More and more often I?m wondering if their is a law for US foren forbidding to discuss own, non-canon, ideas! Because mostly when some question is adressed, like dutch206 "What do they teach?" or "whats their cover story?" somebody refers back to some overall canon information - and that?s it, nothing new generated. So their must be some US law concerning copy right and forums.
I don't think it has anything to do with a copyright law, but more to the fact that there are no details for them to work from. To be able to tell you what an infiltrating priest arnak would offer to a people depends upon the geopgraphy they live in, their racial make-up, and a miriad of cultural aspects untouched on. (Very quick & dirty example: a desert people would respect and wlecome someone would could find them good sources of water. But because there is no information about the desert peoples culture, there could be a number of things they could do to make themselves a welcome addition to the desert people.)
Thanks for coming back to the topic. (To leave a little bit the original question, the difficulties and questions you are describing with all the cultural aspects and all the questions I have to work on. Because my players are asking this questions).
I have some demnading players, but I think that?s fine, I would ask the same question. Imagine this situation:
The Priest of Yarthraak, in his flowing robes bluegreen robes, shimmering in the bight sunlight, colours to remind everyone on the eternelty of the sea, strides through the cowed streets of Cynar. A smile is on his lips, since yesterday their high priest wrestled the power of governance away from the weak and undecisive council of Norek, relict of older days. Only Prince Kier survives as thread to their plans...
"My lord, my lord, I want to convert, please!" Disgusted he look at this beggar, a mortal not worth to spit at. With flamming eyes he focuses this old and hairy face, this stinking body, withered and illness ridden. He would like so much to use his mighty power of the unlife on this human insect, but the High Priest is right, they will need fodder to crush the Rhakhaan Empire. So he touces empathetic the forehad of this mortal filthy abonimation: "At any time you can convert to the true faith and become a part of us. We give you money, power and a better life" "I will, I will to which god do I have to pray?" "Our god is Yarthraak, ah, sorry, I wanted to say Karaktus." "Karaktus, my new god, I will be your faithful servant! What kind of god is he?" "WHAT?" "I?m sorry my priest, I only wanted to know whats his sphere of power?" The priest is once more easy: "He is the god of sea!" "Ah, I see. So what?s the difference to Shaal?" "Ahhh, yeah, you know, Karaktus is better." "Ah, ah, yes" the old is muttering "he ist better, know I see clearly. So what do I have to do?" Go and kill yourself springs up in the mind of the priest, but he has to find other words "You know, ahh, you could start and pray!" "Pray, yes, I want to pray. What are the words of your high prayer?" " YOU KNOW YOU F...ind your own words." "My own words, okay, now what are the rules I have to fullfill, what are your basic beliefes, what do you teach, where is the next tempel and do I have to clean my teaths praying to your god?" And at this moment a bombastic Unlife explosion kills our poor old beggar!
I only wanted to descibe that it?s quite a normal question to ask some unknown priest what kind of god he?s praying to. And for sure the other bunch of greedy faithful priest, those of the Orhan gods, will ask some straight forwardes questions and they will spread some answers!