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<blockquote data-quote="MeepoTheMighty" data-source="post: 369289" data-attributes="member: 3216">The homebrew I'm working on combines both monotheism and polytheism into (I hope) a believable coexistence.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mankind used to be polythesitic, but through a number of divine wars, trickeries, and other behind-the-scenes hullabaloo, the pantheon of gods had to combine their powers into one essence in order to overcome Evil (TM).However, when the gods came together to create this essence, they feared that the mortals would find a way to use it for evil, so they used all their powers to prevent it from granting spells to mortals.So for a couple thousand years, we had an Empire that was theocratically controlled by the church of this divine melting pot.&nbsp; Because there was nobody granting divine spells, all knowledge of the existence of the pantheon was lost.Now, however, mankind managed to stumble upon a way to reawaken the gods (I'm not sure how yet <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=":)" /> ) and the divine magic is flowing freely - except to the church which runs the Empire.&nbsp;&nbsp; This sets the stage for a huge, secularly powerful Imperial Church coming into conflict with a number of smaller, magically-gifted polytheistic cults.&nbsp; The Church, of course, sees these newcomers as witches, and has set out to persecute anyone who claims to draw magical power from the gods.I'm not sure how realistic this is, but it seems like it will make a nice backdrop for some gaming. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="MeepoTheMighty, post: 369289, member: 3216"] The homebrew I'm working on combines both monotheism and polytheism into (I hope) a believable coexistence. Mankind used to be polythesitic, but through a number of divine wars, trickeries, and other behind-the-scenes hullabaloo, the pantheon of gods had to combine their powers into one essence in order to overcome Evil (TM). However, when the gods came together to create this essence, they feared that the mortals would find a way to use it for evil, so they used all their powers to prevent it from granting spells to mortals. So for a couple thousand years, we had an Empire that was theocratically controlled by the church of this divine melting pot. Because there was nobody granting divine spells, all knowledge of the existence of the pantheon was lost. Now, however, mankind managed to stumble upon a way to reawaken the gods (I'm not sure how yet :) ) and the divine magic is flowing freely - except to the church which runs the Empire. This sets the stage for a huge, secularly powerful Imperial Church coming into conflict with a number of smaller, magically-gifted polytheistic cults. The Church, of course, sees these newcomers as witches, and has set out to persecute anyone who claims to draw magical power from the gods. I'm not sure how realistic this is, but it seems like it will make a nice backdrop for some gaming. :) [/QUOTE]

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