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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5395616" data-attributes="member: 92511">Well, the long-term villain seems to be SCREAMING to be a vampiric lord in the sealed off vampire land.THe heroes begin coming across various plans and lesser minions to thwart...for any number of reasons: accumulating wealth for him; killing off various former enemies; after they foil a few plots perhaps agents sent directly to deal with them; gathering rare/strange magical items/devices to use in his ongoing "master plan" to bring down the mystic barrier and take over the world. BWAHAHAHA!This would lead, down the road when the party gets to be powerful enough (and are able to piece together the vampire lord's plan), to a tough decision...Do/will they go into the mystic barrier to deal with this imminent threat to the rest of the world? For the gods...nice start. Given you don't want the pantheon too large, I'd say keep it to 9. Roughly, one god per alignment...maybe two or three sharing one. Since your "top dog" is a dragon (Bahamut) how about you combine gods of other races and mix them in with the things common to those races. i.e. Your Hammer-hero God would seem to be a perfect god for dwarves as well.So, lessee...working with you have off the top of my head...Bahamut: The Platinum Emperor. God of good, civilization, patron/king of good dragons. Lawful Good.Vatan: The Hammer Lord. God of heroes, courage, storms/destructive force of weather, patron of barbarians, heroes and men. Chaotic Good. (I know dwarves aren't really CG, but the nature of storms and the frenzied hero seem to require some chaos.)Lyaree: (lee-ah-REE') The Lady of Spring. (Wife or lover of Vatan) Goddess of nature, the peaceful/helpful side of weather (she who calms Vatan's thunder), the harvest, peace, patron of farmers, rangers, elves and halflings. Neutral Good.Rojelster: (RODJ'-el-ster) The Shining Shield or The Shield Lord. (in a constant/cosmic hunt to do battle with Hydra)God of light, the sun, healing and protection, patron of crusaders, hunters, healers, paladins and those that fight the undead. Lawful Good. (your unspecified god of light)Botan: (BOH'-tan)The Mountain Lord. (Brother of Vatan) God of the mountains, earth and stone, the treasures of the earth, secrets and hidden knowledge, crafts and craftsmen, patron of dwarves and gnomes also revered by anyone dealing in secrets or looking for knowledge. (Dwarven religion is primarily composed of the shared worship of Vatan and Botan) Lawful Neutral.Nuraht: (NUR'-aht) The Sorceress. Goddess of magic, the moon(s), night, prophecy, insight, patron of mages or anyone dealing with arcane power or seeking insight (highly venerated by diviners and soothsayers), also revered by elves, good dragons and those with psionics. Neutral.Cheronaster: (chair-on-AS'-ter) The Loremaster. God of chance, luck, lore and history, patron of sages, scribes and rogues of all sorts, particularly bards. Chaotic Neutral.  Absomanth: (AB'-so-manth) The Shadow King. God of darkness, shadows, corruption, power, also associated with winter, emptiness and hopelessness, patron/master of devils, tyrants and evil thieves. Lawful Evil.Hydra: (pronounced just like the monster) The Lady of Decay (envisioned, quite obviously, as a particularly large and fierce hydra). Goddess of pain, mother of monsters, and mistress of the undead. Neutral Evil.   Ralaster: The Fire Lord. God of evil, murder, fire, patron/master of evil dragons and orcs (many orc tribes  worship/serve evil dragons as a way to serve/reach Ralaster's good  graces) also patron of assassins. Chaotic Evil.Ok...so I went one over. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> BUT, with a whole realm of vampires, I'd say you need all of the "Good" deities (and in other words, CLERICS of good deities) you can get.Let us know what you think...and decide going with.Sounds like a cool world is forming here. Thanks for sharing.Have fun and happy world-building.--Steel Dragons</blockquote>

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