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Worlds of Design: RPG Gods - Benign or Malign?
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<blockquote data-quote="Joerg Baumgartner" data-source="post: 8744633" data-attributes="member: 6893976"><p>Coming from RuneQuest and Glorantha, my questions are maybe a little different.</p><p>Assuming that gods are real in the setting, and that they were involved in the creation of the setting, or at least aspects of that setting, or that they entered the setting at some point after its creation (or evolution), <strong>how well understood are the deities?</strong></p><p>Thinking of the five blind men investigating the elephant, do the deities channel magic from primal principles, like e.g. the elements (whether these appear as planes of their own or as rather abstract mythical concepts)? Is their magic a do ut des, limited in manifestation by the amount/intensity of worship they receive, or the world immanence that they lay claim on?</p><p><strong>How definitive are pantheons, and the deities expressed in those pantheons?</strong> Can one and the same divinity take on different aspects and associations (different chrome) depending on the pantheon the worshippers associate them with?</p><p>Are all sun gods the same, or can a single physical and/or mythical object have different, possibly mutually hostile or at least vastly incompatible divine expressions?</p><p>How much does anthropomorphizing these deities (or whichever shape, society etc. the followers have) affect the deities' actions, gifts, or even nature? Do things like generations, sex, gender, pantheon really affect the divinity behind the veil, or do they just affect the veil?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joerg Baumgartner, post: 8744633, member: 6893976"] Coming from RuneQuest and Glorantha, my questions are maybe a little different. Assuming that gods are real in the setting, and that they were involved in the creation of the setting, or at least aspects of that setting, or that they entered the setting at some point after its creation (or evolution), [B]how well understood are the deities?[/B] Thinking of the five blind men investigating the elephant, do the deities channel magic from primal principles, like e.g. the elements (whether these appear as planes of their own or as rather abstract mythical concepts)? Is their magic a do ut des, limited in manifestation by the amount/intensity of worship they receive, or the world immanence that they lay claim on? [B]How definitive are pantheons, and the deities expressed in those pantheons?[/B] Can one and the same divinity take on different aspects and associations (different chrome) depending on the pantheon the worshippers associate them with? Are all sun gods the same, or can a single physical and/or mythical object have different, possibly mutually hostile or at least vastly incompatible divine expressions? How much does anthropomorphizing these deities (or whichever shape, society etc. the followers have) affect the deities' actions, gifts, or even nature? Do things like generations, sex, gender, pantheon really affect the divinity behind the veil, or do they just affect the veil? [/QUOTE]
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