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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9507277" data-attributes="member: 18">That's definitely been an issue with D&amp;D's portrayal of the gods. Hell, the Wall of the Faithless in the FR got made up basically because one of the writers (not Ed Greenwood, he was already no longer in control by then) couldn't figure out why anyone would worship the gods if there wasn't some sort of nasty coercive punishment mechanism to eternally damn you if you didn't, which er indicates a rather... limited... understanding of both religion and people.As [USER=83242]@dave2008[/USER] says, I don't think there's anything inherent about D&amp;D that makes it bad at modelling polytheism, it's just a lot of bad lore concepts from people who didn't really think about it in a very open-minded or worldly-wise or even knowledgeable way. The specialization of Clerics based on gods isn't great, but I think is a reflection of the sheer popularity of the 2E FR &quot;Speciality Priest&quot; concept, which 3E, and 5E (and to a lesser extent 4E) really embraced.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9507277, member: 18"] That's definitely been an issue with D&D's portrayal of the gods. Hell, the Wall of the Faithless in the FR got made up basically because one of the writers (not Ed Greenwood, he was already no longer in control by then) couldn't figure out why anyone would worship the gods if there wasn't some sort of nasty coercive punishment mechanism to eternally damn you if you didn't, which er indicates a rather... limited... understanding of both religion and people. As [USER=83242]@dave2008[/USER] says, I don't think there's anything inherent about D&D that makes it bad at modelling polytheism, it's just a lot of bad lore concepts from people who didn't really think about it in a very open-minded or worldly-wise or even knowledgeable way. The specialization of Clerics based on gods isn't great, but I think is a reflection of the sheer popularity of the 2E FR "Speciality Priest" concept, which 3E, and 5E (and to a lesser extent 4E) really embraced. [/QUOTE]

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