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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anonym" data-source="post: 9746529" data-attributes="member: 31951">I came up with a world setting like this:1.In this world, for the vast majority of mortals, Gods exists——but unlike Earthlings (strictly speaking, Westerners who believe in Abrahamic monotheism), for them, any powerful being can be considered and worshipped as Gods, whether they are powerful beings come from the outer planes(any kind), powerful undead creatures such as vampires or liches who possess high class level, Fey or Genius Loci， legendary mortal heroes,or just a not very powerful 18th mortal human Wizard.simply put, you can refer to ancient Japan, where anything can be worshipped as gods, even those that are not powerful.2.There are countless gods of the same portfolio, such as millions of water gods run on the world, and even powerful mortal spellcasters who specialize in controlling water will be regarded as a water god. they sometimes compete with each other, sometimes form cliques, and can be worshipped both as a whole and as individuals. mortal people dont care about the specific definition of what the 'god' is. to them,if a powerful individual is very good at controlling water, then he is a water god, no matter what he is specifically.3.For them, it is a rare event for mortals to kill a god and seize its power (and then become a new god), but it will not cause them great shock, just like how humans on Earth hear that a king of a country has been assassinated or usurped.4.Missionaries are required to demonstrate real miracles to prove the power of their god, rather than just talking. If they cannot demonstrate miracles stronger than their competitors, no or few one will donate or convert to the new god. and if their competitors don't want to be taken over for market share, they have to show more powerful miracles to prove who is more worthy of worship.of course, violent force is one of the common ways, but it's better to demonstrate a miracle of being stronger than the opponent when using violent, because the opponent clearly won't just drive a group of peasants to fight for their faith with forks in hand (unlike medieval Earth peasants, they definitely won't).</blockquote>

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