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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 1171454" data-attributes="member: 463">IMC Commune contacts a small part of the god's consciousness (as played by the DM), hence the word-limit on answers.&nbsp; Within the limit the god may answer as they see fit.&nbsp; Gods are not omniscient, except perhaps within their area of expertise - ask the goddess of fertility whether the queen is pregnant, she'll know.&nbsp; Ask her the location of the evil necromancer BBEG, she probably won't.&nbsp; I use a lot of 'unknown' and 'probably' type answers.&nbsp; Of course if the god is the God of Knowledge (eg Boccob) he'll know a lot.&nbsp; Gods have their own agendas, normally these coincide with the cleric's agenda but the deity may prefer to keep the cleric in the dark about some matters, or mislead somewhat.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mortals tend to focus on little things (like alignments) while immortal gods see a very different 'big picture'.&nbsp; If the god's machinations require LG &amp; CE forces to work together, he may prefer to keep his LG minions in the dark about the exact nature of their 'new allies'.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />For a good literary example you could check out eg the relationship between Elric &amp; Arioch in Moorcock's Elric stories.&nbsp; The Bible may also prove inspirational.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 1171454, member: 463"] IMC Commune contacts a small part of the god's consciousness (as played by the DM), hence the word-limit on answers. Within the limit the god may answer as they see fit. Gods are not omniscient, except perhaps within their area of expertise - ask the goddess of fertility whether the queen is pregnant, she'll know. Ask her the location of the evil necromancer BBEG, she probably won't. I use a lot of 'unknown' and 'probably' type answers. Of course if the god is the God of Knowledge (eg Boccob) he'll know a lot. Gods have their own agendas, normally these coincide with the cleric's agenda but the deity may prefer to keep the cleric in the dark about some matters, or mislead somewhat. Mortals tend to focus on little things (like alignments) while immortal gods see a very different 'big picture'. If the god's machinations require LG & CE forces to work together, he may prefer to keep his LG minions in the dark about the exact nature of their 'new allies'. :) For a good literary example you could check out eg the relationship between Elric & Arioch in Moorcock's Elric stories. The Bible may also prove inspirational. :D [/QUOTE]

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