D&D General God Drama FR

[Zardnaar]

I'm sure he'll move on to something else, Zard normally has a few campaign ideas cooking.

I think modelling something on the Aten heresy would be great, Amaunator trying to become the one true god, or perhaps his followers are trying to make him their one true god (technically a trinity, the other two being Ankhenaten and his wife (Nefertari or Nefertiti, I always get those two names mixed up).

How will the other gods react, with them feeding on belief, will they start to lose worshippers and power, as Amaunator grows in strength taking up their portfolios in the process? Will he form a trinity with Lathandar and Selune? Both are related to the sun, it could become religious dogma that lathandar is the son and Selune the wife. Is Amaunator behind these changes or has he just remained silent as he believes the realms will benefit beneath his order.

Sort of related, I don't like gods dying when they lose their worshippers, I can live with them losing power but I like the thought that they are demogods who gain power through worship which allows them to ascend to the higher ranks of lesser or greater deity.

I may have picked up 6 newbie players so I can run 3 groups. A fair few have played BG3.

 

[Zardnaar]

What if they say "NO"?

Do something else.

Most have played BG3 one has done classics do I don't forsee any nose but you never know.

 

[Voadam]

So thinking about an FR thing maybe near Baldurs Gate.

I'm thinking of a heresy involving Amauntor/Lathender and maybe Torm. Other obvious ones are the dead 3, shar/selune, gods of Fury vs nature.

I grew up with Greek/Roman/Egyptian mythology though. It's not for everyone. I'm going to bring it up at session 0 anyway.

Anyway thoughts? No gods, FR style, around but not really eg GoT.

I would go either heresy themes or full on Greek big NPCs but probably not both together.

Heresies can work in FR such as Amauntor spreading the heresy that Lathander was an aspect/face of him as the sun god and it is cycle time of ages for Amauntor to be ascendant and the face again but if Lathander shows up, even though he is literally a slightly modified Greek Apollo, he is not going to look at schismatics and say whatever. With the Ao requirement of gods to be tied to worship this steals directly from his power and he knows it so he will care if he is on the scene.

The two themes can be done together in a campaign, but it takes more consideration on the part of the DM for the plotting elements to make sense in context.