So I have some interesting discussion questions. Lets get the clarification stuff out of the way.
So one of my Players didn't realize the ideal immaculate doesn't direct prayers towards the Dragons because the Dragons are supposed to be beyond such things in their perfection, with Nirvana/Moksha being achieved by attaining oneness with them. Thus actually praying to the dragons would be something perceived as provincial, or a bad habit for folks like Dragonblooded. It can be an odd quirk if a village without monks start directly worshiping the Dragons, viewed maybe in a similar fashion to how Christianity argues over whether praying to the Virgin Mary is okay, or Santa Muerte being a thing. So when he took the Lore Specialty of the Immaculate Philosophy he became aware of this.
How does an immaculate layman get over killing a dragonblooded, in self defense. The same player killed a Dragonblooded when one was wiping out his Dojo. Once again he didn't seem to fully understand how this is as much of a sin as it is. Killing a Dragonblooded is probably the one thing you could think of on the same level as trucking with Anathema. So that kind of broke his faith/made him a penitent.
And how do you think the Immaculate Faith would evolve if a population of adherents were separated from the Order? For instance my game is set in the Far North West, and the PC mentioned earlier has raised up relations with Realm Expatriotes, and families descended from Immaculate Followers. The region is isolated from the Order itself though and the nature of the Order really needs Monks to help guide folks spiritually, if not outright Dragonblooded themselves. So I wager families of Immaculate Followers separated from monks/the church would start simplifying the religion and worshiping the Dragons, and other iconic figures, such as the Empress.
This ties in with another question. The Immaculate Philosophy supposedly only worships according to an established Calendar. And it is said the mortals actually address worship towards the Dragonblooded of the Order who direct it to the appropriate Gods. How do they do this? Do you think its like a sermons and such where the Monk or Lama says and we our heads in thanks to Black Rice the God of the Flavorful Patties, or do you think its more the people are like "I send generic prayer to the Lama" and the Immaculate Lama then goes "I pray these prayers are directed to so and so". Some other books seem to imply the Immaculate prayer Calendar can just make it kosher to pray to specific gods directly at these certain times. I guess a mix of both ways is probably the likely answer but thoughts?
Also they are Unclear but the Immaculate Prayer calendar, is it one huge monolithic thing composed and updated by the Order or does the order design and separate calendars by the regions, like maybe major gods whom they bought the favor of would have wider groups if not all immaculates worship them on the agreed upon time, and then smaller weaker gods have prayers only in regions they are associated with, so Bilbear god of the glen gets the valley and mountain associated with his territory to aim prayer at him, but not the folks on the neighboring mountain?
So one of my Players didn't realize the ideal immaculate doesn't direct prayers towards the Dragons because the Dragons are supposed to be beyond such things in their perfection, with Nirvana/Moksha being achieved by attaining oneness with them. Thus actually praying to the dragons would be something perceived as provincial, or a bad habit for folks like Dragonblooded. It can be an odd quirk if a village without monks start directly worshiping the Dragons, viewed maybe in a similar fashion to how Christianity argues over whether praying to the Virgin Mary is okay, or Santa Muerte being a thing. So when he took the Lore Specialty of the Immaculate Philosophy he became aware of this.
How does an immaculate layman get over killing a dragonblooded, in self defense. The same player killed a Dragonblooded when one was wiping out his Dojo. Once again he didn't seem to fully understand how this is as much of a sin as it is. Killing a Dragonblooded is probably the one thing you could think of on the same level as trucking with Anathema. So that kind of broke his faith/made him a penitent.
And how do you think the Immaculate Faith would evolve if a population of adherents were separated from the Order? For instance my game is set in the Far North West, and the PC mentioned earlier has raised up relations with Realm Expatriotes, and families descended from Immaculate Followers. The region is isolated from the Order itself though and the nature of the Order really needs Monks to help guide folks spiritually, if not outright Dragonblooded themselves. So I wager families of Immaculate Followers separated from monks/the church would start simplifying the religion and worshiping the Dragons, and other iconic figures, such as the Empress.
This ties in with another question. The Immaculate Philosophy supposedly only worships according to an established Calendar. And it is said the mortals actually address worship towards the Dragonblooded of the Order who direct it to the appropriate Gods. How do they do this? Do you think its like a sermons and such where the Monk or Lama says and we our heads in thanks to Black Rice the God of the Flavorful Patties, or do you think its more the people are like "I send generic prayer to the Lama" and the Immaculate Lama then goes "I pray these prayers are directed to so and so". Some other books seem to imply the Immaculate prayer Calendar can just make it kosher to pray to specific gods directly at these certain times. I guess a mix of both ways is probably the likely answer but thoughts?
Also they are Unclear but the Immaculate Prayer calendar, is it one huge monolithic thing composed and updated by the Order or does the order design and separate calendars by the regions, like maybe major gods whom they bought the favor of would have wider groups if not all immaculates worship them on the agreed upon time, and then smaller weaker gods have prayers only in regions they are associated with, so Bilbear god of the glen gets the valley and mountain associated with his territory to aim prayer at him, but not the folks on the neighboring mountain?
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