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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 4807457" data-attributes="member: 18182">Still not buying your arguments.  If other deities send messengers to our wannabe "one true god" to inform him he's way off base and they don't appreciate it . . . why should he care?  Either our one god realizes he's not the only game in town but decides to instruct his worshippers otherwise, or he truly believes he is the only true god and all the other "so-called" gods and their servants are deceivers.It's also possible that our one god knows he's not the only god in town, and doesn't wish to deceive his followers . . . but his mortal followers have created a church venerating him as a monotheistic deity.  Sure, they can commune with their god and his servants, but the answers to a commune spell are often vague and subject to interpretation, depend on the questions asked, and are interpreted by a biased priesthood.  And even if the god manages to get "the truth" to his mortal servants, the high-up priests capable of casting commune might decide to deceive the general lay worshippers anyway . . . . . . so much room for fun conflict and confusion!  I'm actually getting inspired by this thread to work up a new monotheistic religion for my campaign!And, of course, you can have a campaign where there truly is only one god . . . and all of the other gods truly are demons deceiving their worshippers!!!</blockquote>