Sermons

[Tuannon]

Last time I played a Nakki Militia person (i think in '10?) Our templar would always make us stop at the main gate, at the statue of the dragon for prayer. I think not TOO long after that there used to be regular sermons there as well by the faithful.

My first role was a Borsail Wyvern, we used to go to morning devotions pretty much every day.

[RogueGunslinger]

The Devotions Templar/Crier was recently put back into the game. And he's very awesome.

Wonder if he has talk scripts.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

Just because there isn't a scripted NPC templar doesn't mean that Devotions aren't going on.

Twilight's right. There used to be one, actually. I forget why it was removed.

[RogueGunslinger]

Probably the same reason the devotions templar was recently removed again. Maybe someone is farming them for leet gear or something. Not really sure. Could just be buggy as hell.

[Dakota]

Zizkov used to give sermons. Then some IMM had an NPC throw dung at him. Was pretty funny.

[John]

The script that controlled the NPC was buggy from memory and it seem PC templars just got out of the habit

[Maso]

Probably the same reason the devotions templar was recently removed again. Maybe someone is farming them for leet gear or something. Not really sure. Could just be buggy as hell.

He was super cool.

[Zoan]

So instead of removing the dickhead player who farms a templar NPC, they remove the cool templar NPC?

Edit: Presuming that happened.

[Gunnerblaster]

Fanatical worship of the masses.

I want it.

(not even being sarcastic)

[hyzhenhok]

I think 'sermons' is the wrong word and gives the wrong idea. Worship of the god-kings isn't really a religion as strictly defined in the Real World. You're not worshiping a distant god that no one's ever seen, and their disciples (the Templarate) have real, tangible power (and in Allanak's case, visible displays of it). These "gods", as far as you know, are real, immortal, and insanely powerful, being fully capable of tangling with horrors beyond the scope of your puny minds, and winning. Hello, Dragon smackdown?

But speeches, or leading special devotion related to some big event, that I could see. The white robes (virtually) handle the daily affairs of ensuring that His Citizens are properly obeisant. I imagine the same role goes to the Lirathans in Tuluk, whereas Jihaens would be more prone to an appropriate translation of 'Let's go kick ass in the name of the Sun King'.

I think it's important to realize that in traditional religion, theoretically the object of worship is very much just as real and powerful as Zalanthan God-Kings are. That's actually something a little alien to us living in the post-Enlightenment/post-Scientific Revolution modern world.

If you take the historical Papal States, turn it into a brutal totalitarian state run by clergy-bureaucrats and clergy-enforcers, and add in the cynical conspiracy that the Pope and his closest servants probably know more than a few things they keep hidden from their populace, and you'll have something pretty close to the Zalanthan city-states.

[John]

So instead of removing the dickhead player who farms a templar NPC, they remove the cool templar NPC?

Edit: Presuming that happened.

Pretty sure that wasn't why it happened. He was notorious for being buggy in that he showed up at the wrong time, didn't show up with all the band, just didn't show. The Crim code makes it pretty difficult for PCs to attack templars. This was before time also became stable.

[RogueGunslinger]

So instead of removing the dickhead player who farms a templar NPC, they remove the cool templar NPC?

Edit: Presuming that happened.

Pretty sure that wasn't why it happened. He was notorious for being buggy in that he showed up at the wrong time, didn't show up with all the band, just didn't show. The Crim code makes it pretty difficult for PCs to attack templars. This was before time also became stable.

No, they brought him back more recently. Within the past few months.

[John]

No, they brought him back more recently. Within the past few months.

Aaah. I don't know why they got rid of him that time then.

[Marauder Moe]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'd totally play a white-robe Allanaki templar.  In fact, that's probably the only templar role I'd be willing to play.