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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6424598" data-attributes="member: 2093">LOL, I didn't realize my views were quite THAT transparent! Although, I guess we've been reading each other's posts for a decade or more...Hmmm... if the gods were the original source of the meteors that rained down on the world, and brought on the warring city-state environment, they either did it deliberately and are delighting in the turmoil, or SOME of them did it deliberately, leaving the non-participant gods either appalled or angry (perhaps both), OR they are so far removed from humanity that they barely notice what they did -  probably as a side effect of their actions on some other matter. I think I really prefer the middle ground, but the far-removed idea could be good, too, coupled with a celestial bureaucracy - if the gods don't really notice/care, but their minions and followers either delight in or despair of what has gone on since then. So I think what I want is a cluster of gods or followers of gods (ie demons/devils) who are pleased with the current situation and enjoy meddling with it, and another cluster of gods or their followers (ie angels) who are despairing of the current situation and are working to try to find ways to mitigate it. And there could be a third group who are neutral/indifferent.In each city, the rulership will vary considerably - some are ruled by wizards, a few by clerics, and a few by other classes/beings. I suggested that one city's ruler was a dragon, another a djinn, and a third a powerful undead (vampire or lich, I haven't firmed it up in my head). The wizards might include a pact warlock, but mostly are going to be straight book-scholar power-hungry types. Mostly they ignore the divine, seeing it as having not much impact on their day-to-day actions. The cities with divine leaders will of course be very different. I'm sure one will be a totalitarian theocratic state, but not all. This is a great discussion! I'm getting a lot of good out of it.</blockquote>

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