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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A'koss" data-source="post: 3719497" data-attributes="member: 840">Yeah, but just in principle, Gods slugging out with a group of mortals just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Demi-gods... maybe, but anything higher than that should simply be out of their league. And using an avatar, which is then defeated by a mortal - makes the god itself look bad as it's a direct representation. Incompetent even. How would the faithful look upon their "god" being defeated in combat and why would a god even open itself to the possibility? Dealing with mortals is what followers are for. Or a 1,000 HD bolt of lightning from the blue...And like I said, from a player's POV, defeating one in the end is a hollow victory - the god can just create another. But kill an important follower (and assuming it's easier to keep people dead in 4e), one that has taken decades or more to rise through the ranks and invested with the gods power, potentially deals a more serious blow. They're not so easily replaced and the whole church heirarchy is affected (and can potentially shake the faith as well).</blockquote>