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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gold Roger" data-source="post: 4474272" data-attributes="member: 33904">OK, lots and lots of ideas here, so first of all thank you all, for your input. I'll try to answer to each suggestion.The Princes of Elemental Evil certainly have a lot going for them, not the least of which is their roots and history in D&D. However, they have a few things going against them as well. I wanted to keep most elementals out of the "godservant" territory to have some planar beings that aren't of divine nature. Also, they don't really offer much to potential worshipers.I'll probably have them in the setting, but as powerful elementals or titans, not as gods.The Seelie/Unseelie might be a good choice though, but I sadly don't know much about them. Anyone know where I can read up on them?While this is a neat concept, it probably works better in a setting where this is the only pantheon.These are actually one of the possibilities I've already looked at.The Eladrin Paragons are to few and imho to booring to use for this. I just feel that there are far better choices for "divine fey".The Guardinals would need a lot of work, though they might make a very nice Pantheon, with a great appeal to peasants and peasants heroes everywhere, once that's done.I feel the best choice are the Archon Paragons, with their odd mix of themes that combine "martial self-righteous crusaders" with "asketic and monastic seekers of enlightenment". 4th Edition angels are a perfect fit for their servants and Mount Celestia could be used as is for their realm.And another vote for Seelie/Unseelie. I should really look into these.These have a high overlap with the Abyssal Pantheon (heck Dagon is already in there), so if anyThese both a bit in the same direction. Obviously I don't want to go completely monotheistic.I could certainly see a few goods standing alone, without any supporting pantheon. These could be former mortals that even risen to divinity on their own or old "Overgods" that never saw a need to raise divinities to stand besides them.I feel split on the idea of Saints serving a god much as a lesser deity would. Honestly, if it looks like a divine duck and quacks like a divine duck, it's probably a duck-god even if t claims to be a saint.However, I could see a pantheon that completely consists of gods that started as mortals that call themselfs saints. Especially if they turn the traditional image of what a saint is on its head.I'll most likely do this. But as a (self proclaimed) "god" of one river, mountain or other natural/elemental manifestation would have little in common with a classical D&D god, both in type and scale of power, this would be one of the faiths represented by the primal powersource.I certainly see many dragons and titans accepting worshipped by "common mortals", but they wouldn't be granting divine power, nor would they themself be truly divine.</blockquote>

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