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<blockquote data-quote="Kryndal Levik" data-source="post: 371761" data-attributes="member: 7582">Actually, I'm thinking of more of an ethical dilemma (for both the god and his followers) as opposed to the god stepping in...&nbsp; Example:&nbsp; There's a race war (say, precipitated by the trickster god you mentioned... <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=":)" />) between the elves and the humans (or the dwarves, etc.).&nbsp; If you use a &quot;shared&quot; god between the two pantheons, it would be possible, perhaps even likely, that clerics and/or paladins- all good-aligned- worshiping different aspects of the same deity would be fighting against each other.&nbsp; The issue is:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"> It's feasible that such a war could occur- neither side need be &quot;wrong,&quot; per se, or be violating the ethos of their faith/god.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">How would a god react in this situation?&nbsp; Let them fight it out, granting spells to both sides and letting them die (and watching the number of his faithful diminish in the process)?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Or would he/she/it deny their spells/abilities, thereby causing a &quot;crisis of faith?&quot;</li>
</ul>Just my thoughts on a rather complicated subject...&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=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kryndal Levik, post: 371761, member: 7582"] Actually, I'm thinking of more of an ethical dilemma (for both the god and his followers) as opposed to the god stepping in... Example: There's a race war (say, precipitated by the trickster god you mentioned... :)) between the elves and the humans (or the dwarves, etc.). If you use a "shared" god between the two pantheons, it would be possible, perhaps even likely, that clerics and/or paladins- all good-aligned- worshiping different aspects of the same deity would be fighting against each other. The issue is: [list] [*] It's feasible that such a war could occur- neither side need be "wrong," per se, or be violating the ethos of their faith/god. [*]How would a god react in this situation? Let them fight it out, granting spells to both sides and letting them die (and watching the number of his faithful diminish in the process)? [*]Or would he/she/it deny their spells/abilities, thereby causing a "crisis of faith?" [/list] Just my thoughts on a rather complicated subject... :) [/QUOTE]

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