Religion in DnD sucks and how to fix it Part 3 - Religious Rites

3 years ago
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In part three of the series on religious worldbuilding you the dungeon master can add a lot of flavor to you rttrpg by showing religious rights in your games. Tabletop rpg have often shied away from treating religions like they are in the real world. There are certain rites that are common to every religion including: initiation, adulthood, marriage, induction to a religious order, how to pray to a god and funerary rites. By simply adding adding these five events to your made up religions players and readers are much more likely to buy into the religion's place in your world.

Check out previous episodes in the series:
Monotheism - https://youtu.be/PXwMdSH6usY
What are the different kinds of Religions - https://youtu.be/efVZh6deFds

00:00 Intro
00:49 Rights of initiation
01:39 Adulthood
02:31 Marriage rites
04:13 Initiation into a religious order
05:54 How to pray to a god
08:42 Funerary rights
10:15 Final thoughts

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