From f800f01c9b084eb7298b18f9a6b270764484751e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Senji Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 17:04:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Dominion auras --- Setting/AuraNotes.mdwn | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Setting/AuraNotes.mdwn diff --git a/Setting/AuraNotes.mdwn b/Setting/AuraNotes.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..14ec5a33 --- /dev/null +++ b/Setting/AuraNotes.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +Divine Auras +============ + +It should be noted that all divine auras affect people inside them +similarly -- you can't detect the difference between, e.g., a Christian and +Jewish aura experimentally. + +Empyreal +-------- + +Empyreal auras are Divine auras caused by things other than worship. +It is unlikely that any are to be encountered in the populated parts +of Anglia, unless eminating from a reclusive saint or a lost relic. + +Dominion: Christian +------------------- + +Most churches, chapels, and graveyards have an aura of 4, rising to 5 +at the altar(s). Large churches and cathedrals are 5, but Cambridge +has none of these. St Paul's in London might be a 6. The Church of +the Holy Sepulchre in Cambridge (The Round Church) is also a 5; Edward +suspects that it has a genuine relic causing this. + +Parts of the town will typically be around 2 or 3 depending on the +faithfulness of the inhabitants, workplaces being lower than +residences; the fields outside of the town will typically be 1. + +Anywhere out of sound of the church bells is likely to be outside the +Aura. + +All of these numbers are reduced by one at night, and by another one on +the eve of a major holiday. + +They are increased by one on Sunday, and by another one on major +holidays (Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost, All Saints' +Day, Christmas, Epiphany). + +The aura is particularly week during the period including December +28th and January 1st; a reduction of 1 and Faerie and Magically +aligned powers take no penalties (they might take penalties from an +overlapping Jewish aura however). + +Dominion: Jewish +---------------- + +The base level of the aura surrounding the Jewish people is 1. This +applies in the area around where they live and work; particularly in +any area recognised as a "Jewry" or "Jewish Quarter". + +Inside the buildings and land of a faithful household this is +increased by 1, and an additional 1 if they are very pious. + +Inside the Synagogue it is increased by 3, plus an extra one on the +Bimah. + +On major feast days (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, +Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Purim, Pesach, Shavout, Tish'a B'Av) there is +an increase of two. + +On the sabbath (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset) there is an increase +of two; provided noone who worships at the nearest Synagogue is +breaking the sabbath. + +On minor holidays (Tu Bishvat, Purim Katan, Pesach Sheni, Lag B'Omer, +Leil Selichot) there is an increase of one. + +You will note that outdoors the effects of this will be swamped by the +Christian aura usually. + +Dominion: Other +--------------- + +Worship of in other monotheistic religion will also create a Dominion +Aura; but any such is uncommon and localized within the British Isles. -- 2.30.2