D&D 4E 4E Pantheon Poll

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Actually, on a serious note, I was thinking: Perhaps kobolds should be Tiamat-worshippers (a la OotS ) with Kurtulmak as a demipower/hero?

IMC, Tiamat and Kurtulmak are the two more popular kobold deities (the whole campaign is about the threat of a neighboring kobold warren to a tiny barony) and, depending on the tribe, one will be the "main" god, where the other will be a lesser light.

Meepo would be a great BBEG in Return to the Sunless Citadel, however.

 

[Nifft]

Tiamat for mine, too. If you like law and evil and dragons, you'll love Tiamat.

Cheers, -- N

 

[exile]

Playing Lachlain Kerr, a LE human fighter and avowed monster hunter with a mother who died too early in his life and a father who loved him too little, I killed Meepo and mad made a pair of gloves from that little dragon that he loved so much.

He should stay dead.

Chad

 

[Nifft]

Playing Lachlain Kerr, a LE human fighter and avowed monster hunter with a mother who died too early in his life and a father who loved him too little, I killed Meepo and mad made a pair of gloves from that little dragon that he loved so much.

He should stay dead.

You could have a Relic on your hands!

... so to speak ...

I'll get my hat, -- N

 

[M.L. Martin]

What the who now? Missed that one, and I think I'm better for it.

God of the goblins.

My preference for a 4E core 'evil' pantheon would be, based on what's been revealed and hinted at:

Bane for the "LN/LE overlap" style of tyranny and militarism (confirmed in the Pantheon article--as is his role as common patron of hobgoblins)
Asmodeus for usurpation, unholy knowledge, and the pure 'sell your soul for power' diabolic evil (pretty much confirmed)
Gruumsh for evil barbarians and savages, including a lot of orcs (his presence is strongly hinted at in the Pantheons article; this is my concept for making him more than just an 'orc power')
Zehir for assassins, conspirators, poisoners and serpents (name mentioned in the Pantheon article, and Yuan-Ti Champion of Zehir in Desert of Desolation; guesses based on those factoids)
Torog for trolls, ogres, evil fighters and wicked denizens of the wilderness (named in the Pantheon article; guess based on name)
Lolth for scheming, drow, and other Unseelie fey (guess based on Corellon info in Pantheons article)
Nerull for necromancers and undead (guess based on need to fill the niche and iconic stature)
Tiamat for greed, betrayal, and evil dragonkind (presence a guess based on Bahamut's presence in the core pantheon; portfolio is just my own reimaginings for making her more than just a 'devil overlap'.)

Honorable mention to Orcus and Demogorgon as not quite Powers but possessed of cultists and possibly spellcasting clerics.

EDIT: Oops--forgot one. Tharizdun for entropy, madness, and elemental evil. (Presence in the mythology confirmed in the Demons & Devils article)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Wee Jas, with a slight tweaking of her portfolio (Complete Champion says she doesn't sanction undead other than liches) would be a lot more interesting than Nerrull.

 

[M.L. Martin]

Wee Jas, with a slight tweaking of her portfolio (Complete Champion says she doesn't sanction undead other than liches) would be a lot more interesting than Nerrull.

Hmmm....a reconcepted Wee Jas who leans a bit more to the dark side and has beauty, vanity, necromancy, and undeath in her portfolio, and favors the more 'civilized', free-willed undead (ghosts, vampires, liches) would work, with Orcus taking up the role of patron for the monstrous shambling hordes.

Still, the 'death/undeath god' is a strong archetype of D&D pantheons, and I'm not 100% sure that Orcus can take the position.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Anything is better than the generic Grim Reaper god.

 

[Robert Ranting]

*ahem* Isn't Vecna a necromancer as well as iconic and mentioned already in the Design and Development articles?

Also, Meepo should remain an iconic D&D character, rather than a deity.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And Vecna should remain a lich, not a god.