Remember that there are literally no ordained priests on this planet right now and haven't been for several years, prior to which there was about one. That really doesn't help with making sure the people are properly religious.
I have my doubts.
Not just Dakka! There are so many other delicious possible Domains out there!
Please no, that dead horse is bad enough in Divided Loyalties, don't start beating it here too.
I mean, we already have "Literal Death" and "Benefitting form other's death". I don't think adding "Plague" to that is going to significantly change anything in our PR.
That's probably the wrong wording to use here, really hard not to make the obvious joke.
If we can get a domain that lets us non-evilly raise the dead here, I'd be all for it. The inherent issues that exist with WHF necromancy aren't a thing in 40K, after all.
Methods are important. Theft and murder happen everywhere, but Plague is something pretty strongly associated with Nurgle. We should avoid it.
So far, there's only one way to get anything like it.
The Nurgle we are already associated with? We can just use it better, to spread symbiotic microbiologic life rather than parasitic. The people who would hate us for our image already do.
Unless we can use plague to spread, I don't know, a disease that bolsters our followers immune systems or something, I suspect the only use we'll get from a plague domain will be against Tyranids, Orks, and fungi that tries to infect our crops.
IIRC, didn't Nurgle also use his plagues to (forcibly) empower his minions, making them more resistant to damage and the like? Should at least be plausible to get some of it without the unethical parts.
It's a Latin word originally. Means diviner. Well, specifically the type that reads omens in the entrails of animals.
Do you have a source for that or are you just extrapolating from what you think Plague would do in the off case that we get it?
He could use his plagues to empower individuals at least (see: Typhus), but for the most part it looks to me that the only 'benefit' the plague part of his blessing gave was getting his followers used to pain, and the fact that if your organs are already rotting it doesn't matter so much if they get blown out.
