Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN num: 9781844163144
ISBN number: 1844163148
Label: Fantasy Flight Games
Manufacturer: Fantasy Flight Games
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: July 01, 2008
Publishing house: Fantasy Flight Games
Sale Popularity Level: 293900
Studio: Fantasy Flight Games
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Tome of Salvation provides a detailed look at religion in the Empire, exploring faith's role and function within the nation's convoluted and complex society. Inside this massive sourcebook you will find new magic spells, new rituals and artifacts, new careers, and extensive details on gods, festivals, holy days, and the lives of Old World priests.
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Tome of salvation (ToS) offered me a great and in-depth insight into the mechanics of religion in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. ToS lets you understand why the inhabitants of the old world embrace religion and also has a very detailed section for each faith. Its very interesting and Iam very happy i purchased this title. I highly reccommend the ToS to experienced and hardcore readers of Warhammer Fantasy that crave for more knowledge about the old world.
Overall, Illustraions are great and a great read - 5 stars.
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Classic RPG. I prefer this game to AD&D. Game mechanics are more simple which makes it quicker to learn. The career advancement is much more interesting and I like being able to build your characters statistics in a more intelligent manner. Unfortunately most people are sheep and unwilling to give most other games a chance. If more people who play AD&D would give this game a chance and play a few sessions of it, I know there would be less people playing AD&D.
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I personally think that this book truly helps give new life to the world of Warhammer. Other books list gods and pantheons and what spells they get and stick to that. But this book gives you important holidays, gestures, minor local gods, people's feelings, different orders and radical beliefs, how other's see elder races's gods, etc. It actually gives you the means to show why religion is more than just a skill bonus or special power. These are gods who are prayed to when the people are troubled, who races and kingdoms go to war for, and who willingly (or unwillingly) die or be executed for. It shows once more Warhammer's dedication to a roleplaying game.
And yes, there are still very, very cool new rules, careers, and spells and such. Very sweet book.
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Before Tome of Salvation the Gods in Warhammer universe had meat mostly around the gods of Chaos. The ruinous powers and their followers was so well developed that it was leaving all the other gods in a secondary role at best (except maybe Sigmar and Ulric, but what the players had at their disposal was still far from what have been dug about the Chaos gods). The background about the Classical Gods (Verena, Shaylla, Sigmar, Morr, etc) was so thin that it was not appealing for the players to take these gods as a key stone around which a character could be built. The book Tome of Salvation comes to fix this by adding content to the Classical Gods. It goes even further by providing matter concerning the role and the importance of faith in the Old World in general. It defines the life of a priest and how each differ according to the god they worship. It explains how the common folks and nobles deals with the Classical Gods, the superstition and the ancestor spirits. The book provides also information concerning the minor gods of the Old World. It deals with the issue of the outlawed gods, such as Khaine and Gunndred, outside the famous Chaos Gods. It gives also some information about the Gods of the other races (Dwarf, Elf, Halfling) and how their faith differ.
If Tome of Corruption is essential to Warhammer by the review and the information it give about the influence and power the Chaos have in this universe, Tome of Salvation marks an important turning point because it come to add content and depth to those who are benevolent. It comes also to offer an alternative to those who are evil in intent but who do not worship or rely on the faith for the Ruinous Power.
For the numerous topics this book explores and develops for the very first time, it is doomed to become a classic for the world of Warhammer.
Here is the Table of contents:
Chapter I: A Brief History of the Cults of the Empire.
Chapter II: Old World Cults
The Cult of Manann
The Cult of Morr
The Cult of Myrmidia
The Cult of Ranald
The Cult of Shallya
The Cult of Sigmar
The Cult of Taal and Rhya
The Cult of Ulric
The Cult of Verena
Chapter III: Folk Worship
Noble vs. Folk Worship
Minor Deities
Ancestor Spirits
Superstitions and Folk Customs
- Magic and superstition
- The Evil Eye
- Variations in the Folk Customs
- Prayers and Holy Sayings
- Showing faith
- Venerated Souls of the Empire
Chapter IV: Extremes of Faith
The Reasons Why
Motivations of the Truly Pious
Major Fanatical Sects
- Manann
- Morr
- Myrmidia
- Ranald
- Shallya
- Sigmar
- Taal and Rhya
- Ulric
- Verena
Acts of Faith
-penance
-punishment
-sacrifice
-service
A Temple of Flesh
- Abstinence
- Mortification
New Careers
Tensions Between The Cults
-theological differences
-behavior
-personal differences
Chapter V: Other Gods
-Gunndred
-Handrich
Foreign Gods In The Empire
Dwarf, Elf, and Halfling Gods
Gods and Monsters
Outlawed Gods
- Outlawed or Chaos?
- Khaine
- Other outlawed gods
- False beliefs
The Dark Gods
Chapter VI:Festivals, Holy Days, and Rights of Passage
The Imperial Calendar
Holidays
Rites of Passage
- Pregnancy and fatherhood
- Birth
- Dooming
- Quickening
- Marriage
- Divorce
- Journeyman's Release
- Soldier's Day
A Sample Town's Year of Festivals
Chapter VII: A Holy World
Places of Worship
- Shrines
- Temples
- Monasteries
The Monastery of the Dark Maiden
Holy Sites
Pilgrimages
The Road to Couronne
Chapter VIII: The Life of A Priest
To Be A Priest
A Priest For Every Occasion
Different Paths
- Manann
- Morr
- Myrmidia
- Ranald
- Shallya
- Sigmar
- Taal and Rhya
- Ulric
- Verena
- A wandering life
The Laity
I Need A Priest!
Chapter IX: The Holy Warriors
Crusades
The Holy Orders
- Knights of the White Wolf
- The Black Guard
- Knights of the Blazing Sun
- Knights of the Everlasting Light
- Longshanks
- Knights Griffon
- Sons of Manann
- Other orders
Templar Careers
Hammers of Righteousness, Shields of Faith
-new weaponry
-new armour and clothing
Men of God, Men of War
Chapter X: Miracles
The Book of Prayers
Divine Magic
Divine Lores
The Wrath of the Gods
Optional Rule: Mark of the Gods
Relics
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