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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Archade" data-source="post: 4046363" data-attributes="member: 7654">You got it exactly!  That's what I'm aiming for.  Except, without the unifying deity, people have fallen to worshipping saints, angels, devils and cult deities and the like.  I'm also playing strongly with the concept that worshippers can shape the deity - Asmodai was an angel, and is now a neutral deity due to the shift of focus of his worshippers.  However, I really like that he was the Chancellor of Celestia (or whatever I call my shining white realm).I hadn't decided how Aarishem died as yet.  I'm thinking of keeping it a campaign secret that isn't immediately available to players.  I like the name Court of Pursuits!  Where did you come  up with it?I wanted a LG deity that represented some sort of monastic church, with robes and singing, and less of the swinging of swords and courage and bravery.  I should probably emphasize pureness of the soul, or the like.I want to keep Asmodai with the vengeance, but I can have a lot of fun with a guilt-driven religion.  Lots of noble suffering and the ability to play a paladin of Hirax.  As an aside, I set up Asmodai as a LN deity for those who want to play a slightly darker paladin, more focused on vengeance and oaths, and less about fluffy goodness and light.From the comments in this thread, I've changed Aanyar a bit to be a weather god that is a provider of water and its healing, nourishing properties, and Aanyar and Chaldan are husband and wife.I'm keeping the fey pantheon separate from the rest, as fey are important in my campaign.  This gives druids another non-mainstream pantheon to follow.  The big thing is the fey gods aren't really gods, they're more like Oberon or Titania, powerful fey but that's it -- but because they are worshipped by human cults and descended races of the fey like the gnomes and halflings, they grant divine powers.Prothus is indeed my deity intended for dwarven worship (but the dwarves can worship anyone in the pantheon), but I'd like to change his name -- any ideas?Astaroth is a very old AD&D devil I always used in my campaign, and I have the old "Politics of Hell" issues of Dragon that talk about him.  Of course, he's modeled on a real-world devil mythology (with the snake wrapped around his arm, etc).  To me, he represents an ancient evil far better than Asmodeus.  And spiked chain is close to a snake -- is it a bit over the top? Sure, but it's for bad guys, not players.Thanks for the ideas!  They are helping.</blockquote>

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