Gods and Pantheons

[CleverNickName]

How important are the gods in your game?

I'm developing a new adventure campaign, and I'm at the point where I need to decide how important to make religion. I'm curious to see how important religion, the gods, churches, and so forth are in other game worlds.

 

[Crothian]

In Eberron that I'm running the gods are not very important, but the churches and followers are.

 

[the Jester]

You don't have a good poll option for me. I voted "extremely," but the pcs aren't all gods; a few of them are trying to become gods, or are self-declared gods, but nobody is an actual deity. Nonetheless, the gods are a central fixture of the game, and actual deities have been involved... and, as I said, there are several pcs trying to become gods.

 

[TerraDave]

Like the first two responders:

You can have religion and gods be important without active gods, and;

You can have active gods, at least in theory, without things like churches, religion, etc. being important.

 

[el-remmen]

Yeah, this poll is worded weirdly.

I was going to say "Extremely" - but the PCs are not gods themselves, nor do they ever appear as NPCs. But to say "Fairly" seems inaccurate - because it is more than "fairly".

The thing about gods is their influence can be far-reaching without ever showing their hand.

 

[Nifft]

I can't answer. I'd say between very and extremely, but the PCs don't even know the reality of the gods -- they do not interact much, and they are certainly not gods themselves! (Though one is on his way.)

Cheers, -- N

 

[CleverNickName]

Yeah, this poll is worded weirdly.

Yeah, they all are. I keep forgetting to always include an option for "Other," because there is always an option that I never thought of. Sorry about that.

 

[el-remmen]

Yeah, they all are. I keep forgetting to always include an option for "Other," because there is always an option that I never thought of. Sorry about that.

/SUPER MOD POWERS ACTIVATE!

"Other" is now a choice.

 

[Greg K]

Yeah, this poll is worded weirdly.

I was going to say "Extremely" - but the PCs are not gods themselves, nor do they ever appear as NPCs. But to say "Fairly" seems inaccurate - because it is more than "fairly".

The thing about gods is their influence can be far-reaching without ever showing their hand.

What el remmen said. In my homebrew, I have a detailed pantheon and the choice of deity is much more important in a cleric's choice of spells than in standard D&D. Also, the rogue has actually met his deity. However, other than the one instance, encountering deities has been non-existant (unless one dies). Furthermore, the players are not seeking for their characters to become gods.

 

[CleverNickName]

/SUPER MOD POWERS ACTIVATE!

"Other" is now a choice.

Rock! \m/