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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 1455689" data-attributes="member: 4910">The way I run it, the gods just are, not because.  I'm with Angcuru in that I find the idea that gods need their worshipers to give them power to be... wrong.  The gods are the embodiment of a major thing.  The Earth, the Sun, War, Death, Mercy, Knowledge.  Even if noone uttered a prayer to the god of the sun ever again, it wouldn't cause him to waver one bit.  The sun still rises and sets, therefor the god of the sun is still around.  He was there before there was anyone to worship him, and he'll be around after the last person passes on.At no point were the gods mortals.  Likewise a mortal cannot become a god, not that that fact would keep some of the more power hungry mad villian types from trying, mind you.  A mortal becoming a god would be like a person trying to become a car.Anyway, the way I do it is a god gets power from how prevalent and important the thing they represent is.</blockquote>