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How many gods is too many gods?
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<blockquote data-quote="Voi_D_ragon" data-source="post: 7402545" data-attributes="member: 6855956"><p>Sooo, I've been working on my world, and I've been stuck on the gods for a looong while now. I've plundered and pilfered from past editions and other fantasy settings, and now I have (ranked by divinity level)</p><p></p><p>8 Overdeities- First beings ever created, absolutely untouchable and incredibly powerful (one per base divine domain in PHB)</p><p></p><p>32 Greater deities- created by the Overdeities, oversee different aspects of their domains (4x OD)</p><p></p><p>About 20 racial deities, who are basically saints that were helped by the gods at some point and gained divinity status among their people.</p><p></p><p>Now, all these cover basically any aspect of life possible and give ample choice to any type of player a character may want to make. The problem is, will they be too much to handle? </p><p>Obviously only a couple of gods will have actual churches/organisations, the rest will be worshipped mostly on a personal basis, but I'm afraid that their presence won't be felt at all in the world. </p><p>But at the same time, if I reduce the gods I have to make the portfolios massively bigger, leading to some people only worshipping one part of what the god oversees, leading me to having to name those parts, leading me back to the beginning basically.</p><p></p><p>What can I do about this? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voi_D_ragon, post: 7402545, member: 6855956"] Sooo, I've been working on my world, and I've been stuck on the gods for a looong while now. I've plundered and pilfered from past editions and other fantasy settings, and now I have (ranked by divinity level) 8 Overdeities- First beings ever created, absolutely untouchable and incredibly powerful (one per base divine domain in PHB) 32 Greater deities- created by the Overdeities, oversee different aspects of their domains (4x OD) About 20 racial deities, who are basically saints that were helped by the gods at some point and gained divinity status among their people. Now, all these cover basically any aspect of life possible and give ample choice to any type of player a character may want to make. The problem is, will they be too much to handle? Obviously only a couple of gods will have actual churches/organisations, the rest will be worshipped mostly on a personal basis, but I'm afraid that their presence won't be felt at all in the world. But at the same time, if I reduce the gods I have to make the portfolios massively bigger, leading to some people only worshipping one part of what the god oversees, leading me to having to name those parts, leading me back to the beginning basically. What can I do about this? :( [/QUOTE]
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