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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3869873" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>Are you kidding?</p><p></p><p>Tell that to an Oracle, or a Pharaoh, or a sacrificial bride, or a holy warrior, or anyone who has ever "heard the gods speak" ever. In history.</p><p></p><p>For the believers, those gods DO truly exist in our world in every way that the D&D deities do in the D&D universe. People hear Jesus every day, and they also see him healing the sick (similar to D&D's "granting spells and miracles"), answering prayers, and generally being very, very active in the world. </p><p></p><p>When lightning emerged from the clouds, that was Zeus literally standing up there and throwing them for the Greeks. </p><p></p><p>D&D gods do *exactly* what real world gods have done: exist (if nowhere else than in the mind of the believer). They do so better than real world gods, even. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think the de-specialization of deities is a very good idea. If a god is an orc, it shouldn't mean that he can only be worshiped by orcs, it should mean that an orc is the purest example of that god's philosophy that exists in the world, so he appears as an orc, and everybody knows why. </p><p></p><p>We don't need Ehlonna and Corellon unless they're very distinct. Corellon works pretty well by himself, because OF COURSE the god of the fey would resemble an elf, right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 3869873, member: 2067"] Are you kidding? Tell that to an Oracle, or a Pharaoh, or a sacrificial bride, or a holy warrior, or anyone who has ever "heard the gods speak" ever. In history. For the believers, those gods DO truly exist in our world in every way that the D&D deities do in the D&D universe. People hear Jesus every day, and they also see him healing the sick (similar to D&D's "granting spells and miracles"), answering prayers, and generally being very, very active in the world. When lightning emerged from the clouds, that was Zeus literally standing up there and throwing them for the Greeks. D&D gods do *exactly* what real world gods have done: exist (if nowhere else than in the mind of the believer). They do so better than real world gods, even. :) I think the de-specialization of deities is a very good idea. If a god is an orc, it shouldn't mean that he can only be worshiped by orcs, it should mean that an orc is the purest example of that god's philosophy that exists in the world, so he appears as an orc, and everybody knows why. We don't need Ehlonna and Corellon unless they're very distinct. Corellon works pretty well by himself, because OF COURSE the god of the fey would resemble an elf, right? [/QUOTE]
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