Nethys' Approach to Knowledge

[Val'bryn2]

Just wondering how people think Nethys' clerics would handle people seeking dangerous knowledge? I know it's really going to be a cleric by cleric basis, but there should be some ideas.

Would they hand out knowledge when asked, since their exemplar was rather infamous for his curiosity?

Would they make a seeker demonstrate why they want the knowledge? Yes, Nethys teaches us to seek knowledge, but as his experiences teach us, we may not be ready for that knowledge.

I don't see them as hording knowledge in the sense of not sharing it, that's for gods of Secrets.

[jdripley]

So, I'm playing a cleric of Nethys in one of the games I'm involved in, and I wasn't quite sure how to answer your question (aside from agreeing that it would vary on a cleric by cleric basis), so I re-read the Nethys article in the wiki.

And I'm still not sure!

Nethys is a dual-natured being. His holy writings are often contradictory. That tension between destruction and protection is very central to all things Nethys.

So... I can see a cleric of Nethys granting dangerous knowledge. I can also see the very same cleric immediately acting to thwart the one they gave the knowledge to.

Conversely I can see a cleric of Nethys say "ok, sure, you can have this knowledge/power, but it is very dangerous. Do something altruistic to show that you are capable of acting in both of Nethys' modes before I share the secret knowledge."

Or something...

There are certainly clergy and whole temples of Nethys who double down one one or the other side of Nethys, so a given cleric wouldn't even necessarily be interested in helping any destruction, or protection, as the case may be.

[Val'bryn2]

His clerics almost need to be CN just to deal with his edicts. He's awesome, but crazy awesome. Special emphasis on crazy.