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Faith in the World

Faith and worship

Rogue has five faiths, each with temples, a roster and ranks. Characters can join a faith through an offered rite, take part in its channel and contribute tithes. Clerics also have abilities tied to their chosen god. The faiths disagree over matters including duty, freedom and the treatment of suffering; those differences give their followers subjects for worship and debate.

Symbol of Loralei

The Light Bearer · Aurin

Loralei

Goddess of Pleasure, Desire and Prosperity

Loralei teaches that pleasure, desire and prosperity have a place in a well-lived life. Her faith encourages generosity, beauty and openness. Temples offer restoration and guidance, while followers debate how those ideals apply to wealth and private affairs. Her quarrel with Sivaine concerns the use of comfort: Loralei offers it as aid, where Sivaine may regard it as an obstacle to facing the truth.

Cleric Path of Loralei

Loralei's Warmth, Gentle Hands, Word of Healing, Fortune, Penitent Light

Healing, restoration and blessings.

Symbol of Sivaine

The Unbroken · Morrigan

Sivaine

Goddess of Wisdom, Vengeance and Suffering

Sivaine asks her followers to examine hardship and wrongdoing closely. Trials and acts of endurance have a place in her worship, as do testimony and judgement. Her faith opposes explanations that conceal a difficult fact. It conflicts with Loralei over the value of comfort and with Thalos over the place of deliberate discipline in a life.

Cleric Path of Sivaine

Taint, Dark Curse, Infect, Plague, Agony

Afflictions and attacks associated with suffering.

Symbol of Kranos

The Warlord · Olympus

Kranos

God of War, Battle and Order

Kranos teaches service through rank, discipline and the keeping of oaths. His temples and legions give those duties an institutional form, with responsibilities extending through a chain of command. He regards Thalos's rejection of fixed authority as a threat to that order. His followers must work out what their obligations require in a particular dispute or battle.

Cleric Path of Kranos

Warhorn, Challenge, Brandmark, Standard of War, Anvil of Kranos

Martial support, challenges and war rites.

Symbol of Thalos

The Stormborn · Iasos

Thalos

God of Nature, the Sea and Storms

Thalos's worship follows the sea, storms and the wild. His followers prize freedom and practical skill beyond the protection of cities. Coastal shrines and sea caves serve as places of devotion; sailors seek his aid for a passage. His faith opposes Kranos's imposed order and Sivaine's use of prescribed suffering as a means of instruction.

Cleric Path of Thalos

Watersbreath, Entangle, Beast, Undertow, Stormcall

Water, storms and abilities associated with the wild.

Symbol of Morbis

The Silent Witness · The Underworld

Morbis

God of Death, Memories and the Underworld

Morbis keeps the passage of the dead, their names and their memories. His followers honour the dead and the obligations that remain after a person's death. Deliberate forgetting is treated as a betrayal. Morbis stands apart from the quarrels of the other gods, though their own histories also lie within his keeping.

Cleric Path of Morbis

Raise Dead, Commune, Summon Corpse, Underworld, Gravechill

The dead, their remains and passage through the Underworld.

The Faithful

The rites of worship

Religion in Rogue is both personal faith and civic structure. Each god keeps a roster and a ranked clergy, and the faithful lay tithes upon their god's altar - coin that is recorded against their name and read back by the temple's senior clergy. The religion channel lets the faithful share news and fellowship; only those who have been inducted may use it.

The rank ladder

  1. 0
    RepentantA rank of penance available to members of any class.
  2. 1
    AcolyteA cleric in training, learning the rites of the god.
  3. 2
    FollowerAn initial lay rank.
  4. 3
    WorshipperA lay rank within the faith.
  5. 4
    ClericAn ordained priest of the god, wielding divine power in their name.
  6. 5
    AdherentThe senior standing of the laity, trusted by the order.
  7. 6
    Priest / PriestessA senior cleric, responsible for guidance and the temple ledger.
  8. 7
    PaladinA sworn champion who carries the god's will into the field.
  9. 8
    ProphetA senior rank reserved for paladins.
  10. 9
    High Priest / High PriestessThe highest rank, with authority over induction, promotion and exile.