Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Designing the Perfect Gods for Your Campaign
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Ander00" data-source="post: 4414127" data-attributes="member: 19041"><p>I was going to go for a total of four gods for my next campaign. They were not to be worshipped much by humans et al, because they are mostly malign and strange entities. Now I am envisioning them to be more like demonic overseers who came to power when the world ended (read: the previous party failed in Expedition to the Demonweb Pits). After a long period of darkness, a time of change is at hand, and new/old gods (the core 4E deities) are gaining a foothold again.</p><p>Still got a few weeks to decide if I'm going to stick with that, but I'm quite liking the idea at the moment.</p><p></p><p>To elaborate on the how those four came to be: unlike the the deities in the previous campaign, i took a very mechanical approach at the beginning, dividing up the core domains. Then, I thought about how those gods may be perceived by mortals. Amongst them was the androgynous Shihm, who had the domains of chaos, death, evil, healing, good, and law. Some would view him/her as simply mad, others as the perfect embodiment of balance, and still others who believe in things like reincarnation (or for something more planescape-ish, the unity of rings), might also come to revere him/her.</p><p></p><p></p><p>cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ander00, post: 4414127, member: 19041"] I was going to go for a total of four gods for my next campaign. They were not to be worshipped much by humans et al, because they are mostly malign and strange entities. Now I am envisioning them to be more like demonic overseers who came to power when the world ended (read: the previous party failed in Expedition to the Demonweb Pits). After a long period of darkness, a time of change is at hand, and new/old gods (the core 4E deities) are gaining a foothold again. Still got a few weeks to decide if I'm going to stick with that, but I'm quite liking the idea at the moment. To elaborate on the how those four came to be: unlike the the deities in the previous campaign, i took a very mechanical approach at the beginning, dividing up the core domains. Then, I thought about how those gods may be perceived by mortals. Amongst them was the androgynous Shihm, who had the domains of chaos, death, evil, healing, good, and law. Some would view him/her as simply mad, others as the perfect embodiment of balance, and still others who believe in things like reincarnation (or for something more planescape-ish, the unity of rings), might also come to revere him/her. cheers [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Designing the Perfect Gods for Your Campaign
Top