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<blockquote data-quote="werebrownie" data-source="post: 371743" data-attributes="member: 6400">i'm using a variety of things for the pantheon in the game setting i'm working on at the moment.at the dawn of history the only inhabitants of the world are a large number of humans.&nbsp; they begin to develop primative civilization and in the process the three over-gods are brought into existance through sheer power of belief.anyone that's read pratchett's small gods should see the angle i'm working with here.entities in this world rise to godhood through a number of methods -A, they're the offspring of gods.&nbsp; while godly beings they can fall as far as demigod status if they fail to acquire sufficient followers.B, they're brought into existance as the over-gods were.&nbsp; C,&nbsp; any non-divine entity that gains enough followers can ascendthe humans, being the most populous race in the world have their own pantheon, however these gods are not exclusively worshipped by the humans.every civilized race is going to have at least a few demigods and/or minor gods... great leaders and the like that get elevated.powerful and power-hungry planar creatures are likely to simply bring followers to the world in order to elevate themselves to godhood.the end result is that the world can only hold so many inhabitants.&nbsp; this means that there are a finite number of followers the world can sustain.&nbsp; this sets up all sorts of conflict as the gods struggle for followers in order to maintain and increase their divine rank.summed up you get the following -one true pantheon that originates with the humans.numerous other gods and godlings - some planar creatures that have found the world and others simply ascended mortals.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="werebrownie, post: 371743, member: 6400"] i'm using a variety of things for the pantheon in the game setting i'm working on at the moment. at the dawn of history the only inhabitants of the world are a large number of humans. they begin to develop primative civilization and in the process the three over-gods are brought into existance through sheer power of belief. anyone that's read pratchett's [I]small gods[/I] should see the angle i'm working with here. entities in this world rise to godhood through a number of methods - A, they're the offspring of gods. while godly beings they can fall as far as demigod status if they fail to acquire sufficient followers. B, they're brought into existance as the over-gods were. C, any non-divine entity that gains enough followers can ascend the humans, being the most populous race in the world have their own pantheon, however these gods are not exclusively worshipped by the humans. every civilized race is going to have at least a few demigods and/or minor gods... great leaders and the like that get elevated. powerful and power-hungry planar creatures are likely to simply bring followers to the world in order to elevate themselves to godhood. the end result is that the world can only hold so many inhabitants. this means that there are a finite number of followers the world can sustain. this sets up all sorts of conflict as the gods struggle for followers in order to maintain and increase their divine rank. summed up you get the following - one true pantheon that originates with the humans. numerous other gods and godlings - some planar creatures that have found the world and others simply ascended mortals. [/QUOTE]

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