Templars and Religion

Druachan · April 2016

I have a templar breton, and she is playing ok, quite enjoying how her abilities work. However I keep seeing templars referred to as holy warriors, paladins etc. Which is fine but I don't really see anything that points to what the religious side might be like. I have abilities that are prayers etc, but who am i praying to? Do other templars have religious orders or is it something thats not really relevant in the game? I did look around in the forums for more on this but i couldn't see anything on the religious side, just a lot on how to spec the build.

Shunravi · April 2016

It would seem they channel Anuic Creatia.

Essentially Aedric energy.

Druachan · April 2016

Shunravi wrote: »

It would seem they channel Anuic Creatia.

Essentially Aedric energy.

thanks, I was thinking though that theres a reason or something that means they follow the path they do. I just find it a bit strange being a holy warrior without having some sort of downside to it. Guiding principles or communion with a deity. Of course i can always make something up.

Maybe "holy warrior" is the wrong term. I am trying to not think just in terms of crusader knights.

notimetocare · April 2016

Templars as a class are lore unfriendly to a pretty good degree. Sun magic, holy magic, and such are not a thing for TES universe. If you wish to use the magics, they are stylized destruction for the vast majority of skills. This is not to say a character would not think they are using magic as gift from the divines, but it is not.

The parts that do fit logically into lore: Holy warrior/paladin are references to religious knightly orders. There would be many orders like this tot he divines and other gods.

Krist · April 2016

People fall into too many specifics with the lore, something that I think is not intended. The classes are simply named to give you a feel for them, not to hold you to a specific.