Re: Athiests in Fantasy Settings ( Was: some help please (druid))

Nicole Massey wrote:
> "Will in New Haven" <bill.reich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:1170774102.523172.43460@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> How can one be an atheist in a fantasy setting when gods are doing
>> miracles everywhere one looks? Of course your setting may differ and
>> the question may not mean anything vis a vis this particular character
>> but I have seen people simply ignore all the deities in a D&D campaign
>> and I wonder how they think their character can do it. I'm an athiest
>> myself but my characters in fantasy games have the reality of the gods
>> shoved in their faces and I have no problem playing deists.
> 
> 
> I've done it quite effectively.
> 
> Here are the assumptions:
> 
> Magic is magic. All spellcasters are some form of mage.
> 
> Gods are just people who have achieved lots of power and immortality,
not 
> some kind of supernatural being.

I like it! I've seen people do similar things before - I think it works 
well in fantasy games because all too often, the gods just boil down to 
Big Dudes with Loads of Magic and the priests are just spellcasters in 
cassocks. It's rare to find a religious system devised for RPGs which 
feels like an actual religion which could satisfy the spiritual and 
emotional needs of its adherents - Glorantha being one of the few 
exceptions.