My character is a NG Arcanist/Evangelist-Nethys (elf if it matters)
Another player is playing a CG Swashbuckler with Deific Obedience to Calista
To honor her Deific my character is "partaking" of her for the expense of a level 2 spell on retainer for her (cat's Grace)
Obviously, per the setting, prostitution is not necessarily immoral.
However, the religious angle is interesting to me.
On the one hand I am using magic to get what I want (Nethys likes that sort of thing)...Her goddess, well likes people having sex. However their is the conflict in faith to consider...
As characters? No, what's immoral that's coming out of this?
As players? Yes. My gaming philosophy in a normal campaign is that you should all be helping each other and working together. What's the point of attaching strings to that? If you're not working together to the best of your abilities... why are you adventuring together? If the only reason is because you're all sitting at the same table, that's not good enough. Real adventurers would break up the party if people in it weren't helpful or were adversarial. They wouldn't continue to risk their lives with someone they couldn't 100% trust.
RE: as players...an argument could be made that the deal is sidestepping the intent of the D.O., however I assure you that we do help each other out w/o these kind of deals. From a player POV it is more of a "she gets first buff" than a "what are you doing for me" mindset. Just like my character will help the Rogue/Fighter/Magus before the others (his character is my characters twin brother), everything else being equal
The character moral issue is you have two very religious people of different faiths (or at least devotions), who one is helping the other honor their god (over their own in a way)
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Well, Religiously you are golden, since Nethys dont care why/how/when you use magic on either who or what, just as long as you use it at much as possible.
Callistrias temples are usually also brothels, so that should also be okay, there is no set price for sevices rendered.
Nethys is not in any conflict with Callistria, as far as I am aware, so you are not even helping and "enemy" of the church,
So, no there is nothing immoral going on.
Essential meta-question: are both PLAYERS having fun? Are you checking in regularly to make sure that this scenario hasn't gotten old or squicky for the other player?
Essential question to your PC: Are you insane? You do realize that Calistria is the goddess of fickleness and revenge as well? That their faithful are encouraged not to form emotional attachments? That assassins are regularly worshippers? This is the religion of "what have you done for me lately", so you better keep current on your favors and always be more exciting to her than she is to you. She's going to end this arrangement eventually, it will be on her terms, and you had better accept whatever conditions she sets on that ending, which will obviously be beneficial to her.
Ever see the episode where Jennifer Aniston guest stars on 30 Rock? She's basically playing a worshipper of Calistria there. That's your future.
began last session...
My character is looking for "A release of physical tension to allow the mind to work better"...he doesn't want strings...