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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 125924" data-attributes="member: 53">Re: Stats for Dieties!One of my favorite panels from &quot;The Cartoon History of the Universe&quot; tried to explain why there were so many byblows of Zeus in the mythologies.&nbsp; It had a woman apparently caught with a goose.&nbsp; She's crying &quot;It's Zeus.&nbsp; It's Zeus.&quot;&nbsp; The theory being was a really good scapegoat for &quot;impossible&quot; pregnancies.&nbsp; Plus it's a lot better to be cuckolded by Zeus than the guy down the street.As a more on topic comment.&nbsp; I think some of the general hatred toward stats for deities stems from the Monty Haul games in the early days of D&amp;D (and some in the not-so-early days) where some characters would have Mjolnir because he killed Thor, and the like.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some of it comes from being raised in a monotheistic culture where the deity is considered untouchable and unfathomable, etc.&nbsp; I see a major difference between &quot;Stats for Deities have no place in my campaign/game/world&quot; and &quot;Stats for Deities are absurd, why would you do something stupid like that.&quot;Personally, I intend for the characters to interact with the deities at some point.&nbsp; I don't want the Gods to be just abstract concepts to explain why clerics have spells.&nbsp; I'd like that part of my campaign to have a flavor somewhere between the Greek myths where the gods were meddling everywhere and Glorantha, where the gods are felt, but somewhat kept apart until you become a hero.Glyfair of Glamis</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 125924, member: 53"] [b]Re: Stats for Dieties![/b] One of my favorite panels from "The Cartoon History of the Universe" tried to explain why there were so many byblows of Zeus in the mythologies. It had a woman apparently caught with a goose. She's crying "It's Zeus. It's Zeus." The theory being was a really good scapegoat for "impossible" pregnancies. Plus it's a lot better to be cuckolded by Zeus than the guy down the street. As a more on topic comment. I think some of the general hatred toward stats for deities stems from the Monty Haul games in the early days of D&D (and some in the not-so-early days) where some characters would have Mjolnir because he killed Thor, and the like. Some of it comes from being raised in a monotheistic culture where the deity is considered untouchable and unfathomable, etc. I see a major difference between "Stats for Deities have no place in my campaign/game/world" and "Stats for Deities are absurd, why would you do something stupid like that." Personally, I intend for the characters to interact with the deities at some point. I don't want the Gods to be just abstract concepts to explain why clerics have spells. I'd like that part of my campaign to have a flavor somewhere between the Greek myths where the gods were meddling everywhere and Glorantha, where the gods are felt, but somewhat kept apart until you become a hero. Glyfair of Glamis [/QUOTE]

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