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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Viktyr Gehrig" data-source="post: 4931682" data-attributes="member: 9249">Really depends on the setting, and what "god" means in that setting.Most of the time, I favor the idea that the only real proof of the gods is the Clerics themselves, with the existence of godless Clerics (however rare) being seen more as an aberration than a compelling counter-argument. That's how I'm handling it with the Spelljammer game I'm planning on running soon, mostly so I can avoid the multiple cosmologies and stranded Clerics issues. Mortals can become phenomenally powerful, they can even become immortal, but they cannot become gods.A "Cleric" might even be someone who has merely learned to wield magic in a particular kind of way-- though this is doubtless highly unappreciated by the Clerics of established religions.On the other hand, in a Planescape game, where the gods are incontrovertibly real-- if not necessarily worthy of worship-- becoming a god is a process of convincing enough people and enough powerful people to believe that you are a god. Most difficult, of course, is convincing yourself.Other games would have different ideas. Haven't played enough Mystara myself to understand the process of attaining godhood, but I very much like the idea of a setting where the underlying metaobjective is to attain godhood. I will have to do more reading on this matter.</blockquote>