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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 1577247" data-attributes="member: 4134">The fact that you need a deity to get divine magic in the FR is anchored in the background. I wasn't always that way, it was changed when the gods didn't take an interest in the world and cared only for their own schemes. So the local overpower bound the deities' power directly to their worshippers.I prefer having gods who grant you divine magic, especially in a vanilla fantasy setting like Greyhawk or the Realms. Their churches provide players and DM alike with organizations they can join, ally with, or fight. They also provides with a code of conduct the players can follow (either closely or loosely).The Idea that gods do not exist but you worship them anyway isn't my idea of proper fantasy, where the gods sometimes take personal interest in things.I do like other settings where it is handled differently, like the mix of animism, ancestor worshipping, philosophy and reverence of deity-like beings you find in Rokugan.</blockquote>