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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8021698" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>Heh, yeah. Old Testament God isn't the nicest guy, he gets pretty vindictive.</p><p></p><p>Really, there are no "good" or "evil" gods in real world mythology, not like we have in D&D. Essentially, the gods <em>my</em> people follow are "good" and the gods <em>other</em> peoples follow are "evil". In fact, most of the named Christian demons are adapted from pagan gods who were not evil (<em>any more or less than any other cultural god</em>). These pagan gods, and the religions/cultures surrounding them, were literally demonized in order to show non-Christian faiths as evil and wrong.</p><p></p><p>I've always felt it would be interesting to tell new stories of the evil gods of D&D in such a manner. They are not really evil, but are just simply the cultural gods of peoples dehumanized by the "good" or "demihuman" races. Gruumsh an evil, savage war god who drives the orcs to slaughter innocents? Nah, he's a war god similar to Thor, who wields authority over justified war and the elements. And he takes second place to Luthic, an earth mother goddess who teaches the orcs the importance of family and home.</p><p></p><p><em>EDIT: For some reason I forgot "The Adversary", the god or demon whose sole purpose is to be the source of evil and misfortune. These figures are rarely objects of worship, as they might be in D&D, but serve as opposites to highlight why "god is good" and to tempt mortals into making bad choices.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 8021698, member: 18182"] Heh, yeah. Old Testament God isn't the nicest guy, he gets pretty vindictive. Really, there are no "good" or "evil" gods in real world mythology, not like we have in D&D. Essentially, the gods [I]my[/I] people follow are "good" and the gods [I]other[/I] peoples follow are "evil". In fact, most of the named Christian demons are adapted from pagan gods who were not evil ([I]any more or less than any other cultural god[/I]). These pagan gods, and the religions/cultures surrounding them, were literally demonized in order to show non-Christian faiths as evil and wrong. I've always felt it would be interesting to tell new stories of the evil gods of D&D in such a manner. They are not really evil, but are just simply the cultural gods of peoples dehumanized by the "good" or "demihuman" races. Gruumsh an evil, savage war god who drives the orcs to slaughter innocents? Nah, he's a war god similar to Thor, who wields authority over justified war and the elements. And he takes second place to Luthic, an earth mother goddess who teaches the orcs the importance of family and home. [I]EDIT: For some reason I forgot "The Adversary", the god or demon whose sole purpose is to be the source of evil and misfortune. These figures are rarely objects of worship, as they might be in D&D, but serve as opposites to highlight why "god is good" and to tempt mortals into making bad choices.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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