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<blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 3509945" data-attributes="member: 9723">For my next D&amp;D game I want to attach all the PCs to a set of closely connected deities. I'm hoping to use a lot of the divine politics to filter into the attitudes of the PC's and pre set up some more enmity between them and the antagonists in the game. So, I'm hoping to get pointed to a good pantheon. Particularly I'm looking for a lot of interplay between the different members of the pantheon. And it doesn't all have to be good. I want things where the summer wind is the child of the local nature god and the god of the elves, but has a vendetta against the elven god of magic for killing her half brother in a duel. The other thing I want to avoid is some of the generic feeling “Here's your LG deity of general smitey holyness and paladinhood. Here's the TN nature god. Here's the NG god of healing. Here's a token god of each race. Here's your evil guy.” I really want to avoid the feeling that it's a 'generic selection to get some powers'.Especially the opposition. I want him rotten. I want him evil and driven. Not just in a 'because he's evil' sort of way. I want him to have a history of messing things up and causing bloodshed. I want him feared.Any and all suggestions are welcome. And if there isn't something out there that directly fits, good ideas for reference (campaign, fiction and historical) are also highly appreciated. Thanks a ton!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThoughtBubble, post: 3509945, member: 9723"] For my next D&D game I want to attach all the PCs to a set of closely connected deities. I'm hoping to use a lot of the divine politics to filter into the attitudes of the PC's and pre set up some more enmity between them and the antagonists in the game. So, I'm hoping to get pointed to a good pantheon. Particularly I'm looking for a lot of interplay between the different members of the pantheon. And it doesn't all have to be good. I want things where the summer wind is the child of the local nature god and the god of the elves, but has a vendetta against the elven god of magic for killing her half brother in a duel. The other thing I want to avoid is some of the generic feeling “Here's your LG deity of general smitey holyness and paladinhood. Here's the TN nature god. Here's the NG god of healing. Here's a token god of each race. Here's your evil guy.” I really want to avoid the feeling that it's a 'generic selection to get some powers'. Especially the opposition. I want him rotten. I want him evil and driven. Not just in a 'because he's evil' sort of way. I want him to have a history of messing things up and causing bloodshed. I want him feared. Any and all suggestions are welcome. And if there isn't something out there that directly fits, good ideas for reference (campaign, fiction and historical) are also highly appreciated. Thanks a ton! [/QUOTE]

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