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<blockquote data-quote="RUMBLETiGER" data-source="post: 6076793" data-attributes="member: 6674868">Things to consider that would be affected:-People's motivation and purpose for things.&nbsp; If not in obedience or inspired by a deity's direction, then what instead?-As already mentioned, religious organizations which carry influence and provide order for communities would be absent.&nbsp; What, if anything, would take it's place?-Divine magic: completely absent, replaced by Druidic nature-based sources, or perhaps stolen like the Ur-priest?&nbsp; -Why was the faith lost in the first place?&nbsp; Be sure to craft a backstory that makes sense.&nbsp; The history that has happened will shape the answers to many of your questions.-Secret Cults: a useful theme in fantasy is allowing for the outcasts, the bitter, the vengeful, to find secret, hidden cults for power and revenge.&nbsp; Obscure deities provide an outlet for this.&nbsp; Would these rebels of society turn to gods anyway?&nbsp; Would faith cults pop up as some people did the counter-cultural thing of praying to gods?-What are the gods doing about it?&nbsp; Are they cut of from the Material Plane, trapped on their outer planes?&nbsp; Are they weakened because they require faith to keep them going?&nbsp; Would they band together, Good and Evil, Law and Chaos, set aside their differences to restore things to the way they were? Would the weakened gods walk the Material Plane, seeking allies, trying to change the culture?&nbsp; Would they stay far away, hoping or looking for champions?&nbsp; Would some be angry and vengeful, trying to restore faith through fear?&nbsp; -What about the gods that make the Material Plane their home?&nbsp; Fharlanghn, I know there are other more minor ones, are they still around and wandering the world?-Is the world itself affected?&nbsp; Has nature really been maintained by nature deities?&nbsp; Are birthrates affected by a fertility god?&nbsp; Is civilization maintained by the oversight of Lawful beings?&nbsp; -What happens when mortals die?&nbsp; Where do they go?&nbsp; Is death itself maintained by gods who oversee that portfolio?-Planar travel in general, is this affected?&nbsp; How have the outer planes been affected by the change?&nbsp; Finally, chat with [MENTION=6669384]Greenfield[/MENTION].&nbsp; He's got a long-running campaign where the people have been severed from the gods, and he and his players have come up with their own answers to how people survive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RUMBLETiGER, post: 6076793, member: 6674868"] Things to consider that would be affected: -People's motivation and purpose for things. If not in obedience or inspired by a deity's direction, then what instead? -As already mentioned, religious organizations which carry influence and provide order for communities would be absent. What, if anything, would take it's place? -Divine magic: completely absent, replaced by Druidic nature-based sources, or perhaps stolen like the Ur-priest? -Why was the faith lost in the first place? Be sure to craft a backstory that makes sense. The history that has happened will shape the answers to many of your questions. -Secret Cults: a useful theme in fantasy is allowing for the outcasts, the bitter, the vengeful, to find secret, hidden cults for power and revenge. Obscure deities provide an outlet for this. Would these rebels of society turn to gods anyway? Would faith cults pop up as some people did the counter-cultural thing of praying to gods? -What are the gods doing about it? Are they cut of from the Material Plane, trapped on their outer planes? Are they weakened because they require faith to keep them going? Would they band together, Good and Evil, Law and Chaos, set aside their differences to restore things to the way they were? Would the weakened gods walk the Material Plane, seeking allies, trying to change the culture? Would they stay far away, hoping or looking for champions? Would some be angry and vengeful, trying to restore faith through fear? -What about the gods that make the Material Plane their home? Fharlanghn, I know there are other more minor ones, are they still around and wandering the world? -Is the world itself affected? Has nature really been maintained by nature deities? Are birthrates affected by a fertility god? Is civilization maintained by the oversight of Lawful beings? -What happens when mortals die? Where do they go? Is death itself maintained by gods who oversee that portfolio? -Planar travel in general, is this affected? How have the outer planes been affected by the change? Finally, chat with [MENTION=6669384]Greenfield[/MENTION]. He's got a long-running campaign where the people have been severed from the gods, and he and his players have come up with their own answers to how people survive. [/QUOTE]

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