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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1456129" data-attributes="member: 99">I've dealt with this issue a lot in my campaign recently as it is fueling a major storyline.  Basically, it goes like this:There was a being that created the universe, kind of an uber-god.  He made the world and soon (cosmologically speaking) there were beings who became the epitomes of certain races or concepts.  These became gods.When these gods came into conflict, massive powers were unleashed.  These battles threatened to destroy the prime material plane.  The uber-god called a meeting and said, "I don't want my creation destroyed.  Leave this plane and never come back and I'll give you True Immortality."  (True Immortality in this case means that it is simply impossible to destroy one of the gods, against their will, by any means.)  The gods agreed and departed the prime.They were not going to stay out of the game however.  They immediately set about crafting the Heavens, Hells and Spirit Realms (representing the ideals of Good, Evil and Neutrality respectively).  The gods created ideal beings for each of these realms (Celestials, Demons/Devils and Spirits) and these became their go-betweens who could enact their will upon the prime.Each of the gods has a supply of "Essence".  They produce this power slowly over time by themselves.  But they can also get it when sacrifices are made in their names upon the prime.  These sacrifices correspond to a given god's sphere of influence and are represented as the various rites and rituals of the religion dedicated to that god.  The more followers you have and the better they go about making sacrifices, the more Essence the god accumulates.The ideal creatures of the outer planes (Heaven, Hell, Spirit Realm) require Essence to go outside their home planes and survive.  So, the more Essence a god has, the more Outsiders he can urge to do his bidding upon the prime (and other planes as well) and the longer he can sustain them there.Residents of the Prime can also "cut out the middle man" and make sacrifices directly to these Outsiders (usually in exchange for a benefit of some sort), giving them the Essence they need to act outside their home planes.  Most Celestials find this practice blasphemous, most Demons/Devils find it delicious and the Spirits are rather split down the middle.</blockquote>

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