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<blockquote data-quote="Elderbrain" data-source="post: 7406621"><p>It does NOT require polytheistic religion, it ALLOWS for it - an important distinction. The DM and Players are perfectly free to decide that in their game, there is only one God, that this God created everything (Humans, Elves, Orcs, etc.) and that there are no other sources of Divine power in their game world. (If demons, devils, or "false gods" exist in the campaign, they could have Warlocks.) The fact that Clerics can pick from different Cleric Domains in no way requires a separate deity for each Domain. Multiple deities are presented in the game as OPTIONS to provide VARIETY and entertainment, just as there are a variety of Races and Character Classes to choose from, and their presence in the books in no way forces anybody to use all of them. Bear in mind that Gary Gygax was himself a Christian when he was writing (or signing off on) books like Deities and Demigods. There's no sinister agenda here.Writing the Cleric class in such a way as to EXCLUDE polytheism would be like writing the Fighter class in such a way as to allow only, say, medieval knights, and not Samurai.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I find it ironic that you bash D&D for including polytheism, then insist the game should include "a diversity of religious outlooks" which pretty much sums up polytheism...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elderbrain, post: 7406621"] It does NOT require polytheistic religion, it ALLOWS for it - an important distinction. The DM and Players are perfectly free to decide that in their game, there is only one God, that this God created everything (Humans, Elves, Orcs, etc.) and that there are no other sources of Divine power in their game world. (If demons, devils, or "false gods" exist in the campaign, they could have Warlocks.) The fact that Clerics can pick from different Cleric Domains in no way requires a separate deity for each Domain. Multiple deities are presented in the game as OPTIONS to provide VARIETY and entertainment, just as there are a variety of Races and Character Classes to choose from, and their presence in the books in no way forces anybody to use all of them. Bear in mind that Gary Gygax was himself a Christian when he was writing (or signing off on) books like Deities and Demigods. There's no sinister agenda here.Writing the Cleric class in such a way as to EXCLUDE polytheism would be like writing the Fighter class in such a way as to allow only, say, medieval knights, and not Samurai. Anyway, I find it ironic that you bash D&D for including polytheism, then insist the game should include "a diversity of religious outlooks" which pretty much sums up polytheism... [/QUOTE]
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