Becoming a Priest

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

#### 3.3.12.2: Becoming a Priest

To become a priest, a noble must study the base skill for the appropriate religion:

- [2000] Church of Eres
- [2100] Church of Anteus
- [2200] Church of Dol
- [2300] Church of Timeid
- [2400] Church of Ham
- [2500] Church of Kireus
- [2600] Church of Halon
- [2700] Church of Domingo

The base skill for a religion can be studied in a temple of the religion, from a priest providing instruction via teach or from a holy book of the religion.

Only priests of the appropriate religion can enter a temple, so to learn the base skill for a religion at a temple, a noble must be escorted inside the temple by a priest of that religion. Specifically, the noble must be stacked underneath the priest when he enters the temple. Once inside, the noble may study the base skill and become a priest himself.

Holy books occasionally appear for sale in city markets, are found in ancient ruins, as monster treasure, etc. A noble may learn the base skill for a religion from a holy book without being in a temple.

Learning the base skill for a religion costs 1 noble point (NP). A noble may only be a priest of one religion at a time. Furthermore, because the magical arts derive from the rebellious children of Sol (see Appendix - Mythology of Olympia), a priest may not learn any of the magical arts. If a noble knows any of the magical arts when he commits himself to a god, he will forget those skills.

When a noble learns the base skill for a religion, he will also automatically learn the strength skill for the religion and forget the weakness skill of the religion. He will also learn Basic Religion [3500]. He will not be charged gold or noble points for learning these skills (even if they are the 4th or later skills). Furthermore, he cannot learn the weakness skill so long as he remains a priest. For a list of the strength and weakness skills for the religions, see The Eight Religions.