New Design and Development: Pantheon

[TarionzCousin]

I always thought Heironeous meant the quality of being Heironic.

I've always just called him "Erroneous" and considered him a useless god.

I like what I've read about the new pantheon so far. Bahamut is much cooler than "Paladingod the Paladin god."

 

[grimslade]

Sounds likely. I noticed there weren't any real world gods in the article.

The thing didn't I notice was any goddesses. Are they all bachelors gay, or are there some women around?

(Idea: there's only one goddess. All the men "compete for her favours". ie, they're her harem. I don't think Wizards will go that way though...))

The new pantheon are The Smurfs?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I really hope this doesn't mean that specific gods are hard-coded into the rules somehow.

Read the next few sentences after the portion you quoted. The art director was worried that they'd just end up with generic EEEEEEEEEVIL temples in the art and GOOOOOOOOOOOD GUY heroes.

 

[TwinBahamut]

I do like the sound of this article, and I really like the idea of Bahamut as god of all Paladins, but I am wondering one thing... Who on earth are Zehir and Torog, and why are their names so bland? Ok, Zehir isn't that bad, but Torog is not a very good name for anything, especially a deity.

I just hope that this pantheon makes some kind of great cosmological sense as a unified pantheon, but considering this is D&D I am talking about, I doubt it will. Oh well. I like homebrewing stuff anyways.

 

[Kunimatyu]

Set is not a snake god! >_<

Yeah, well, he's a snake god in Conan, and Conan could kick Egyptian mythology's ass.

 

[hong]

I do like the sound of this article, and I really like the idea of Bahamut as god of all Paladins, but I am wondering one thing... Who on earth are Zehir and Torog, and why are their names so bland? Ok, Zehir isn't that bad, but Torog is not a very good name for anything, especially a deity.

Heresy! Next you'll be saying that Tenser is a bad name. Or, heaven forfend, Zuggtmoy.

 

[Reaper Steve]

Well, the defining mark of Hextor is that he's the evil brother of Heironeous. Sure, he's the god of evil and tyranny and related bad stuff, but there's plenty of those gods to choose from. So if you remove Heironeous, there's no longer any reason to choose Hextor over anyone else.

I guess I like the name Hextor better.
And Blood Golems!

New poll idea: Tyrannical God Name: Bane or Hextor!
(Incoming! Take cover!)

 

[Rechan]

The thing didn't I notice was any goddesses. Are they all bachelors gay, or are there some women around?

I'm certain we'll have a Goddess of Love/Fertility/Chainmail Bikinis. Don't think there's a pantheon that lacks it.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Other evil gods don't like blood or golems?

 

[ForceUser]

If they change it a lot, I will complain. If they change it a little, I will complain.

How it reads to me.

Oh snap.

I'm iffy on Bane name-wise (it's a little bland), but I'm down with his portfolio. I've always thought the FR pantheon was much more flavorful than Greyhawk's. And I like the idea of broadening the gods' appeal beyond race.