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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8022379" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>This, but...</p><p></p><p>Terminology-wise I don't know if we need to get rid of calling them Gods. But I see no problem with say, The Summer Queen of the Fey being just as powerful as Pelor. And both of them just as powerful as Zariel and Baphomet. </p><p></p><p>Now sure, there might be slivers of difference in power, or in the case of Asmodeus I like the idea that he isn't actually more powerful than the other Nine, he's just better at leveraging his power (I like him as the ultimate mastermind archetype) but these named characters are already considered the top of the food chain in their respective domains. </p><p></p><p>Yeah, okay, if you go deep deep into DnD lore, you find things like Pale Night which are even more powerful, but most people never talk about or use those forces, they are buried so deep, they might as well be forgotten. So, in practical terms, these are it, these are the most powerful beings in the universe. </p><p></p><p>And then, you can start cutting the chaff who are repetitive. I can't find the wikipedia page anymore, but I was looking for Demon Lords a few years ago, and there were like seven different demon lords of poison or disease, and there are another four or five gods of it.We can toss most of those. We don't need a Demon Lord of dinosaurs (actually exists) and one of savage beasts and Yeenoghu and Baphomet and the werewolf god.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8022379, member: 6801228"] This, but... Terminology-wise I don't know if we need to get rid of calling them Gods. But I see no problem with say, The Summer Queen of the Fey being just as powerful as Pelor. And both of them just as powerful as Zariel and Baphomet. Now sure, there might be slivers of difference in power, or in the case of Asmodeus I like the idea that he isn't actually more powerful than the other Nine, he's just better at leveraging his power (I like him as the ultimate mastermind archetype) but these named characters are already considered the top of the food chain in their respective domains. Yeah, okay, if you go deep deep into DnD lore, you find things like Pale Night which are even more powerful, but most people never talk about or use those forces, they are buried so deep, they might as well be forgotten. So, in practical terms, these are it, these are the most powerful beings in the universe. And then, you can start cutting the chaff who are repetitive. I can't find the wikipedia page anymore, but I was looking for Demon Lords a few years ago, and there were like seven different demon lords of poison or disease, and there are another four or five gods of it.We can toss most of those. We don't need a Demon Lord of dinosaurs (actually exists) and one of savage beasts and Yeenoghu and Baphomet and the werewolf god. [/QUOTE]
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