"Piety. Where would we be without piety? Probably much better off…
Such terrible crimes have been committed in the names of equally foul Gods — and I don't just mean the Ruinous Powers. Our own patrons and 'saviours' use Humanity like a child uses their rag dolls: smashing them against each other until their heads roll from their shoulders, and a smile creases the lips.
You will forgive my simple heresies, dear reader.
And yet, it's not the common folk — the lay folk — who were the issue. No, the everyman's relationship with their deities was rather innocuous: a prayer here or there, a ward from a wasting sickness, a wish for things to improve. The problems were in religion itself — in the priests and the power structures and the politics.
Perhaps all this would have been avoided had we stuck with out Petty Piety?"
Introducing Liber Etcetera: Petty Piety!
Liber Etcetera: Petty Piety is an unofficial fan supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition, focusing on Religion. Petty Piety allows all Characters to engage in Prayer and the Sin mechanics — from lowly prayers in a gutter, to mighty requests for divine intervention! For more information, and for the download link, head over to the Itch.io page now! Petty Piety is also available in Spanish!Petty Piety has Come
Petty Piety is an all-new supplement, with rules I've never written down before. Exciting!Everything in it was born out of a frustration with the core Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition rules: I love the Sin mechanics, and the Pray Skill, (and the themes of religion in Warhammer in general), but I didn't like that they were reserved solely for Bless Priests. It felt… decidedly unWarhammer.
So I fixed it!
It's my hope that this system will be able to be worked into any Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition campaign, so that you can really feel the themes of religion and corruption in your home games. If you do work these rules in, please let me know!
Liber Etcetera: Petty Piety is the second of the "core releases" I intend to do through Liber Etcetera. These releases are all designed as larger-scale supplements — compared to my Little Liber series, and the Warhammer Cultures series (and any other series that starts up!), each detailing a larger aspect of the rules. The last release — Tides of War — can be found here!
Until next time (and the next release), I hope you have more Warhammer in your life.
This is cool. Adds a lot of flavour to the world in a way that involves the characters directly.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it! And aye, that was my hope. Religion is such an interesting aspect of Warhammer; it's a shame for it only to be accessible to a handful of Characters!
DeleteThat's great content! I had an idea for a scenario which would develop a character (a shallean priest) and would require to move the PCs to Couronne. A pilgrimage would be a good reason for them to be there. Could this be part of the "Repent" endeavor? Or maybe an entirely new one?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Tying adventures directly to Endeavours is a great way to flesh out the world, and have the story follow the Characters, rather than the other way around.
DeleteGreat job you are doing here! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAh, I'm glad you like it, you're most welcome! Thank you for the kind words!
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