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They're all reasons to have them in a game. Your alternate reasons are ALSO reasons, but they were not the reasons I put forth. I think...

Record of Lodoss War's B/X D&D setting famously had its deities all dead from the War of the Gods. But they still have an active hand...

This is exactly how my cleric character describes himself. He believes clerics and communication between gods and mortals are essential...

I love the Scarred Lands. It's such a delicious and lethal and harsh setting. --- OK, for me deities are all about something is going...

I personally like Dieties as Professions. Being a Diety gives a Portfolio and a Responsibility. They have near full control of their...

The gods are the basis and bases of religion and they exist to manage as aspect of life. It's less that they are engaging and more a...

but none of those are reasons to have them in a game - Reason 1 is just a justification for a mechanic, but we know spells exist even...

In my homebrew setting, gods are simply aspects. They aren't like the deities of the Forgotten Realms or GreyHawk, who scheme, plot...

one bit of advice and one answer to your question. Advice: Wolfgang Baur (of Kobold Press) says in one of his essays in their...

I mean there are reasons to have them. It's just not always easy to figure out where or how they fit in with everything else, though the...

There is reason to have them, though. Reason 1: They grant spells to their clerics. Reason 2: They meddle in mortal affairs. Reason 3...

If you already have players, you can find out their feelings on Railroads™ and what their characters' motivations are, to answer some of...

I have a group I've been playing with for a few years now. The DM has been the same person and I thought it might be nice to try and do...

So, I'm trying to figure out how to make my very own First Adventure, but it's not clear what I should do. Being Author-Minded, I tend...

always preferred Klingon Gods: