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I won't go into a bunch of details, as they are in another thread and you can read them if you like, as it has some important info about the situation. Thanks for helping with this!
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2up9v?Could-a-Tiefling-Inquisitor-be-a-Hellknig ht
The main question is (and this is not a rules question, but a character question): Does a domain have to be directly related to the ideal that the inquisitor follows, or can the domain/powers be something that personally resonates with her and her life, and helps her further her goals?
Example, a reptilian looking tiefling, who's ideal is law and fighting the cults and different mystic organizations that gnaw at the hidden areas of society (Hellknight of the Pyre), who grew up in the sewers and developed a deep kinship with the other reptiles that were there, and has the crocodile domain. It suits her fighting style of ambush and hunting silently with explosive action, and feeds directly into her pursuing of law and hunting cults. The 'ideal' stuff seems very vague on purpose, and I want to do this right and not feel like i'm munchkining. It's against her character to actually worship a deity, having lost patience with the gods.
I, personally would require the domain to relate to the ideal, since the faith/belief in that is what provides the power.
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I, personally would require the domain to relate to the ideal, since the faith/belief in that is what provides the power.
Hmmm fair enough. I'm trying to balance the two. I'm starting to lean toward the idea of her hunter instinct being the origination of her power, and her desire to uphold law and society is how she uses that power. her ideals are those learned on the fringes of society, to survive, hunt, and strike suddenly. What she hunts is irreverent, she lives for the hunt. She has just learned slowly over time that upholding law and order will help society survive. I say this because she developed her powers and abilities before joining the hellknights as an Armiger, and has decided to use them to uphold society by turning her hunting instincts toward cults and subversive ideas. Would that satisfy (I know you're not my GM but this helps).
I'm not trying to find a 'workaround' here, i'm trying to have the character mesh with the fluff mesh with the rules.
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On further thought, to distill the ideas of what she would venerate, and I'm thinking Order of the Rack would be better, turn her into an investigator, which honestly suits how she's turning out better.
Crocodile Domain
Venerates: So, the stuff she venerates: The hunt. The patience and wisdom of reptiles. The stealth and ambush tactics of reptiles. Their power.
There's nothing that says your religion has to be law-focused. So she can venerate these things, but equally venerate the measure and the chain, and direct her 'holy hunting' toward criminals.
I'm hoping this is making sense, i'm liking it more the more I think about it. Does this line up do you think?
If this is for the Golarion setting, you have to worship a divine source to receive divine magic (excluding Oracles and related 'thrust-upon' situations).