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Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:02 pm  
Education in the Flanaess

A discussion on the Discord about literacy rates produced this gem from Samwise about what churches might teach what:

Powers of the Flanaess that might run schools, what they might teach, and how important they would be in the field

Beory (minor) fauna, flora
Boccob (major) general knowledge, magic
Lendor (major) astronomy
Pelor (minor) healing

Cuthbert (minor) basic education, law
Ehlonna (minor) fauna, flora
Heironeous (minor) physical education, military studies
Hextor (minor) physical education, military studies
Kord (minor) physical education
Obad-Hai (minor) fauna, flora
Olidammara (marginal) music
Pholtus (minor) basic education, law, religion
Rao (major) basic education, law, religion
Ulaa (major/minor) mining, metalwork
Wee Jas (minor) general knowledge, magic
Zilchus (major) business, law

Allitur (minor) law
Berei (major) agriculture
Bleredd (minor) mining, metalwork
Celestian (minor) math, astronomy
Cyndor (minor) math, astronomy
Delleb (primary) general knowledge, literature
Fortubo (marginal) mining, metalwork
Jascar (marginal) mining, metalwork, horses
Lirr (primary) general knowledge, literature
Lydia (primary) general knowledge, music
Osprem (minor/marginal) navigation, business
Phyton (minor) arboriculture
Vecna (minor) research
Velaeri (Atroa, Sotillion, Wenta) (minor/major) agriculture
Xan Yae (minor/major) physical education
Xerbo (minor/marginal) navigation, fishing
Zodal (major) healing

Jazirian (minor) general education
Mouqol (minor) business
Ye’Cind (minor) music
Zuoken (minor/major) physical education

Arnd (minor) smithwork
Daern (minor) engineering
Eachthighern (minor) horses
Heward (marginal) music
Keoghtom (marginal) alchemy
Nolzur (minor) alchemy
Nystul (marginal) elemental research
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Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:21 pm  

This looks like a good start.
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Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:23 pm  

It is intended as *just* a starting point for discussion.
It can be expanded, contracted, altered, whatever, and then some bold person can write an article on the subject. Even multiple ones on different schools.
I always start my projects with raw lists like this, and I figured it could be useful.
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Thu Oct 03, 2024 2:08 pm  

Awesome.

So, I can see cynics learning from Beory's school and Obhad-Hai's school. I'll start there. Also, I would expect that most schools are taught from the apprenticeship program.

However, some schools might take the classroom approach. Boccob could also teach the rules of logic.
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Anyone else think that Oh-Bad-High requires worship of cannabis. I'm not a of that faith but I think those 1970s players may have been.
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Fri Sep 12, 2025 8:26 am  

How did I miss this thread?!

All faiths would teach religion and philosophy, in one form or another. 

Metalwork/smithing and alchemy include chemistry.

A lot of faiths would teach some form or political science/civics or sociology, although they might not use those terms. Trithereon, who isn't mentioned, would be pretty explicit on poli sci, I'd think, and so would most lawful faiths.

Entomology for Bralm.

Music for Lydia. 

Art for Lirr. 

Maybe theatre for Lirr and Olidammara? 

Hextor and Heironeous' military studies would emphasize individual skills (e.g. how to use a battleaxe) and "man management", the psychological and sociological side of war--how to create effective teams, and motivate them to fight i.e., the "nitty-gritty, worms eye view" stuff. In the Scarlet Brotherhood's army, Bralm gets some devotion in the Scarlet Brotherhood's armies, so her worshippers might teach some of the later as well. The Bralmi, Hextorians, and Heironeians would have rather different views on how to successfully train and lead troops. Wink On the other hand, Zilchian military studies would be more from the grand strategy, political-diplomatic, and economics of war perspective (i.e., "big picture" stuff). Daern would teach military engineering, maybe artillery. 

All military studies have a historical aspect. 

A lot of faiths would teach their original languages. IIRC, Bastion of Faith states that Heironeians learn Oeridian. I can't imagine that the Jasadin would teach Suel.

BTW, Vesna is probably a bot. Wink
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