Gods...

[DandD]

Luck gods would be good. Also, keep in mind that these aren't supposed to be the only gods that exist, just the ones with the most interaction possibilities for adventurers and villains. There are still agriculture deities, gods for marriage and harvest, love and other passions, for kitchen sinks, small furry animals and such.

 

[hong]

I'm wondering how they'll handle the extension to a 4E Oriental Adventures (you KNOW it's coming). Will they take the route of "these are the new gods, who are actually the same as the old gods but with different names"? Or will they add more gods into the pantheon? I hope it's the former; the latter leads to god inflation and/or unseemly competition.

 

[med stud]

I'm wondering how they'll handle the extension to a 4E Oriental Adventures (you KNOW it's coming). Will they take the route of "these are the new gods, who are actually the same as the old gods but with different names"? Or will they add more gods into the pantheon? I hope it's the former; the latter leads to god inflation and/or unseemly competition.

Yeah, it would be better with gods that cover the world than gods who cover cultural spheres.

 

[ki11erDM]

Luck gods would be good. Also, keep in mind that these aren't supposed to be the only gods that exist, just the ones with the most interaction possibilities for adventurers and villains. There are still agriculture deities, gods for marriage and harvest, love and other passions, for kitchen sinks, small furry animals and such.

Yea but if Avandra (Luck, Chance, Halflings) is the god of Halflings I just can't see using he/she in this role I have planned.

I also so some place that The Raven Queen might be a good for fate... is there any real info about her out on the Net?

Thanks

 

[Dunamin]

Yea but if Avandra (Luck, Chance, Halflings) is the god of Halflings I just can't see using he/she in this role I have planned.

I also so some place that The Raven Queen might be a good for fate... is there any real info about her out on the Net?

Thanks

It was my impression that the standard gods in 4E have less emphasis on being tied to a race, and I'd recommend the same if you're having trouble.

Reinforce that Avandra is a god of Chance and Fortune first, and Maiden of Halflingkind second. That's how I prefer it anyway - fewer gods with fleshed out foci, rather than an abundance of redundant gods of single species and nothing more.

 

[senna]

I also so some place that The Raven Queen might be a good for fate... is there any real info about her out on the Net?

She is custom made for 4th edition! Altough you could think Wotc just take what they liked about wee-jas and meshed up with eberron´s Keeper.

 

[Cam Banks]

She is custom made for 4th edition! Altough you could think Wotc just take what they liked about wee-jas and meshed up with eberron´s Keeper.

She seems like a borrowed goddess from Celtic mythology, anyway - the Morrigan/Madb/Crone etc. Wee-Jas without the silly name.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[hong]

You won't think Wee Jas is silly once you've met her cousin Hugh.

 

[Sadrik]

What happens with all of the monsters that are in the MM, they all will likely have deities too. Will the gnome deities be tucked into the MM or will they worship Avandra or Corellon? What about Goblinoids, Giants, Minotaurs, and the endless list of other humanoid monsters? Will they all have new gods? Or will they just use the ones presented in the PHB? My hope would be that they use the PHB ones and simply say they worship an aspect of such and such...

 

[DandD]

We know that Hobgoblins are likely to worship Bane in the assumed campaign-setting. Gnolls are demon-worshipper. Quite likely they'll pay homage to Yeenoghu, if that thing still exists for 4th edition. They'll surely like Gruumsh and other evil deities of slaughter too. Keep in mind that according to Worlds&Monsters, the three elven gods Correlon Larethian, Selhanine (or however she was called) and Lolth found the Eladrin, not created them. They just like them enough to be their patron deities, and help them after the great Eladrin Schisma.
That doesn't preclude some creator deities, but not every god linked to a race has to be their creator race.