How about some new doctrines?

[gloomy forge]

So I figured there’s not enough doctrines, and since pre-sin it’s a pentagram, the OCD part of me decided: “this is uneven”, so I made some examples of them. (I also forgot how to make stuff bold or make text look a certain way, so sorry if it’s choppy, no pun intended)

Work and worship:

Permission of sorcery: minerals and refine-able crops have a chance to come out already refined (wood to refined wood, stone to refined stone, and gold coins have a good chance to come out of the mines.

Or

Strength through devotion: gain a spirit heart when you max out devotion (can stack)

Afterlife:

Blessing of the dead: followers can pray to the shrines of the death, and instead of devotion, you get money from it from beyond the grave

Or

Apotheosis: followers can be given domains to rule over and be in charge of

Possessions:

Golden worship: Devotion becomes currency once all the parts of the statue skill tree to the shrine are complete

Or

Feed the hungry; followers will now feed other followers and will slow down hunger on runs by 60%

Law and order:

Apologists: some followers will take up and debate non-imprisoned followers, which has a chance to convert the dissenting

Or

Aggressors: high level followers will fight the dissenting followers until their spirits are broken

(I might do one for sin)

[cold parrot]

Permission of Sorcery: Would be good but the only resources that are both farmable and refineable are wood and stone in the base game plus rotgrit and silk in Woolhaven. A high chance could even this out though
Strength through Devotion: If you mean maxing out devotion at the shrine, then I agree. If you mean maxing out devotion of followers, way too OP
Blessings of the Dead: Tax collectors do this already
Apotheosis: I can see this being useful if you give them a select area to work in rather than a certain task, but most tasks are already auto-assigned by a workstation
Golden Worship: You already get God Tears from maxing out devotion once the skill tree is done, so I think offering gold as well might be excessive
Feed the Hungry: If you mean a way to feed followers while on crusades, they will eat cooked meals you leave them before going out, and you can build a Kitchen later to queue up to 30 meals
Apologist: This really only works if you have dissenters in the first place, which can be restored in only 2 days using a prison. It’s not that hard to avoid dissenters either, since mass blessings give 5-7 faith per follower
Aggressor: I could definitely see this working as a Fight Pit Ritual upgrade, where any dissenting follower that loses will automatically be resorted if they lose at the cost of a guaranteed death if they win