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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9065121" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Generally speaking, even relatively minor/weak/early gods are presented as either pseudo-omniscient (they don't know <em>absolutely everything</em>, but they innately know anything they aren't <em>prevented</em> from knowing) or as possessing wisdom beyond the lot of mortals (there's lots of stuff they definitely don't know, but most things, if they <em>want</em> to know it, they already do or have a means to do so, again unless another power blocks them.)</p><p></p><p>Of course, since your gods are <em>created by</em> mortals, rather than <em>creators of</em> mortals, that whole frame goes out the window, but as Umbran said, that presents its own solution.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[Citation needed]</p><p>It depends on the source, time period, region of focus. Zeus, for example, generally could not be <em>tricked</em>--but some of the deities even older than he is could exert power over him. That's why Eros is simultaneously a child of Aphrodite, love produced by beauty, and also a primordial, ancient force that even the gods fear. The myth of Eros and Psyche addresses this directly; Zeus even cracks some genuinely quite funny (but very difficult to translate) jokes at Cupid's expense because now the snot-nosed brat that yanks his chain has come asking for his help.</p><p></p><p>Ovid, for example, tends to present a take that simply isn't compatible with your framework. His gods aren't omnipotent, but they're damn close. The problem is, they're <em>deeply</em> flawed people who abuse their power and position to hurt mortals simply because they possess some special trait or have the <em>temerity</em> to honestly evaluate their skills. Hence why Ovid's retelling of stuff like the origin of Medusa or Arachne becoming a spider rewrite Athena into being a petty, spiteful shrew, rather than her usual characterization; he was intentionally critiquing Augustus Caesar through the lens of the gods. Legally, Augustus <em>was</em> effectively omnipotent, but he was also human.</p><p></p><p>Besides, D&D gods <em>can</em> be tricked, manipulated, etc. It's rarer because actually using deities as characters is rare, they tend to be more Big Good quest-givers than Abusive Precursor-type deities to screw over because they're enormous jerks. But it absolutely does happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9065121, member: 6790260"] Generally speaking, even relatively minor/weak/early gods are presented as either pseudo-omniscient (they don't know [I]absolutely everything[/I], but they innately know anything they aren't [I]prevented[/I] from knowing) or as possessing wisdom beyond the lot of mortals (there's lots of stuff they definitely don't know, but most things, if they [I]want[/I] to know it, they already do or have a means to do so, again unless another power blocks them.) Of course, since your gods are [I]created by[/I] mortals, rather than [I]creators of[/I] mortals, that whole frame goes out the window, but as Umbran said, that presents its own solution. [Citation needed] It depends on the source, time period, region of focus. Zeus, for example, generally could not be [I]tricked[/I]--but some of the deities even older than he is could exert power over him. That's why Eros is simultaneously a child of Aphrodite, love produced by beauty, and also a primordial, ancient force that even the gods fear. The myth of Eros and Psyche addresses this directly; Zeus even cracks some genuinely quite funny (but very difficult to translate) jokes at Cupid's expense because now the snot-nosed brat that yanks his chain has come asking for his help. Ovid, for example, tends to present a take that simply isn't compatible with your framework. His gods aren't omnipotent, but they're damn close. The problem is, they're [I]deeply[/I] flawed people who abuse their power and position to hurt mortals simply because they possess some special trait or have the [I]temerity[/I] to honestly evaluate their skills. Hence why Ovid's retelling of stuff like the origin of Medusa or Arachne becoming a spider rewrite Athena into being a petty, spiteful shrew, rather than her usual characterization; he was intentionally critiquing Augustus Caesar through the lens of the gods. Legally, Augustus [I]was[/I] effectively omnipotent, but he was also human. Besides, D&D gods [I]can[/I] be tricked, manipulated, etc. It's rarer because actually using deities as characters is rare, they tend to be more Big Good quest-givers than Abusive Precursor-type deities to screw over because they're enormous jerks. But it absolutely does happen. [/QUOTE]
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