Rules Update: Altars, Fonts, Mass, and Holy Water

Once you upgrade your altar past Rank 1, it must be one or the other, not a mix.

The holy oil was from a mod and one shot Tom.

And dam you guys were all right Shatlok is really dumb.

Update:

In the attempt to give the followers of neutral deities a bit of a boost, we accidentally allowed unbaptized charcaters to receive the benefits of a mass.  This was not intended.  I'll take blame for the mistake - one of my revisions in cleaning up the wording allowed this, and we didn't catch it until after the fact.

We still want to give that boost to the followers of neutral deities, while maintaining the requirement that you must be baptized to receive the effects of a mass.  The following updates will apply:

1) Characters attending a mass will only receive a benefit if the mass is of their own deity, or a member of their deity's pantheon, in the case of light and dark.  (There is no more crossing between Light and Dark, and the Neutral deities, in either direction).
2) Multiple preists of the same deity may now assist each other with a mass, and may deliver an additional sermon for 5 minutes to deliver an additional benefit.  This had been previously restricted to differing deities in the same pantheon - now, multiple priests of the same deity may do this (2 Valosians and an Andorran, 3 Brazenites, etc.).
3) Mass is periodic - this resolves a discrepancy where it was listed as periodic in one place, and per event in another.  (Before you get any ideas, remember that you can still only receive each benefit once per weekend. )
4) A loophole allowing a 5 minue mass to be followed by 5 minute add-on mass granting the same benefit as a 25 minute mass has been closed.

The new wording follows:

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Mass

This skill allows a priest, or multiple priests, to give an organized sermon at an altar dedicated to their pantheon, or specific god in the case of neutral deities.  The priest must dedicate half time of the mass delivering a sermon, and the remaining time performing religious ceremonies.  All characters participating in the mass will receive a divine benefit, provided they are baptized to the same deity that the priest giving the mass follows, or a member of the same pantheon (Light or Dark).  The power of the benefit is determined by the rank of the altar the mass is performed at, and the length of the mass. The benefits are as follows:

Divine Benefit Granted	Min. Rank of Altar	Min. Length of Mass
Courage	Rank 1	5 Minutes
Prayer Shield	Rank 2	10 Minutes
Willpower	Rank 3	15 Minutes
Divine Resist	Rank 4	20 Minutes
+5 Minutes to the Serious & Critical stages of death count	Rank 5	25 Minutes

All benefits function as the skill normally does.  Benefits generated by a mass do not expire at the end of the period, and may be carried over until used.  The skill, if used, does not refresh at period change.

If someone attends more than one mass, they may not gain a benefit they had already received from any prior mass that weekend. They may choose to take a lesser effect instead (For example, if someone received a Divine Resist from a mass, and later attends attends mass at a Rank 4 altar, they may choose to take a Willpower, Prayer Shield, or Courage instead).  The time of the mass should be written along with the effect when it is noted on the recipient's card. For example: "Divine Resist (Mass, 10:00 AM Saturday) - GJS #160".

Multiple priests of the same deity, or of the same pantheon (Light or Dark), may participate in the mass in a joint ceremony, provided they use the skill Mass as well. Each additional priest should speak for an additional 5 minutes, and may then deliver their own benefit, provided it is of a lesser time & altar requirement than the initial benefit granted (i.e. - you cannot deliver a 5 minute Mass and grant a Courage, and then deliver an additional 5 minute mass to deliver a Divine Resist).

So no baptized no benefit    stupid religion