As my character, I prayed to Ordasen regularly but never really got any attention for it. Still, in my role I followed him for most of my life. My question is.. What happens when the IMM you pray to ups and leaves? The only other person filling my sphere is Guerric, who is also dormant. Does this mean I'm doomed to not be able to follow another immortal with any chances of getting a tattoo since I dont fall under their spheres? Plenty of IMMs can easily go along with my role, but traditionally, not falling under an IMMs sphere means no chance of a tattoo or real follower status. Can there be an exception? I enjoy IMMteraction, and I enjoy walking down another RP path aside from the cabal one. Any advice/clarity you can throw my way would help me greatly. Thanks.

>As my character, I prayed to Ordasen regularly but never
>really got any attention for it. Still, in my role I followed
>him for most of my life. My question is.. What happens when
>the IMM you pray to ups and leaves? The only other person
>filling my sphere is Guerric, who is also dormant. Does this
>mean I'm doomed to not be able to follow another immortal with
>any chances of getting a tattoo since I dont fall under their
>spheres? Plenty of IMMs can easily go along with my role, but
>traditionally, not falling under an IMMs sphere means no
>chance of a tattoo or real follower status. Can there be an
>exception? I enjoy IMMteraction, and I enjoy walking down
>another RP path aside from the cabal one. Any advice/clarity
>you can throw my way would help me greatly. Thanks.

Tattoos might be a trick, but I wouldn't rule out some immteraction
for generalized sphere-based prays.

That's really all I can hope for, huh? Just send up general prays and hope a random IMM picks up on it? Would it be impossible to get a tattoo, or just rough? I dont mind working my way down a rocky road, but if all my chances have been shafted because my IMM just walked out...hmm.

>That's really all I can hope for, huh? Just send up general
>prays and hope a random IMM picks up on it? Would it be
>impossible to get a tattoo, or just rough? I dont mind working
>my way down a rocky road, but if all my chances have been
>shafted because my IMM just walked out...hmm.

I don't see anyone pretending to be Ordasen or handing out
Ordasen's tattoo, but maybe someone else would be comfortable
doing that where I am not. If what you want is Ordasen's
specific tattoo, your future doesn't look bright to me. If
what you want is "a" tattoo, that's still a pretty rough road
but not impossible (caveats for RP ability, intersecting time
with gods, etc).

I've handed out tattooes for dead gods or by proxy in the past, but generally only for really exceptional characters.

I'm not looking to get Ordasen's tattoo, now that he's gone.. I'm mostly just wondering if another IMM could pick me up and have me follow them, and possibly earn their tattoo in time, even though I dont fall under their sphere. I know you cant be tattoo'd by a God who's sphere you dont fall under, but what I'm getting at is.. can there be an exception since my God pretty much just up and left, leaving me without a chance of IMMteraction/getting his tattoo.

Apparently you've been playing an Ordasen follower for some time, now. So you're playing a character that believes and follows Ordasen's specific religion.

Would your character just up and change his core beliefs just like that? Think of things from your characters POV, instead of your own. Does your character just want a tattoo and recognition, or does he want to live a life based on his morals and such?

If you're completely abandoning your characters lifestyle to follow a differeng God, I would expect it to be more than a little difficult. It's hard to justify such a dramatic personality change in your role, especially without a good RP reason for it.

Ordasen had echos saying he was leaving. That means he abadoned his followers. His followers would have a tough time continue to follow someone they know is gone. There was an IC event here that means IC people *know* Ordasen is gone. He shouldn't have any problems switching religions other than what to write in his role about what his character felt upon being abandoned and how it's changed him so that he is now more of a *insert new immortal here* follower now. You all act like people feeling abandoned by their gods and switching religions (or to a lack of one) never happens. It happens all the time in rl, and we don't get the benefit of *knowing* that a god has abandoned us.

Want some real advice? Determine how your character would feel about being abandoned, and then craft his realigned attitude to align with another imm. Try not to pick Aarn. Then roll with it.

but what you are asking is to change the way the religions work.

Presumably you were a doing a good job following Ordasen's religion for awhile and then he left, now you would like to follow another religion for the soul purpose of IMM interaction and a tattoo.

In the first place that wouldn't speak too highly of your characters faith if he drops one god for another, remember your character doesn't know that Ordasen deleted. Secondly, tattoo's are rewards for following and rping a religion faithfully and generally for a long time they aren't awarded to every follower not even every empowered follower so I wouldn't get your hopes up that you would necessarily earn one, not saying you won't just saying they don't always come easy.

Finally if I was in your place I would A) delete and start a new, most likely similar, character that falls within a different religion, this option is best if you haven't put in too many hours or B) RP it out that you are still a Ordasen follower, if you do a good job you might find you get some good IMM interaction, probably not a tattoo but who know's just think of how much more rewarding it would be if you did get a tattoo from a dead god.

The main thing to remember though is this is a rare case, something that possibly sucks in the short term but not something that happens with any kind of regularity.

IC, my char knows Ordasen is gone, echoes and what not. And I'm not trying to completely manipulate my role to fit another God's, but I can easily see that my role as is would fit into a good number of other God's guidelines. This is an older character, so it's more complicated than just "re-rolling and starting over". I just dont want to hit an RP wall just because my IMM decided he doesnt want to play CF anymore. IC, I can easily play off the God abandonment, and want to follow someone else, etc.. The only thing I really want to know is: Would it be possible to follow another IMM and possibly be given a tattoo if I'm seen as deserving of it? I've had several tattoos before, but none from someone outside my sphere, but this is a unique circumstance.

Legend of Thera can fit with any religion, and it might not be sphere specific (though he'll have to chime in on that).

It is open to any sphere, but it's not for everyone.

Kastellyn the Devourer of Magic, Lord of Legends