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<blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 4595236" data-attributes="member: 30022">In my home campaign, gods are known by multiple names (based on culture or prevailing opinion towards them). My Bane-equivalent is called Ikentu Kata in several lands, where he is worshipped as an &quot;honorable&quot; god of strength and discipline... rather than tyranny and domination. He's still functionally similar to Bane or Hextor (evil alignment, domination and war, etc). His followers are unaligned at best, and sometimes evil... but they don't *see* themselves as evil. If asked, they'd identify themselves as good and honorable, and would be puzzled why other cultures don't see iron discipline, capital punishment for crimes against society, and the subjugation of &quot;innately evil&quot; races like goblins as a bad thing.In another land, the same god is Satash - the Master without Mercy. This is a more evil society which revels in his innate &quot;evilness&quot;. They're slavers and raiders and killers, and they're proud of it....but in most lands in my campaign world, the deity is simply known as &quot;The Iron King&quot;. Some people see him as a stern but just deity; some see him as a monster. His temples operate openly in nearly every land. They adhere to local laws and don't commit gross vileness. As I understand it, Hextor is much like this in many Greyhawk nations. The sobriquet &quot;Iron King&quot; is a more neutral term than Bane or Hextor, and is what the common folk use.Similarly, my Pelor-equivalent is often referred to as &quot;The Shining One&quot;, my aquatic deity is &quot;The Sea Dragon&quot;, and my forest god is &quot;The Emerald Huntress&quot;. Any of these titles could be spoken with reverence or distaste, depending on the speaker's preference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lancelot, post: 4595236, member: 30022"] In my home campaign, gods are known by multiple names (based on culture or prevailing opinion towards them). My Bane-equivalent is called Ikentu Kata in several lands, where he is worshipped as an "honorable" god of strength and discipline... rather than tyranny and domination. He's still functionally similar to Bane or Hextor (evil alignment, domination and war, etc). His followers are unaligned at best, and sometimes evil... but they don't *see* themselves as evil. If asked, they'd identify themselves as good and honorable, and would be puzzled why other cultures don't see iron discipline, capital punishment for crimes against society, and the subjugation of "innately evil" races like goblins as a bad thing. In another land, the same god is Satash - the Master without Mercy. This is a more evil society which revels in his innate "evilness". They're slavers and raiders and killers, and they're proud of it. ...but in most lands in my campaign world, the deity is simply known as "The Iron King". Some people see him as a stern but just deity; some see him as a monster. His temples operate openly in nearly every land. They adhere to local laws and don't commit gross vileness. As I understand it, Hextor is much like this in many Greyhawk nations. The sobriquet "Iron King" is a more neutral term than Bane or Hextor, and is what the common folk use. Similarly, my Pelor-equivalent is often referred to as "The Shining One", my aquatic deity is "The Sea Dragon", and my forest god is "The Emerald Huntress". Any of these titles could be spoken with reverence or distaste, depending on the speaker's preference. [/QUOTE]

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