Sure! Note, if anyone reading this happens to be a player in one of my campaigns, there are spoilers ahead for the Autumnsfell game. Autumnsfell is a setting for a 5e game that I run where it has a very deep history based on its interactions with a minor deity named Autumna. She is a goddess of the harvest and through her collaboration, slowly built up more followers and as a result, the town and its influence grew too. However, with the abundance of resources coming in with the prosperity to the town, some officials wanted more. They let their greed consume them and they charged into Autumnas realm. They were convinced that she had more magic to offer them than just bountiful harvests. They attempted to steal as much from her as they could while she was asleep. She awoke and transformed with fury. They ran out, and destroyed the portal to her realm, separating her from the material plane. Needless to say, after this incident, the facts leading up to it were fabricated and the townspeople don’t know what actually happened. But now, Autumna is still revered throughout the town as people pray for bountiful harvests. Throughout most of the game, she’s someone that the players learn more of as they explore the town. Eventually they learn the truth and know the incredibly corrupt incident that led to her separation from the material plane, which is causing poor harvests, but also the present threat of monsters, that her enraged self is sending to the town to find what was stolen from her.
I'm currently running a very long game and it's coming up on a year. The god -like beans in my campaign was once human but after a tragic incident in their childhood they started to unlock God like abilities. once fully mature they could jump through time and space on a whim the two oldest of them was once part of a massive civilisation they pick the fight with something which basically wipes them all out. then another one pops up making an entire religion around himself and messing with the timeline as he goes. (the inspiration which I took for these guys was the work of HP Lovecraft and the concept of the Dreamers in his storys)
I think that most of the problems with writing a good religion is that many people turn to create art as a way to deal with religious trauma and other problems with the status quo. Religious authorities nowadays are Not known for being kind to the people that are different and are the most likely to turning into artist. One has to be able to separate one's own problems from how a whole population would work and that would create. Most bad religions are boiled down to "corrupt Vatican" or "evil Satan-wannabe" instead of thinking about a religion that wouldn't create the trauma that either of those sides do. Maybe a religion that would have accepted you, with differences and all, maybe create a kinder world in trying to inspire the real one.
@jayboltgame6720 Well, it all depends on the world and setting, but in general: a religion that doesn't define separate roles for man and woman, and puts them as equals + allows for same sex marriages Or forfeits the concept of marriage, as in like, nobody is tied forever to anyone, or whatever alternative, we can imagine whatever we want Also a religion that doesn't centralize its powers, but has some kind of participation system, democracy adjacent, or structures of checks and balances, or the leader isn't a single person but rather a group made to have different opinions and deliberate. The point is to remember that absolute power is the house of corruption and thus it should never fall to a single person, with that in mind you can think of all kinds of hierarchy. Now, depending on if the setting has magic or a certain technological level, the religion should take a stance on it. An ideal religion would, for example, ban certain uses for magic, like mind reading or necromancy, because they want to protect their followers, while encouraging other uses that are helpful such as healing magic. The important part is that they don't ban and shun things for pure dogmatics and don't stop the way of progress to maintain control, but that there's some useful principle behind it. Again, everything depends on the tone, setting and characters, and imagination is the only limit to find ways a group of people could get together.
@@smilesschemes Only Jesus chirst saves. The false “Islamic allah” won’t save you it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you, only Jesus chirst saves, Please come to our lord and saviour and please read the Bible and please do not use swear on anything or use bad words and foul words as the lord forbids it and do not believe in evolution as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide our lord and savior Jesus Christ from you and please do not celebrate pagan aspects of holidays and please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and savior Jesus Christ and don’t believe in luck or chance or anything like that as as theses are distractions from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and do not tattoo yourself or others and or make cuts on yourself or others as the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not be gay as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and saviour Jesus Christ and don’t do magic things as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not idolise things as the lord forbids it and it is a distraction from the enemy to hide God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please dont reject how god made you human as this is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please don’t do sucide as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and please have faith and do works, so please ask forgiveness and repent to god of your sins and follow his forever lasting law and his word and his commandmants so please ask forgiveness and repent to god and do not use Jesus for worthless “likes” on TH-cam as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it
@@smilesschemes Only Jesus chirst saves. The false “Islamic allah” won’t save you it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you, only Jesus chirst saves, Please come to our lord and saviour and please read the Bible and please do not use swear on anything or use bad words and foul words as the lord forbids it and do not believe in evolution as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide our lord and savior Jesus Christ from you and please do not celebrate pagan aspects of holidays and please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and savior Jesus Christ and don’t believe in luck or chance or anything like that as as theses are distractions from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and do not tattoo yourself or others and or make cuts on yourself or others as the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not be gay as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and saviour Jesus Christ and don’t do magic things as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not idolise things as the lord forbids it and it is a distraction from the enemy to hide God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please dont reject how god made you human as this is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please don’t do sucide as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and please have faith and do works, so please ask forgiveness and repent to god of your sins and follow his forever lasting law and his word and his commandmants so please ask forgiveness and repent to god and do not use Jesus for worthless “likes” on TH-cam as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it
Praise helix, another Smiles&Schemes video
hell ya! great work as always!
Thank ye man! This one was a doozy to work on, but a lot of fun too
Perhaps you can share examples from your setting or projects?
Sure!
Note, if anyone reading this happens to be a player in one of my campaigns, there are spoilers ahead for the Autumnsfell game.
Autumnsfell is a setting for a 5e game that I run where it has a very deep history based on its interactions with a minor deity named Autumna. She is a goddess of the harvest and through her collaboration, slowly built up more followers and as a result, the town and its influence grew too.
However, with the abundance of resources coming in with the prosperity to the town, some officials wanted more. They let their greed consume them and they charged into Autumnas realm. They were convinced that she had more magic to offer them than just bountiful harvests.
They attempted to steal as much from her as they could while she was asleep. She awoke and transformed with fury. They ran out, and destroyed the portal to her realm, separating her from the material plane.
Needless to say, after this incident, the facts leading up to it were fabricated and the townspeople don’t know what actually happened. But now, Autumna is still revered throughout the town as people pray for bountiful harvests.
Throughout most of the game, she’s someone that the players learn more of as they explore the town. Eventually they learn the truth and know the incredibly corrupt incident that led to her separation from the material plane, which is causing poor harvests, but also the present threat of monsters, that her enraged self is sending to the town to find what was stolen from her.
I'm currently running a very long game and it's coming up on a year. The god -like beans in my campaign was once human but after a tragic incident in their childhood they started to unlock God like abilities. once fully mature they could jump through time and space on a whim the two oldest of them was once part of a massive civilisation they pick the fight with something which basically wipes them all out. then another one pops up making an entire religion around himself and messing with the timeline as he goes.
(the inspiration which I took for these guys was the work of HP Lovecraft and the concept of the Dreamers in his storys)
@@smilesschemes Thats great! Maybe sharing examples in future videos could help viewers stay engaged
I think that most of the problems with writing a good religion is that many people turn to create art as a way to deal with religious trauma and other problems with the status quo. Religious authorities nowadays are Not known for being kind to the people that are different and are the most likely to turning into artist.
One has to be able to separate one's own problems from how a whole population would work and that would create. Most bad religions are boiled down to "corrupt Vatican" or "evil Satan-wannabe" instead of thinking about a religion that wouldn't create the trauma that either of those sides do. Maybe a religion that would have accepted you, with differences and all, maybe create a kinder world in trying to inspire the real one.
yeah that sounds correct. so how would you create your ideal relig ???
@jayboltgame6720 Well, it all depends on the world and setting, but in general: a religion that doesn't define separate roles for man and woman, and puts them as equals + allows for same sex marriages Or forfeits the concept of marriage, as in like, nobody is tied forever to anyone, or whatever alternative, we can imagine whatever we want
Also a religion that doesn't centralize its powers, but has some kind of participation system, democracy adjacent, or structures of checks and balances, or the leader isn't a single person but rather a group made to have different opinions and deliberate. The point is to remember that absolute power is the house of corruption and thus it should never fall to a single person, with that in mind you can think of all kinds of hierarchy.
Now, depending on if the setting has magic or a certain technological level, the religion should take a stance on it. An ideal religion would, for example, ban certain uses for magic, like mind reading or necromancy, because they want to protect their followers, while encouraging other uses that are helpful such as healing magic. The important part is that they don't ban and shun things for pure dogmatics and don't stop the way of progress to maintain control, but that there's some useful principle behind it.
Again, everything depends on the tone, setting and characters, and imagination is the only limit to find ways a group of people could get together.
hey it looks like the character but he's drawn is doing sign language does anyone know what it means???
An interesting hypothesis… maybe it is, maybe it isn’t…
That ring belongs to a llama.
Nah, it belongs to a real god
@@smilesschemes Only Jesus chirst saves. The false “Islamic allah” won’t save you it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you, only Jesus chirst saves, Please come to our lord and saviour and please read the Bible and please do not use swear on anything or use bad words and foul words as the lord forbids it and do not believe in evolution as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide our lord and savior Jesus Christ from you and please do not celebrate pagan aspects of holidays and please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and savior Jesus Christ and don’t believe in luck or chance or anything like that as as theses are distractions from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and do not tattoo yourself or others and or make cuts on yourself or others as the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not be gay as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and saviour Jesus Christ and don’t do magic things as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not idolise things as the lord forbids it and it is a distraction from the enemy to hide God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please dont reject how god made you human as this is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please don’t do sucide as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and please have faith and do works, so please ask forgiveness and repent to god of your sins and follow his forever lasting law and his word and his commandmants so please ask forgiveness and repent to god and do not use Jesus for worthless “likes” on TH-cam as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it
@@smilesschemes Only Jesus chirst saves. The false “Islamic allah” won’t save you it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you, only Jesus chirst saves, Please come to our lord and saviour and please read the Bible and please do not use swear on anything or use bad words and foul words as the lord forbids it and do not believe in evolution as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide our lord and savior Jesus Christ from you and please do not celebrate pagan aspects of holidays and please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and savior Jesus Christ and don’t believe in luck or chance or anything like that as as theses are distractions from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and do not tattoo yourself or others and or make cuts on yourself or others as the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not be gay as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent to our lord and saviour Jesus Christ and don’t do magic things as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and do not idolise things as the lord forbids it and it is a distraction from the enemy to hide God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please dont reject how god made you human as this is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it so please ask forgiveness and repent and please don’t do sucide as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it and please have faith and do works, so please ask forgiveness and repent to god of your sins and follow his forever lasting law and his word and his commandmants so please ask forgiveness and repent to god and do not use Jesus for worthless “likes” on TH-cam as it is a distraction from the enemy to hide. God from you and the lord forbids it