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<blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8017536" data-attributes="member: 67296">I do, because it allows the possibility of...&quot;Come quickly! We need to assist (our enemies) the acolytes of Talos that are defending the village from the cultist to Orcus summoning a terrible demon!&quot;or&quot;Come quickly! We need to convince the cultist of Orcus to help us prevent the acolytes of Talos from summoning a terrible storm!&quot;But more to the point of the OP, most of the pantheons that inspired fantasy religion have benevolent and malevolent gods/entities, as well as some (many?) that were little more than very powerful bullies, dangerous pricks, or just plain jerks. Would those qualify as evil in a D&amp;D paradigm? Most probably would.In the defense of the OP, D&amp;D does have a place for &quot;bad souls&quot; to go without the absolute need of evil gods, with the Nine Hells and the Abyss and all. But with the same logic, the Upper planes also do exist independently from the good gods, populated by angels instead of demons/devils. So I don't know. Evil gods are probably not necessary but I think they are part of D&amp;D's identity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurefindel, post: 8017536, member: 67296"] I do, because it allows the possibility of... "Come quickly! We need to assist (our enemies) the acolytes of Talos that are defending the village from the cultist to Orcus summoning a terrible demon!" or "Come quickly! We need to convince the cultist of Orcus to help us prevent the acolytes of Talos from summoning a terrible storm!" But more to the point of the OP, most of the pantheons that inspired fantasy religion have benevolent and malevolent gods/entities, as well as some (many?) that were little more than very powerful bullies, dangerous pricks, or just plain jerks. Would those qualify as evil in a D&D paradigm? Most probably would. In the defense of the OP, D&D does have a place for "bad souls" to go without the absolute need of evil gods, with the Nine Hells and the Abyss and all. But with the same logic, the Upper planes also do exist independently from the good gods, populated by angels instead of demons/devils. So I don't know. Evil gods are probably not necessary but I think they are part of D&D's identity. [/QUOTE]

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