New Design and Development: Pantheon

[Nifft]

I'm just saying, it's amusing to see someone asking for more historical gods instead of fictional ones, and then mentioning snake-Set as an example of the former. ^_^

That is an excellent point.

(Wait, you mean Conan isn't from the Bible?!)

Hyborians 3:14, -- N

 

[Rechan]

(Wait, you mean Conan isn't from the Bible?!)

Hyborians 3:14, -- N

And Lo, he did come unto them with his axe. He cleaveth their false idol the big ass snake guy. And he did ravish their scantily clad women. And it was good.

 

[Nifft]

"Conan, what is best in life?"

"To slay the enemies of the LORD; to see them driven from the land of Canaan; and to hear the lamentation of their false idols."

Hyborians 4:20, -- N

 

[spunky_mutters]

I'm pretty ambivalent about these. I like Bane more than Bahamut, but neither very much. They're fine for their roles, though. I'm more interested in how they will fill out the pantheon, though. About the only new god from 3e that I can say I liked was Morning Glory, but I don't see her being broad enough for PHB inclusion.

 

[Blair Goatsblood]

I'm just saying, it's amusing to see someone asking for more historical gods instead of fictional ones, and then mentioning snake-Set as an example of the former. ^_^

replace historical with "fantasy pop culture"

 

[The Human Target]

It all looks awesome to me.

Oh, and I love Bane so much it hurts.

So that news is just freaking amazing.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hear Hear, I can't stand 'racial pantheons' and esp the 3E rule that you have to be an elf to be a cleric of an 'elf god' but not vice versa for all the other (human?) gods left

That's not a rule. You just have an ass for a DM.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If there is only one pantheon of real gods that answers prayers then it makes sense that most people would call them the same names.

Yes, because millennia of myth and religion have never suggested that the gods are ever anything other than 100 percent rational.

 

[shadewest]

Oh, and I love Bane so much it hurts.

And yet you display the symbol of Cyric as your avatar. Be careful. Both of those gods seem the jealous type.

 

[Aldarc]

Are a campaign's gods really going to go around zapping people who are so much as mispronouncing their names? I haven't seen one yet that does, and hopefully not. If they care that much, there probably won't be any imbalance of good or evil for mortals to take care of, either -- the gods will take care of the whole thing.

Just to supplement what Henry said, but in history many if not all deities had multiple names and epitaphs by which they were called and there are still many scholarly battles as to whether or not certain deities mentioned were distinctive or aspects of other deities.