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Squill

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What is a sacred distraction?
« on: August 23, 2013, 01:29:24 pm »

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Keldane

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Re: What is a sacred distraction?
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2013, 01:35:05 pm »

If I'm not mistaken, communities and religious groups can create strange position titles for their leaders. This person probably holds one of those positions.
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Re: What is a sacred distraction?
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2013, 02:11:45 pm »

If I'm not mistaken, communities and religious groups can create strange position titles for their leaders. This person probably holds one of those positions.
Correct - he is a priest.
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Noobazzah

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Re: What is a sacred distraction?
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2013, 05:00:34 pm »

Check if something's missing from you pockets though, you never know with those pesky elves.
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Re: What is a sacred distraction?
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2013, 01:01:29 pm »

the sacred distraction.... once was a fish cleaner.... so he is a combination prostitute gynocologist?
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Shoruke

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Re: What is a sacred distraction?
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2013, 03:51:46 pm »

His religion is bullshit, and this guy's job is to change the subject whenever anyone asks questions about anything relevant to it.

"Our Lord Father teaches us to never harm trees."
"Then why is the altar made of wood?"
"Follow me, I shall tell you as I finish my work preparing the fish guts for today's sermon."
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Crinkles

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Re: What is a sacred distraction?
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2013, 04:18:07 pm »

It's still better than the priests who serve the god of lies.

"Embrace lies, my child, and go with Pestrat."
"Father, is Pestrat a lie?"
"Yes, that is why He is so virtuous."
"But doesn't that mean you aren't virtuous? Or were you lying?"
"No...I mean, yes. Maybe?"
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dirkdragonslayer

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Re: What is a sacred distraction?
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2013, 03:22:53 pm »

Its fun making custom civs and messing with pantheons. you can always make it silly like, "Go my son, and embrace Murder!(or salt, or rainbows, or some other stupid choice from this list: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Sphere )
P.S. don't actually listen to the priest, the one who told me to embrace murder inspired me to murder the king, and half the city, before being killed by a Giant Firebreathing Mongoose Man(A rare caste in the custom civ i made)
« Last Edit: August 28, 2013, 03:25:41 pm by dirkdragonslayer »
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