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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8782237" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Why would it not be the usual state of society? Just because the gods may fight amongst themselves doesn't mean that they won't have centralized power. Again, if they are in constant conflict, they will be MORE likely to have centralized their power.&quot;And when kings rule other kings take them down. The Equilibrium state is then that while there are a few places that are ruled, most places have no rulers. &quot;It doesn't work like that though. Just because kings and emperors are constantly fighting for land doesn't mean that they don't control any land. A state of conflict between these powers does not mean these powers have no centralized power.But you are doing the same thing as everyone else, assuming that it must be some sort of global rulership by a single group. It could trivially be that each god and demon lord and archdevil holds a section of the mortal world under their sway. They already HAVE kingdoms after all, they rule entire planes of existence and those places are the only places they can be harmed, and they are under constant attack by other great powers, but those places STILL EXIST. So, just being in a state of warfare does not prevent the centralized power from taking form. And, remember, this isn't just that no one rules these places, but that they are ruled by non-casters. And many of the dark powers work to corrupt and take over these non-casters. It is a consistent plot to corrupt kings and nobles to the service of demon lords and archdevils, which is effectively them attempting to take over these places, which means the desire is there for the dark side at least. And, in theory, it would occasionally work. So why do the gods trust non-followers to tackle these demonic kingdoms?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8782237, member: 6801228"] Why would it not be the usual state of society? Just because the gods may fight amongst themselves doesn't mean that they won't have centralized power. Again, if they are in constant conflict, they will be MORE likely to have centralized their power. "And when kings rule other kings take them down. The Equilibrium state is then that while there are a few places that are ruled, [I]most [/I]places have no rulers. " It doesn't work like that though. Just because kings and emperors are constantly fighting for land doesn't mean that they don't control any land. A state of conflict between these powers does not mean these powers have no centralized power. But you are doing the same thing as everyone else, assuming that it must be some sort of global rulership by a single group. It could trivially be that each god and demon lord and archdevil holds a section of the mortal world under their sway. They already HAVE kingdoms after all, they rule entire planes of existence and those places are the only places they can be harmed, and they are under constant attack by other great powers, but those places STILL EXIST. So, just being in a state of warfare does not prevent the centralized power from taking form. And, remember, this isn't just that no one rules these places, but that they are ruled by non-casters. And many of the dark powers work to corrupt and take over these non-casters. It is a consistent plot to corrupt kings and nobles to the service of demon lords and archdevils, which is effectively them attempting to take over these places, which means the desire is there for the dark side at least. And, in theory, it would occasionally work. So why do the gods trust non-followers to tackle these demonic kingdoms? [/QUOTE]

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