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Yes, you can venerate the Green Faith. No, you can't be a Cleric of the Green Faith in PFS.
Green Faith is basically a religon, but it is not a deity.
The PP expenditure isn't required to be a follower of the Green Faith, however it does provide a mechanical benefit.
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So if I'm looking to get that Green Faith Acolyte feat, it requires being a follower of the Green Faith. What does this mean?
I need membership, or I need it as a religion? And if a religion, does this prevent a PFS cleric from taking the Green Faith Acolyte feat (since you can only have one religion in pathfinder, as far as I can tell).
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The Green Faith is a philosophy. I believe it's detailed in Faiths and Philosophies. Anybody can venerate those ideals, and anybody can claim to be a member of the Green Faith.
If you wish membership in the Green Faith to grant you a mechanical advantage, you can spend Prestige and purchase the Vanity from the Pathfinder Society Field Guide.
Clerics (and similar deity-worshiping classes) must choose a single Deity to worship, as outlined in the Guide to Organized Play. A philosophy does not fit that requirement.
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The Green Faith is a philosophy. I believe it's detailed in Faiths and Philosophies. Anybody can venerate those ideals, and anybody can claim to be a member of the Green Faith.
If you wish membership in the Green Faith to grant you a mechanical advantage, you can spend Prestige and purchase the Vanity from the Pathfinder Society Field Guide.
Clerics (and similar deity-worshiping classes) must choose a single Deity to worship, as outlined in the Guide to Organized Play. A philosophy does not fit that requirement.
So can I be a cleric of a specific deity and a follower of the Green faith? Or are the two mutually exclusive?
So can I be a cleric of a specific deity and a follower of the Green faith? Or are the two mutually exclusive?The Green Faith is a philosophy. I believe it's detailed in Faiths and Philosophies. Anybody can venerate those ideals, and anybody can claim to be a member of the Green Faith.
If you wish membership in the Green Faith to grant you a mechanical advantage, you can spend Prestige and purchase the Vanity from the Pathfinder Society Field Guide.
Clerics (and similar deity-worshiping classes) must choose a single Deity to worship, as outlined in the Guide to Organized Play. A philosophy does not fit that requirement.
You MUST be a cleric of a specific diety. That cleric can also be a member of the Green Faith, which generally comprises of druids and clerics, each devoted to one of the dieties who has clerics in the order. If you want mechanical benefits of being a member, you must also purchase the vanity.
I'm pretty sure druids can have it as their primary religion without the vanity, since they don't need to worship a deity. In fact, that would technically apply to any class other than the divines that require a deity (cleric, inquisitor, warpriest, paladin).
Society rules require otherwise.
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The specific requirement of classes such as Clerics and Paladins is to worship a Deity. I don't believe "religion" has a definition in Pathfinder like it does IRL. "Philosophies", like the Green Faith, come close, but they're extra. There'd be no problem with a Paladin of Iomedae being a member of the Green Faith, for example.
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I'm pretty sure druids can have it as their primary religion without the vanity, since they don't need to worship a deity. In fact, that would technically apply to any class other than the divines that require a deity (cleric, inquisitor, warpriest, paladin).Society rules require otherwise.
Umm, nothing you quoted is wrong, Druids (Oracles/Shamans, and any non-divine class) don't require a deity. Since you're getting no other mechanical benefit you are welcome (when not playing a class that requires a deity) to call the Green Faith your primary religon.
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I'm pretty sure druids can have it as their primary religion without the vanity, since they don't need to worship a deity. In fact, that would technically apply to any class other than the divines that require a deity (cleric, inquisitor, warpriest, paladin).Society rules require otherwise.Umm, nothing you quoted is wrong, Druids (Oracles/Shamans, and any non-divine class) don't require a deity. Since you're getting no other mechanical benefit you are welcome (when not playing a class that requires a deity) to call the Green Faith your primary religon.
I can't think of what they are off the top of my head, since I've never played a Green Faith PC, but I could swear there were at least one or two mechanical things tied to the Green Faith. And really, it would make perfect sense for a ranger or druid to declare that as their primary religion. I considered it for my Sky Druid, but ended up going with Gozreh instead, figuring the sky and storms stuff went well together.