Hello everyone! I posted this in the 2nd Ed "Lost Omens Campaign Setting" forum and its "General Discussion" forum, but received no bites in either. I'm hoping maybe I'll have more luck postimg with the 1st Ed crew!
Basically, I'd love to learn more about the Starfall Doctrine. I know that it's been around since before Azlant fell, and I know that Cheliax turned rather heavily to it in the last couple centuries before Aroden's failed return.
Is there a copy of the Starfall Doctrine still existing in the Inner Sea region? If so, who has it? Do we know anything more about the prophecies that resided within the Starfall Doctrine? I read some stuff in old threads by Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Mona, but I'm curious if the Paizo crew have any legitimate world-related information about the prophecies of the Starfall Doctrine in books as canon, or if it's generally something that GMs and players are free to make up as they go.
I'm currently playing an Inquisitor of Aroden in an AP and would just like to have whatever official information I can get concerning the Starfall Doctrine, its current whereabouts, what's happened to it, and what prophecies are known to be in the SD within canon.
The Starfall Doctrine appears to play such a huge part of the history of the Inner Sea, yet nothing that I've yet found (and I've done some searching) provides a lot of information concerning it. I'd love to get some clues/answers if possible!
Many thanks to any and all who can help!
I don't know that it's been around since before the fall of Azlant. I doubt it actually, but maybe I'm wrong. Where did you see it ?
Anyways.
I don't think the prophecies were all that complex that they couldn't be summed up by "Aroden will come back and lead Mankind to an Age of Glory. The end." The Starfall Doctrine was not Aroden's holy text, and that idea of a promised golden age is huge enough on its own. There were probably details, subtleties and flowery mystical language sure, but we're not gonna get the actual text in its entirety.
In setting, it shouldn't be too hard for a character to find a copy of the texts. It was the dominant faith in the human realms, by far, there's no reason all of it disappeared. Iomedae's church alone should have copies, being the Inheritor and all. Any historical society or scholarly organisation worth anything as well.
Well, it's probably hard in Cheliax, they are very busy rewriting their history. But anywhere else ?
It is, as you said, very much a big deal. Almost incomprehensibly so.
Minor nitpick : whatever is fueling your Inquisitor, it's not Aroden anymore. The loss of divine magic was part of the death thing, and one of the clues to the reality of it. Which could be interesting in and of itself mind you.