I'm a follower of Oleani but when the changes were rolled out I was disappointed to see that my now my character's raises, blinds and various other deity-specific messaging was introduced. If you know my character, it may seem ironic, but love isn't feminine. Fertility isn't entirely feminine either. Oleani would govern BOTH aspects in harmony with each other. But instead of changing an inherently motherly set of in-game messaging, you could make us able to mask which deity.
What I'm getting at is that because of the change I have wanted to convert to neutral because I don't like the messaging. Frankly, it isn't fair that I have to do so to get away with it. My character looks like a girly fruit just because my character serves the goddess of love. To address this, you could create a flag to turn off deity-specific messaging to allow us to be more secretive about whom I serve if we so choose, thus enhancing the roleplaying environment. Think about rogues no longer displaying their lockpicking messages and when that change was rolled out. It created a generation of friendly rogues and a generation of quiet, stealthy ones. Think about DragonRealms and how you can get feature alterations but mask them with clothing, an option GemStone IV doesn't have (yet).
I'm just saying. I have hated the deity specific messaging since we got it because it doesn't reflect why Kethore chose his deity and being able to go back to the standard messaging without abandoning 13 years of service to her would be beneficial to me and some other clerics who agree. I am quite certain of this.
Please consider it.
Thanks
Kethore
