Are there official rules for prayng to gods and how do they work?

[Avatar of Chaos]

All right. I know I saw rules like this somewhere at one point. But weather it was in a d&d 3.5 book or what I can't remember and I occasional think those rules would be useful. And no search has been successful because the words Faith, Praying, Prayer and so on are used for everything Cleric or paladins use.

What I remember of the rules I saw goes something like this:
When ever you pray or hold a ceremony you gain a "Prayer point".
Depending on who and how many is praying, where and how the prayer is taking place you gain more or less "Prayer points".

These "prayer points" can then be used to gain different things from the god in question depending on its domains along with some genering gains. Every thing from a +1 blessing to one roll, to a year long increase to crop growth or a single spell.

What made this system interesting for me was that you did not need to be a spell caster class to gain the effekt of a spell. You just needed to be devoted to a god for a long time. A few farmers could pray for generations to something just so their blood line could get a special trait or blessing.

If some one could point me to the correct splat-book or source I would be most appreciative.

[Kudaku]

I'm not aware of any rules like this in Pathfinder, closest I can find is the Deific Obedience feat.

I wonder if it might be the Faith rules from 3.5? I can't recall any details from the system, but there's a short article with some information here.

Finally, I vaguely recall something about using Knowledge: Religion for conducting ceremonies and making sacrifices with scaling results that may have been in the Book of Vile Darkness?

[Blake's Tiger]

That's definitely not in IS Gods or IS Faiths.

[Blindmage]

Perhaps the Ceremony spell?
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/c/ceremony

[HyperMissingno]

Divine classes and a few feats aside there's no mechanical benefit to worshiping a god. It's purely an RP thing if you choose to do so. N reason not to do it though, and I have a few faithful PCs that aren't divine classes.

[Manly-man teapot]

Praying to gods works the same in PF and in reality.

[Claxon]

Manly-man teapot wrote:

Praying to gods works the same in PF and in reality.

Unless you're a divine class, which gets tangible benefits for worship.

[Blindmage]

Worshipping a god can unlock specific feats tied to that God, or "any good/ evil God" type requirements.

[Mechagamera]

If there were rules, I think it would put PC's out of business. Young red dragon threatens village, 100 commoners pray, god drops solar angel on red dragon=no loot or xp for PC's.

As a GM, I might borrow a 5eism and give a pious (but not divine class) PC or a nonpious PC who humorously "finds god in the foxhole" something like an inspiration point or a fudged roll in their favor when the party is deep trouble.

[Gilfalas]

Avatar of Chaos wrote:

These "prayer points" can then be used to gain different things from the god in question depending on its domains along with some genering gains. Every thing from a +1 blessing to one roll, to a year long increase to crop growth or a single spell.

Old memory fog makes me think this is from an old Dragon Magazine article back in the day.

Sadly I cannot remember what issue or the name of the article. But I stopped reading Dragon about 1995 so I am guessing it may have been before that.

Nopt sure if that helps or not but it rang a bell.

[Protoman]

Pretty sure it wasn't a 3.0/3.5 Edition thing. I'd have abused it with my cleric back in the day if I had known of it.

[Insain Dragoon]

Manly-man teapot wrote:

Praying to gods works the same in PF and in reality.

Except in Pathfinder you know that worship of specific deities grant you very specific afterlives.

Love fightan? Worship Gorum for an eternity of War.

[Qaianna]

Well, there is the benefit of seeing NPCs react when they find out which god you do worship. (And now I wonder if the lawful gods would frown on their clerics or worshippers joining in on pranks--like, say, the entire party suddenly howling and banging their weapons on their armour in a mad battle lust in front of a captured Asmodean priest.)