Let's take another look at gods and their followers for week 49 of The Rumor Mill. And I just realized that I previously looked at gods in Week 4 and Week 9, so numerology fans will feel a thrill that it's currently Week 49. Totally unplanned, so let's hear it for the invisible influence of the gods, yeah?
As for topics, we question both the need for ubiquitous gods of death and the strength of disease gods in the face of clerical healing. We name-drop gods from several pantheons, looking at oddities and similarities as we go.
So let's get into this week's rumors about the gods and their followers.
| 1d8 | Rumor | True? |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clerics of Ilmater briefly suffer every wound and affliction they heal. | Yes1 |
| 2 | People turn to one of the many fertility goddesses for help during birth. | Maybe2 |
| 3 | Clerics of Tymora, Ralishaz, Tyche, or Hermod run fair gambling halls. | No3 |
| 4 | Sailors mainly beseech Neptune to keep storms at bay before embarking. | Maybe4 |
| 5 | Nearly every culture has a god of death. Yet animals die without gods involved. | Yes5 |
| 6 | Are gods of disease weak since so many priests can cure diseases? | Maybe6 |
| 7 | Clerics of Pelor control light, right? So hiding must come as second nature. | No7 |
| 8 | Gods rarely claim to be gods of truth. Do they leave that to their devoted clerics? | Yes8 |
1 - This sympathetic magical effect began as an act of devotion to the eternally enduring god. It's now just the way they heal.
2 - Hestia's clergy provides midwives, but many others turn to midwives from druidic, alchemical, or even arcane traditions.
3 - Followers of luck gods skew results in their favor, so gambling halls in Fellport ban their followers and even their symbols.
4 - Many sea or storm gods hear petitions in Fellport, but others pray to luck deities to avoid attracting a storm god's attention.
5 - Do the gods keep score with sentient souls? Erlik of the Okulari inches ahead of Iku of the Ndali, but Ionia's Pluto surges!
6 - Divine diseases can't be cured with a simple spell. Talona (Fellport), Whiro (Islander), and Arun (Ndali) endlessly invent.
7 - They tend to shine like the sun and stand out in the darkness. See also Ndali's Imole, Dunhill's Belenus, and Ionia's Apollo
8 - All gods seek the truth, but there's no single universal truth. Gods of knowledge or divination may serve in a pinch, though.
Part of T.W.Wombat's Lore 24 project, detailing the world around Fellport.
For all city posts, see the Fellport Index. For posts about the wider world, see the Beneterra Index.
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