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Who would you pick as the most iconic deities in the D&D game?
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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 9254884" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>Off the top of my head as the A-list:</p><p>1: The Raven Queen. Blame Critical Role - and a lot of writing for her.</p><p>2: Tiamat (inc. Takhsis). She's iconic, especially thanks to strong visual imagery.</p><p>3: Vecna. Looks iconic, has iconic artifacts, and is pretty famous.</p><p>4: Lolth. Again strong visual aesthetic and known for stuff including the Drow.</p><p>5: Asmodeus. The iconic demonic deity.</p><p>6: Gruumsh. The God of Orcs is simultaneously a deity with a common enemy, someone with an appropriate ideology, and has a fairly iconic look. More low key than the previous ones.</p><p></p><p>It is not a coincidence that most of these are evil deities; people spend more time facing bad guys than dealing with allies. Also there's iconic imagery attached to them.</p><p></p><p>Other possible adversaries:</p><p>1: Demogorgon. Blame Stranger things for this - but if we want the "classic" Blood War we need a lead demon as well as a lead devil</p><p>2: Tharizdun. A world ending threat; the Chained God is the iconic one.</p><p>3: Magublyet. The god of goblins isn't as iconic as Gruumsh but misses out.</p><p>4: Blipbloppool. We ne3ed a lesser evil deity - and it's fun to say!</p><p></p><p>Other possible patrons:</p><p>0: Mystra. I suppose we have to mention Ed Greenwood's fetish and the Lady of the Weave. But I wouldn't want her.</p><p>1: Correlon. The God of Elves has a relationship with Gruumsh. He's about the only good racial deity that makes it, especially as we have both Lolth and Gruumsh.</p><p>2: Bahamut. The Platinum Dragon definitely has a place as a rival to Tiamat. Probably makes it in over Pelor.</p><p>3: Erathis. The Lawful Neutral Goddess of Civilisation</p><p>4: St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel. Because we need a Hitty Deity.</p><p></p><p>We also need more of a trickster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 9254884, member: 87792"] Off the top of my head as the A-list: 1: The Raven Queen. Blame Critical Role - and a lot of writing for her. 2: Tiamat (inc. Takhsis). She's iconic, especially thanks to strong visual imagery. 3: Vecna. Looks iconic, has iconic artifacts, and is pretty famous. 4: Lolth. Again strong visual aesthetic and known for stuff including the Drow. 5: Asmodeus. The iconic demonic deity. 6: Gruumsh. The God of Orcs is simultaneously a deity with a common enemy, someone with an appropriate ideology, and has a fairly iconic look. More low key than the previous ones. It is not a coincidence that most of these are evil deities; people spend more time facing bad guys than dealing with allies. Also there's iconic imagery attached to them. Other possible adversaries: 1: Demogorgon. Blame Stranger things for this - but if we want the "classic" Blood War we need a lead demon as well as a lead devil 2: Tharizdun. A world ending threat; the Chained God is the iconic one. 3: Magublyet. The god of goblins isn't as iconic as Gruumsh but misses out. 4: Blipbloppool. We ne3ed a lesser evil deity - and it's fun to say! Other possible patrons: 0: Mystra. I suppose we have to mention Ed Greenwood's fetish and the Lady of the Weave. But I wouldn't want her. 1: Correlon. The God of Elves has a relationship with Gruumsh. He's about the only good racial deity that makes it, especially as we have both Lolth and Gruumsh. 2: Bahamut. The Platinum Dragon definitely has a place as a rival to Tiamat. Probably makes it in over Pelor. 3: Erathis. The Lawful Neutral Goddess of Civilisation 4: St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel. Because we need a Hitty Deity. We also need more of a trickster. [/QUOTE]
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