About evil deities. There are many possibilities with a greek-model pantheon like that in my example. The first is that greek deities had major negative and capricious aspects, all of them. Zeus (Deiòs) is a tyrant and a womanizer, Ares is a coward, Athena is REALLY easily angered, Aphrodithes jealous of the others' beauty, etc.
The other side of the medal are the primordial forces represented by the ancient gods, revered in more isolated and less civilized parts of the world, the previous generations of deities. Ouranos, Chronos, Rhea, Gea, are all extremely ancient and almost forgotten deities whose "portfolios" have been almost wholly swallowed by their "children".
Also, the Titans (that in Greek mythology were the children of Ouranos and Gea) have an important negative role in the
4e mythology, as the gods' adversaries: they might still be serving Cotto, Gia and Briareus, the three great Primordials left, chained in Thartarus (the Abyss)-those were the names of the three Hecatoncheires, brothers of the Titans... all these are original names, but you can see they're only used as suggestions.
Furthermore, some deities were revered specifically in mysteric cults that often had a very dark side. For example, Zagreus might be a dark aspect of Dyonisus (that for some reason i forgot to include) in whose name wild rites including human sacrifices are officed.
Finally, the potential of demigods in a system like this is endless. Demigods were revered everywhere in ancient Greece, and often regarder as legendary founders of poleis (Theseus, Cadmus, Heracles and so on...)
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I wasn't sure how long the poll should be up. A week I guess?
Anyway, I too have been thinking about deities. 12 new gods is neat and all but there are no more domains. Clerics can take Channel Divinity feats now. So, thats 12 feats that have to be proposed and approved right off the bat. I guess we could always rename them but that seems too troublesome. I mean, if Hades is just like the Raven Queen except a different name is it really better?
Thats just my feelings on the matter. I'm sure there are people who feel much more strongly about deities. I never much cared about them. I still don't know the LEW pantheon.
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Well, one advantage is that you can create deities that fit better in the world. The other is that you can actually describe them and add more, instead of just listing their names because of copyright... Or isn't that one of the reasons we're homebrewing?