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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7346324" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>Which is not that atypical of actual mythological deities. The idea of gods as omnipotent beings, infinitely beyond the reach of mortal ken is mostly seen in mono-theistic religions. In poly-theistic religions, it’s far more common for “Gods” to be, for all intents and purposes, magically powerful people. Their powers are limited in both scope and scale, they are often effectively mortal (or at least capable of dying under particular circumstances), and there is often very little distinction drawn between them and other magical beings, beyond “these are the ones we pray to.” And frequently you pray to them only because they have a particularly dangerous combination of power and pettiness. You sacrifice your cattle to Zeus not because he loves you and you want to return that love. You do it because you don’t want to get struck by lightning, and he’s not above chucking a bolt at you if he doesn’t get his tithe.</p><p></p><p>I’d actually like to see a lot more of that in D&D. In a world where the Gods objectively, demonstrably exist, it makes much more sense for these “Gods” to be monsters you kneel to than for them to be anything approaching omnipotent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7346324, member: 6779196"] Which is not that atypical of actual mythological deities. The idea of gods as omnipotent beings, infinitely beyond the reach of mortal ken is mostly seen in mono-theistic religions. In poly-theistic religions, it’s far more common for “Gods” to be, for all intents and purposes, magically powerful people. Their powers are limited in both scope and scale, they are often effectively mortal (or at least capable of dying under particular circumstances), and there is often very little distinction drawn between them and other magical beings, beyond “these are the ones we pray to.” And frequently you pray to them only because they have a particularly dangerous combination of power and pettiness. You sacrifice your cattle to Zeus not because he loves you and you want to return that love. You do it because you don’t want to get struck by lightning, and he’s not above chucking a bolt at you if he doesn’t get his tithe. I’d actually like to see a lot more of that in D&D. In a world where the Gods objectively, demonstrably exist, it makes much more sense for these “Gods” to be monsters you kneel to than for them to be anything approaching omnipotent. [/QUOTE]
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