Religious Service
Characters with a religious bent might wish to spend their downtime in service to a temple. This activity has the chance of winning the favor of the temple’s leaders. Religious service requires 3 days and no gold cost. While in religious service, your accommodations are provided by the temple, meaning that you do not need to pay for the cost of shelter / regular lifestyle expenses during this time.
Temples can be labyrinths of political and social scheming. Even the best-intentioned sect can fall prone to rivalries. Serving a temple risks a character’s becoming embroiled in such struggles. By associating with and proving service to a temple, other faiths in service to different gods may consider you a target if there is any open conflict.
Once you have created a thread in downtime-rp (see Downtime Rules for rules and formatting), follow the steps below to perform religious service:
A favor is a promise for future assistance. It can be expended to ask the temple for help in dealing with a problem, for political or social support, or to heal all wounds at no cost. At one time, a character can have a number of unexpended favors no higher than 1 + their Charisma modifier (minimum of one favor). The church will only be able to respond to your favor's request with whatever means they have at their disposal, and is limited to certain requests. A church will not go to war for you for example, but may be able to provide spiritual counsel.
Ping a DM if you critically fail or succeed your check (Nat 1 or 20). A nat 1 failure may result in a labored prayer session, a disconnect with your deity, or questioning your faith. A nat 20 success may result in a spiritual epiphany, a premonition, or even a message from your deity.
Temples can be labyrinths of political and social scheming. Even the best-intentioned sect can fall prone to rivalries. Serving a temple risks a character’s becoming embroiled in such struggles. By associating with and proving service to a temple, other faiths in service to different gods may consider you a target if there is any open conflict.
Once you have created a thread in downtime-rp (see Downtime Rules for rules and formatting), follow the steps below to perform religious service:
- State which deity you are performing your religious service to.
- Make either an Intelligence (Religion) or a Charisma (Persuasion) check. Ping a DM if you critically fail or succeed (Nat 1 or 20).
- Consult the table below to see the results. Wait full 3 days to claim reward.
A favor is a promise for future assistance. It can be expended to ask the temple for help in dealing with a problem, for political or social support, or to heal all wounds at no cost. At one time, a character can have a number of unexpended favors no higher than 1 + their Charisma modifier (minimum of one favor). The church will only be able to respond to your favor's request with whatever means they have at their disposal, and is limited to certain requests. A church will not go to war for you for example, but may be able to provide spiritual counsel.
Ping a DM if you critically fail or succeed your check (Nat 1 or 20). A nat 1 failure may result in a labored prayer session, a disconnect with your deity, or questioning your faith. A nat 20 success may result in a spiritual epiphany, a premonition, or even a message from your deity.
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