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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7604396" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>The 5e PHB has some basic info on a few fantasy-historical pantheons, and previous editions of D&D have done a lot more with them. But there hasn't been a whole lot in the way of giving them names that are appropriate for usage in the D&D multiverse (whether in Planescape/Spelljammer context, or just for your own world) where we don't generally assume the pantheon was born from the the myths of earthlings and somehow expanded into D&D land*.</p><p></p><p>It makes little sense to use terms like "Greek Pantheon" or "Egyptian Pantheon" if you choose to use that pantheon for your own D&D world, or if you choose to have that pantheon hold sway on a bunch of different worlds as 2e presented.</p><p></p><p>So what we need is just a good in-character name for each of the pantheons that have been presented for people in Sigil to call them while they're having religious debates over lunch.</p><p></p><p>For a few of them, I'm aware of names that were actually given to them in D&D sources:</p><p></p><p><strong>Chinese:</strong> Traditionally, they've gone with "<strong>the Celestial Bureaucracy</strong>", which I rather like</p><p><strong>Egyptian:</strong> 3e Deities & Demigods calls it the "<strong>Pharaonic Pantheon</strong>" which I'm not really a big fan of</p><p><strong>Greek: </strong>3e Deities & Demigods calls it the "<strong>Olympian Pantheon</strong>" which works well</p><p><strong>Norse:</strong> 3e Deities and Demigods calls it the "<strong>Asgardian Pantheon</strong>" which works well</p><p></p><p>While there are probably others, the D&D fantasy-historical pantheons that still need names from the 2e Legends and Lore and On Hallowed Ground are the following (listed by the names they gave them):</p><p></p><p><strong>American Indian</strong></p><p><strong>Aztec</strong></p><p><strong>Babylonian</strong></p><p><strong>Celtic</strong></p><p><strong>Finnish</strong></p><p><strong>Indian</strong></p><p><strong>Japanese</strong></p><p><strong>Sumerian</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Thoughts? Suggestions?</p><p></p><p>I've done some research on this myself and come up with a few names that are workable, but I'd rather get other ideas before I go with some choices that may not always be the best options.</p><p></p><p></p><p>* Yes, there were occasional isolated flirtations with connecting real earth to the D&D multiverse at times, but that's never really been the norm, and I doubt most people want it to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7604396, member: 6677017"] The 5e PHB has some basic info on a few fantasy-historical pantheons, and previous editions of D&D have done a lot more with them. But there hasn't been a whole lot in the way of giving them names that are appropriate for usage in the D&D multiverse (whether in Planescape/Spelljammer context, or just for your own world) where we don't generally assume the pantheon was born from the the myths of earthlings and somehow expanded into D&D land*. It makes little sense to use terms like "Greek Pantheon" or "Egyptian Pantheon" if you choose to use that pantheon for your own D&D world, or if you choose to have that pantheon hold sway on a bunch of different worlds as 2e presented. So what we need is just a good in-character name for each of the pantheons that have been presented for people in Sigil to call them while they're having religious debates over lunch. For a few of them, I'm aware of names that were actually given to them in D&D sources: [B]Chinese:[/B] Traditionally, they've gone with "[B]the Celestial Bureaucracy[/B]", which I rather like [B]Egyptian:[/B] 3e Deities & Demigods calls it the "[B]Pharaonic Pantheon[/B]" which I'm not really a big fan of [B]Greek: [/B]3e Deities & Demigods calls it the "[B]Olympian Pantheon[/B]" which works well [B]Norse:[/B] 3e Deities and Demigods calls it the "[B]Asgardian Pantheon[/B]" which works well While there are probably others, the D&D fantasy-historical pantheons that still need names from the 2e Legends and Lore and On Hallowed Ground are the following (listed by the names they gave them): [B]American Indian Aztec Babylonian Celtic Finnish Indian Japanese Sumerian [/B] Thoughts? Suggestions? I've done some research on this myself and come up with a few names that are workable, but I'd rather get other ideas before I go with some choices that may not always be the best options. * Yes, there were occasional isolated flirtations with connecting real earth to the D&D multiverse at times, but that's never really been the norm, and I doubt most people want it to be. [/QUOTE]
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