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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 5215318" data-attributes="member: 18253">You can get the players to do some of this legwork for the less defined deities. It is not unreasonable for them to put some effort into defining their patrons; a lot of refs seem to do this. Require them to flesh out their god(s). In return give them flexibility (i.e., don't nix things they come up with because it doesn't meet your aesthetic sense; if you have them do the work you have to allow them creative license) and maybe offer them a carrot or two for doing this. For instance, if they do a good job, as a cleric in good standing at their temple have them sometimes get potions, scrolls and maybe even a hand me down magic item. Show the players this part of the campaign matters and they will put some work into it. Alternately, you can do the work yourself. One downside is you may need to define 10x as many gods as the players actually end up using (thus many people's preference to having the players do it: you get a very good god definition for the gods the players care about rather than a lot of weak ones you knocked out just to fill in the ranks.) Myself, I find gods and sources of divine power to be a key part of a setting and usually put a lot of work into it but I recognize that that is a personal preference and that I just enjoy world building.</blockquote>