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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 9124478" data-attributes="member: 2629">I think this is a matter of storytelling.  How does the world in which the PCs exist view the Gods?I have several types of powers in my setting - all of which are roughly in the 'Godly' power tier.  They break down as:1.) Ao - Essentially the incarnation of the universe.2.) The Light and the Dark - Essentially the incarnation of Good and Evil or Life and Death.3.) Bahamut, Tiamat and Vorel - the first three beings that manifested with behaviors and personality4.) 61 Gods5.) 3 Archfey6.) 8 Archfiends (Asmodeus is counted as a God here)7.) 12 Elder Gods8.) 6 Demon Lords (a few of the Elder Gods also count as Demon Lords)9.) 9 DemiGods10.) Hundreds of 'House Gods' which are low powered Gods. Each of these beings is described in my materials based upon the motivations, relationships and goals they have.  I do not list an alignment for any of them - but if you asked the denizens of my campaign world to list the evil Gods/Powers, there would be a lot of agreement on which ones they are.  Further, there are some in the setting that would drastically disagree with the common view.An example is Asmodeus.  He is the Lord of the Hells.  He does anything and everything possible to put souls into his service as Devils.  He is the Lord of Lies - but only in name as he has never lied himself.  Most view him as the ultimate evil - but not all.  There is a sect of paladins that consider themselves the most holy of knights.  They serve Asmodeus loyally and with full knowledge of what he does.  Why?  because they recognize that he is the Leader of Light - the Highest General in the Blood War on the side that is trying to prevent the annihilation of the universe.  They believe that he fell as an Angel and took hold in Hell because he was willing to do anything and everything to make sure that the Demons do not win the Blood War - and they're right in many ways.  They see him as an Angelic Force forced into the most dispicable of services out of necessity - and that the evil he does is a sacrifice he makes in order to protect everyone.  While Asmodeus is the most obvious example in my setting, pretty much every God has those that see them as evil and others that see them as Good.  There are majority opinions on most, and there are a few where the view is absolute and without nuance across all people of the universe, but for almost all gods there is some differing of opinion.  I've run the game this way for decades and it has served me well.</blockquote>

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