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I've been tossing around an idea in my head for a while now to re-do the paganism in-game and the way they behave/reform in general. I don't want to put too much time/effort into it if no one else is interested. The general gist of the idea is as follows:
Pagan religions would no longer reform via the big obnoxious button. Instead religions would reform via event with factors and player choice/socioeconomic/internal religious factors determining what sort of reform structure they have. E.G. The norse would be more prone to reforming to a system like the current one where the religion head is a secondary title capable of being held by a secular ruler (we'll call this the tribal option). the Celts would be more prone to reforming into a "papal" system (we'll call this the catholic option). The Slavs would be more likely to reform into an autocephalous system (we'll call this the orthodox option), and the Zunists would be most likely to reform to a system resembling the caliphates (we'll call this the muslim option, though I worry it might be too close to the tribal option). However, events as the religion as a whole moves toward reformation can dramatically affect the end result, causing any of them to potentially end with any system.
The religions themselves would also need tweaked to represent the actual beliefs and practices of the people following them without requiring a suspension of disbelief so far as the supernatural is concerned. Basically to bring them more in line with the way the "mainstream" religions are portrayed and out of "ha ha look at what those funny pagans believe(d)" territory (don't worry, sacrifices/blots would be kept). Each type of pagan religion (group for lack of better term. Not to be confused with religion_group) would gain "cults" geared toward the specific deities of their pantheons (possibly using the mechanics introduced in MnM, though I haven't had much time to look into how they work yet) and their own "devil worshiper" society.
Thoughts? Opinions? Ideas? Please let me know. Like I said, I've been tossing this around in my head for quite some time.
EDIT: Not an April Fools joke. I honestly forgot what today was and I don't really participate in that.
Pagan religions would no longer reform via the big obnoxious button. Instead religions would reform via event with factors and player choice/socioeconomic/internal religious factors determining what sort of reform structure they have. E.G. The norse would be more prone to reforming to a system like the current one where the religion head is a secondary title capable of being held by a secular ruler (we'll call this the tribal option). the Celts would be more prone to reforming into a "papal" system (we'll call this the catholic option). The Slavs would be more likely to reform into an autocephalous system (we'll call this the orthodox option), and the Zunists would be most likely to reform to a system resembling the caliphates (we'll call this the muslim option, though I worry it might be too close to the tribal option). However, events as the religion as a whole moves toward reformation can dramatically affect the end result, causing any of them to potentially end with any system.
The religions themselves would also need tweaked to represent the actual beliefs and practices of the people following them without requiring a suspension of disbelief so far as the supernatural is concerned. Basically to bring them more in line with the way the "mainstream" religions are portrayed and out of "ha ha look at what those funny pagans believe(d)" territory (don't worry, sacrifices/blots would be kept). Each type of pagan religion (group for lack of better term. Not to be confused with religion_group) would gain "cults" geared toward the specific deities of their pantheons (possibly using the mechanics introduced in MnM, though I haven't had much time to look into how they work yet) and their own "devil worshiper" society.
Thoughts? Opinions? Ideas? Please let me know. Like I said, I've been tossing this around in my head for quite some time.
EDIT: Not an April Fools joke. I honestly forgot what today was and I don't really participate in that.
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