posted by Woru on June 12, 2000 at 19:24:36:
In Reply to: dat phat divine sheit.. posted by Westside Jake on June 12, 2000 at 19:13:05:
> A tattoo marks a person as a follower of one god's religion, and denotes a personal link between the god and the follower. The tattoo's powers come directly from the god as their source, and the bearer of the mark is bound by that god's code.
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> Empowerment is a salary. The gods hold sway over spheres, which are budgets. Some are shared, and you'll notice in the imm-storylines this is something that's fought over... Pico slew Lloth the second time because she was infringing on his Chaos budget.
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> You can get a salary if the god thinks you earn it back for the budget. Only chaotic gods will pay employees of other departments out of their budget... but this, of course, might serve them as well.
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> Since empowerment is also mechanics, in the instances where a god doesn't cover a sphere, they'll usually roleplay it as being empowered by a minor deity you made up (Chillius and Sog) or by Nature or some other balding ethereal accountant.
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> Any questions?