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<blockquote data-quote="Kinak" data-source="post: 6335530" data-attributes="member: 6694112"><p>I don't think I've seen the Greek gods for Pathfinder. They had 2nd Edition stats in Legends and Lore, but clerics looked very different back then. Pathfinder does have much of the Egyptian pantheon in <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy94vv?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-80-Empty-Graves" target="_blank">Empty Graves</a>.</p><p></p><p>I'd say the biggest trick for converting a pantheon to Pathfinder is getting the right spread of domains and alignments. I'd actually list the domains, then list which deities could have each. Then you can go over that to trim down to the deities' actual list.</p><p></p><p>In Pathfinder full gods will have five domains but up to two of those will be filled in with alignment domains (one for each non-neutral part of their alignment). You can ignore those guidelines if you want, but restrictions like that force you to keep things a bit cleaner and give the deities a clearer role.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, most mythical figures could be justified as many alignments. By having it plotted out where they <em>can</em> go, you can make sure you don't end up with a bunch of gaps.</p><p></p><p>In many real-world pantheons, it's actually sort of hard filling in the lower part of the alignment spectrum. With the Greeks you have the titans, which clears that up nicely... and many of the Greek gods can be considered neutral anyway.</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, I'd aim for a dozen to (at most) two dozen deities. You have the advantage of players probably being familiar with them already, but a full listing can get daunting quite quickly.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p><p>Kinak</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kinak, post: 6335530, member: 6694112"] I don't think I've seen the Greek gods for Pathfinder. They had 2nd Edition stats in Legends and Lore, but clerics looked very different back then. Pathfinder does have much of the Egyptian pantheon in [URL="http://paizo.com/products/btpy94vv?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-80-Empty-Graves"]Empty Graves[/URL]. I'd say the biggest trick for converting a pantheon to Pathfinder is getting the right spread of domains and alignments. I'd actually list the domains, then list which deities could have each. Then you can go over that to trim down to the deities' actual list. In Pathfinder full gods will have five domains but up to two of those will be filled in with alignment domains (one for each non-neutral part of their alignment). You can ignore those guidelines if you want, but restrictions like that force you to keep things a bit cleaner and give the deities a clearer role. Similarly, most mythical figures could be justified as many alignments. By having it plotted out where they [I]can[/I] go, you can make sure you don't end up with a bunch of gaps. In many real-world pantheons, it's actually sort of hard filling in the lower part of the alignment spectrum. With the Greeks you have the titans, which clears that up nicely... and many of the Greek gods can be considered neutral anyway. For what it's worth, I'd aim for a dozen to (at most) two dozen deities. You have the advantage of players probably being familiar with them already, but a full listing can get daunting quite quickly. Cheers! Kinak [/QUOTE]
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