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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5727269" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p>So, I wonder a bit why these threads of negativity run through it. D&D has had a few ways of dealing with "atheism" (or atheism-like) belief systems throughout the many characters done there. Why not include such a character? Why have them only be insane?</p><p></p><p>To counter it, what are some heroic "atheist" characters you guys can think of? What kinds of heroes deny and defy the gods? Are they godslayers, like a few have posted? Are they just ambivalent? Do they think Pelor is a racket? What do they do to help people, who, after all, might be following a fairly benevolent deity? </p><p></p><p>Of course, there's the other side: what are some villainous "atheist" characters? What kinds of evil would kill the goddess of love, or the god of the harvest, or the god of protection and healing...and why? What kinds of pain motivate these individuals to do horrible things?</p><p></p><p>A lot of the ideas seem to share the "gods are just creatures like everything else," but they're certainly among the most powerful! What kinds of people might want to challenge that power? And why?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 5727269, member: 2067"] So, I wonder a bit why these threads of negativity run through it. D&D has had a few ways of dealing with "atheism" (or atheism-like) belief systems throughout the many characters done there. Why not include such a character? Why have them only be insane? To counter it, what are some heroic "atheist" characters you guys can think of? What kinds of heroes deny and defy the gods? Are they godslayers, like a few have posted? Are they just ambivalent? Do they think Pelor is a racket? What do they do to help people, who, after all, might be following a fairly benevolent deity? Of course, there's the other side: what are some villainous "atheist" characters? What kinds of evil would kill the goddess of love, or the god of the harvest, or the god of protection and healing...and why? What kinds of pain motivate these individuals to do horrible things? A lot of the ideas seem to share the "gods are just creatures like everything else," but they're certainly among the most powerful! What kinds of people might want to challenge that power? And why? [/QUOTE]
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