Holy War
A savage holy war is raging on this world, either between factions of locals or as a united effort against the pagans of some neighboring world. This war might involve a conventional religion, or it might be the result of a branding campaign, political ideology, artistic movement, or any other cause that people use as a substitute for traditional religion.
Enemies
dice: [[holy-war^enemies]]
| dice: 1d3 | Enemies |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blood-mad pontiff |
| 2 | Coldly cynical secular leader |
| 3 | Totalitarian political demagogue |
Friends
dice: [[holy-war^friends]]
| dice: 1d3 | Friends |
|---|---|
| 1 | Desperate peacemaker |
| 2 | Hard-pressed refugee of the fighting |
| 3 | Peaceful religious leader who lost the internal debate |
Complications
dice: [[holy-war^complications]]
| dice: 1d4 | Complications |
|---|---|
| 1 | The targets of the war really are doing something diabolically horrible |
| 2 | The holy war is just a mask for a very traditional casus belli |
| 3 | The leaders don’t want the war won but only prolonged |
| 4 | Both this world and the target of the war are religion-obsessed |
Things
dice: [[holy-war^things]]
| dice: 1d3 | Things |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sacred relic of the faith |
| 2 | A captured blasphemer under a death sentence |
| 3 | Plunder seized in battle |
Places
dice: [[holy-war^places]]
| dice: 1d3 | Places |
|---|---|
| 1 | Massive holy structure |
| 2 | Razed community of infidels |
| 3 | Vast shrine to the martyrs dead in war |