Re: Selune and the Iron Monks

There also does seem to be precedent for organizations that emphasize a
subset of a deity's alignment. For instance, the Knights of Holy
Judgement apparently focus on the lawful part of their dedication to
Tyr, while the Knights of the Merciful Sword attract those emphasizing
the good part of their dedication. (see Faiths and Avatars) So given the
above and my pervious finding that some of the Sun Soul order of monks
venerate Selune, there doesn't seem to be a problem. I have toned down
their fanatic devotion to Selune in the latest revision, however.
 
Thanks again for your comments.> Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:54:47 -0400>
From: abwinkler@???????????????.com> Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] Selune
and the Iron Monks> To: SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com> > On Aug 1,
2007, at 4:13 PM, Matt Hoffman wrote:> > >>> >> Perhaps the monks simply
don't consider Selune to be Chaotic > >> Good. It's not as if there's an
index in which to look up > >> deities' alignments, and a group of monks
might well believe that > >> the eternal cycles of the moon were an
excellent illustration of > >> the fundamental laws which permeates all
creation (such as, say, > >> tolerance is extremely important because
the perpetual revolutions > >> of time will otherwise inexorably turn
the persecutor into the > >> persecuted, etc.). Sure, other monks and/or
clerics would argue > >> that Selune is really CG, not LG, but that's
what theological > >> disputes are for.> >> > Well, that might work in
the real world where religion and deities > > are disembodied,
omnipresent and decidedly more subtle, but in the > > fantasy melieu
your gods and goddesses are more like really really > > really powerful
people. So it's not really a question of the monks' > > philosophical
belief in a deity, especially since it's noted that > > Selune sponsors
the monks (implying she took a look at the group > > and said "yeah,
okay, you can put my name on this").> > The question is how an order of
monks ever got involved with CG > Selune in the first place (the writeup
doesn't really say). It is > hard to see how someone would ever have had
the idea of establishing > a monastic order devoted to, say, CE
Umberlee, or finding any other > (lawful) persons who thought it would
be a good idea to join it. I > was offering a suggestion for why the
monks themselves would even be > interested in the patronage of a CG
deity - namely, that they don't > think she's CG.> >
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