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<blockquote data-quote="NewLifeForm" data-source="post: 2362397" data-attributes="member: 7811"><p><strong>In My Campaigns...</strong></p><p></p><p>It is the gods that want you to believe in them. Without believers and worshippers, Gods weaken and eventually fade out. So it's not "Why worship Gods?" "'Cause if you don't they'll get'cha." Rather it's Gods saying, "Hey worship me, my afterlife rocks!" " Screw that, my worships are cool while alive, worship me and gain a permanent +1 to your Cha! How's that sound?"</p><p></p><p>One of my campaigns had a group of villainous gods called The Forgotten Pantheon. These were gods who for one reason or another were no longer worshipped. What was once several pantheons full of gods had dwindled to 6 or 7 celestial beings about as tough as a 20th level adventurer. They were fading out and losing their powers, destined to disappear from the cosmos. They tried to influence the poor and downtrodden to worship them and set up several cults. Unfortunately for them, the Red Brotherhood, believers in a single, all- powerful god, came down hard on the cults. Many of the cultists, realizing they were losing, started to repent. They thought, "Hey, this Great Red One must be more powerful then our Gods, his followers are kicking our butts! Maybe worshiping The Red God is better. Couldn't be worse."</p><p></p><p>They were right. The Red God (aka The Great Red One, The God of All Life), protects his followers, believes in mercy, will fight to defend his people, has a pretty cool Heaven and a reasonable list of sins that can be repented without too much difficulty. Rumors of health and dental for his clerics is unconfirmed.</p><p></p><p>NewLifeForm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewLifeForm, post: 2362397, member: 7811"] [b]In My Campaigns...[/b] It is the gods that want you to believe in them. Without believers and worshippers, Gods weaken and eventually fade out. So it's not "Why worship Gods?" "'Cause if you don't they'll get'cha." Rather it's Gods saying, "Hey worship me, my afterlife rocks!" " Screw that, my worships are cool while alive, worship me and gain a permanent +1 to your Cha! How's that sound?" One of my campaigns had a group of villainous gods called The Forgotten Pantheon. These were gods who for one reason or another were no longer worshipped. What was once several pantheons full of gods had dwindled to 6 or 7 celestial beings about as tough as a 20th level adventurer. They were fading out and losing their powers, destined to disappear from the cosmos. They tried to influence the poor and downtrodden to worship them and set up several cults. Unfortunately for them, the Red Brotherhood, believers in a single, all- powerful god, came down hard on the cults. Many of the cultists, realizing they were losing, started to repent. They thought, "Hey, this Great Red One must be more powerful then our Gods, his followers are kicking our butts! Maybe worshiping The Red God is better. Couldn't be worse." They were right. The Red God (aka The Great Red One, The God of All Life), protects his followers, believes in mercy, will fight to defend his people, has a pretty cool Heaven and a reasonable list of sins that can be repented without too much difficulty. Rumors of health and dental for his clerics is unconfirmed. NewLifeForm [/QUOTE]
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