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<blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 3774092" data-attributes="member: 9045">I'm all for stats for gods, because the common concept of what a god is oesn't fit with what ancient polytheistic gods were on the whole.&nbsp; Gods weren't generally All-Powerful Cosmic Beings Above All, incorporeal and effervescent with avatars and whatnot.&nbsp; Zeus was Zeus, Thor was Thor, Horus was Horus...&nbsp; and if for some reason you threw down with one of those guys, you weren't throwing down some safety-net shadow aspect avatar.&nbsp; You had THOR or HORUS or APOLLO or whoever to deal with buddy-boy, and you'd better have brought your A-Game.And if you brought your A-Game, and your A-Game was good enough, you MIGHT just stand a chance.&nbsp; MIGHT, on a good day, if you're epically good, and if they don't cheat.&nbsp; And buddy, there's a good chance they'll cheat.But they weren't YAHWEH, and thinking of them in the same conceptual terms just doesn't apply.&nbsp; Sure, in some odd instances there are small cameos of such gods acting as All-Powerful Omniscient Cosmic Entities, but they were fairly rare.&nbsp; More often Thor's out raising hell and drinking, and Zeus is banging someone's sister.And that's why I like stats for gods.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />That, and sometimes it's not a case of PCs wanting to fight gods.&nbsp; Sometimes, gods fight each other.&nbsp; Directly, physically, without the safety net of avatars or whatnot.&nbsp; And for those occasions stats are good, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wolv0rine, post: 3774092, member: 9045"] I'm all for stats for gods, because the common concept of what a god is oesn't fit with what ancient polytheistic gods were on the whole. Gods weren't generally All-Powerful Cosmic Beings Above All, incorporeal and effervescent with avatars and whatnot. Zeus was Zeus, Thor was Thor, Horus was Horus... and if for some reason you threw down with one of those guys, you weren't throwing down some safety-net shadow aspect avatar. You had THOR or HORUS or APOLLO or whoever to deal with buddy-boy, and you'd better have brought your A-Game. And if you brought your A-Game, and your A-Game was good enough, you MIGHT just stand a chance. MIGHT, on a good day, if you're epically good, and if they don't cheat. And buddy, there's a good chance they'll cheat. But they weren't YAHWEH, and thinking of them in the same conceptual terms just doesn't apply. Sure, in some odd instances there are small cameos of such gods acting as All-Powerful Omniscient Cosmic Entities, but they were fairly rare. More often Thor's out raising hell and drinking, and Zeus is banging someone's sister. And that's why I like stats for gods. :) That, and sometimes it's not a case of PCs wanting to fight gods. Sometimes, gods fight each other. Directly, physically, without the safety net of avatars or whatnot. And for those occasions stats are good, too. [/QUOTE]

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