Good and Evil Version Faiths

[thandu]

An interesting thing to think of in the next game are good and evil versions of faiths. Though some sound a bit ironic (Good Chaos, Evil Life) something can be done in this regard towards faiths.

Foir instance, we have our 8 current faiths
Evil: Chaos, Fire, and Death.
Good: Wind, Life, and Order
Neutral-ish: Earth and Water

I call Earth and Water neutral because in game they don't give me a feel of good or bad. Nevermind the fact these faiths only have one ally each (life and death to their leaned towards alliance) and a neutrality of the opposite alignment (Order and Chaos).

So what exactly could our faiths be?

Well...
Order: Good - Archons/Camelot
Bad - Greeks/Romans

Chaos: Bad - Barbarians and Assorted barbaric races: Ogres, Orcs and Goblins
Good - Mechanics and Science headed mostly by Gnomes and with some Humans and Goblins

Water: 'Good' - Amazons and Lizardmen
'Bad' - Fishmen, Sirens and Nagas

Earth: 'Good' - Slyvan Wood Elves, Hill Giants and Druids
'Bad' - Little Peoples: Gnomes, Halflings and Dwarves. Stoine Giants are there.

Fire: Good - Egyptians and Anubite Gnolls
Bad - Fire Giants and Fire Dwarves

Life: Good - High Elves and Dryads
Bad - Spirits and Callers

Air: Bad - Frost Giants and Ice Trolls
Good - Storm Giants and Faeries

Death: Bad - Golgothan Dark Elves and the Undead
Good - Half Elven Mongoloids called the Painbearers: Yea, chew on that one for a bit! The idea here is that they seek to bring death to end Life's Suffering, but not to revel in bringing suffering to the dead.


As you can see, this is a very vague idea. Still, who doesn't want a civ with Chariot Archers and Camels or Hoplites and Roman Legions. Who doesn't want Druids?

The question here is, how would this all work?

[Boaster]

That seems like it should be more along of the character generation. Such as customizing your character to be Good, Evil, or Neutral. Socially and racially, one race may have biased opinions and clashing differences. So whose to say that a Dark Dwarf who aligns himself as good is seen as Evil because of his darker skin and ancestry? Drizzt the Drow comes to mind in this instance.

But I see what you're saying. A particular race which aligned with a certain faith would be more natrually evil, or good.

Such as Order Humans are more prone to being Good in nature, whereas Fire Elves may be more prone to being Evil in nature (fire, fire, burn, burn!).

On a note serpate from yours, I think race and faith should be seperate. So this way we could have Death Centraurs, or Life Goblins, etc. But ofcourse I would think that some combinations would be off limits. Such as a Life Worshipping Zombie, or Earth Worshipping Faeries (ones with Wings anyways).