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Fuzzy-Wuzzy wrote:

That's PFS. Pathfinder itself has no such restrictions except on clerics.

It all sounds like a fine idea to me. Angst galore!

There are quite a few feats and other abilities that have the same requirements that are not cleric specific. Regardless, allowing someone to gain mechanical benefits from a deity they 'worship' while not actually embodying certain aspects of that deity is purely within the realm of the GM to adjudicate. It goes to reason (not just because the GM says so) that a deity would be hesitant (at the very least) in imparting some of their power to a creature that does not reflect their portfolio.

But, hey. If the GM is cool with it, I say go for it. Don't be surprised when true devotees of that deity start looking to neutralize you. You are, technically, an apostate.

I know that they believe and can even worship multiple gods, I just didn't want to make someone who worshiped an evil god, it felt too... used up. I picked Sarenae specifically because she has redemption in her portfolio, so if he looked at all the good gods, she would be the one most likely to forgive him. I don't view him as a "I think I'm doing the right thing", more like in a society where nobles butcher each other over trade rights, how is what he's doing any more wrong than what anyone else is? So he does the only thing he's ever really know how to do, kill people, but at the end of the day he prays and say he knows what he did was wrong. I'm not looking for anything mechanical from it, or even for the GM to say that she forgives him, I just thought he'd be an interesting take on the blood for money type of character. Thank you, and the others, for your input. I hope my explanation as to why he chose Sarenae makes sense.

Hullo all, I have recently joined a game run by a friend of mine, and I am playing an assassin in the game. He was taken in at a young age and raised by his order before being sold off to a noble family to work for them. He doesn't dislike being an assassin, to him it's a job like any other. He's not some crazy serial killer or anything, just a guy raised to be good at one thing; killing people. However, I wanted to use the "devoted Catholic mobster" vibe with him, and so I looked up why criminals, who know they're going against what the religions teach, are still devoted worshipers, and basically what I read is that they practice because you can be forgiven for any sins, and be saved from hell. So I was thinking he would be a devout worshiper of Sarenae, since she is the goddess of redemption, he could pray, and confess, and maybe one day be redeemed for the lives he look, but he's still a killer, and will still keep doing the job he's been trained to do. I'm just wondering what you guys think of the idea, the GM liked it, and it sounds fun to me, so I'm gonna run it, I just want insights and possible improvements for it. Thanks in advance.