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Same here, it had little to no impact on my groups buying/playing DnD. 5.5 had more of an impact since I'm now largely not buying any more of their books.

2e at least allowed different cleric alignments from the deity, in many cases at least. It was still a curated list of alignments though, such as the priests of Bast who were allowed to be any non-evil.

I don't think there's really a number since I don't think X number of PCs should die, just that in DnD, death should be on the table (for my games at least). As a DM I'm not out there trying to kill my player's characters, I'm there to challenge them and if death happens, then it happens but it...

Yes and no, I've been playing OSE as well as 5e and I'd love to get a 2e game running. When playing I'll typically work with whichever system people like running and with another group, if I run a game they'll probably expect 5e so will run that (I had an attempt at savage worlds star trek but...

You and me both, I normally just start skipping posters who calim such and such are X arguments, just not worth reading their posts.

From memory, the 3e god book had an example of a montheistic deity who encompassed all of the domains. I can't remember if that meant that there were different cults dedicated to her or not which focused on specific aspects.

I allow it if people want to swap subclasses they can, and far less organically than the aituation in the OP. I don't require campaign developments to aid in swapping subclasses but I'm all for using campaign developments to explain it. For classes, we typically just reture the current PC and...

I disagree, too me they're just another greater god who managed to make a play for dominance and succeed. Their faith has expanded beyond cultural borders but they're still "only" on the same level as a greater god heading a pantheon.

You'll need to quote it or at least provide the heading as well, I currently only have access to the green cover books so I'm not sure if they're all in the same order. I couldn't find any optional rule restricting a high elf woman's dexterity to 17 max.

I typically don't use overdeities in my games, unless I'm running FR in which case Ao is already established. I'm contemplating a Mediterranean mythic age setting, if Yahweh appears (currently it isn't a faith in the setting) he'll be just like the other gods, no more or less powerful. But then...

I don't think Imhotep usurped anyone, he was the creator (maybe) of the pyramid, an architect that became deified.

2e never had gender based ability score differences, that was 1e only.

Rather than stats, I like to create power levels, a rough scale of where the movers and shakers of the cosmos are in relation to each other. In order of most power I have: True Gods, Immortals from the upper planes who harnessed the corners stones of reality. Demi-Powers. Elder dragons...

You can ignore the level limits and import them as is and retain the level then use the slow levelling optional rule for demi-humans slowing the rate of advancement once they've been ported over.

That rings a bell, I think I'd be annoyed if I had to become a fighter after being a paladin or ranger for a few levels just because I'd lost some stats.

Yeah, and there is much to trawl through if you wanted to find something in them. I think they compared class ability requirements to race requirements, in much the same way a dwarf that loses constitution below the race minimum is still a dwarf, a class that drops below the requirements...

You'd have to trawl through dragon magazine sage advice, no idea which issue.

Nothing happens, they're still able to take levels since they've already started taking the class. There's been similar questions asked since back in ADnD times, what happens if a paladin loses a point of Charisma, do they staty a paladin? The answer was yes since that 17 was just what was...

Mine has largely as well, though I never really bothered with the worshippers requirement. Recently though, I've thought about making every god a demigod and what elevates them to the higher levels is the power of worshippers. Didn't really do anything with that though.

@Voadam beat me to it but yeah, that book that nobody seems to read has some good stuff in it.