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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 2725903" data-attributes="member: 18549">In the Forgotten Realms, while people pay homage to multiple gods, the god you dedicate yourself to as your patron decides where you end up after you die.  This makes people choose carefully.  Ever since the Time of Troubles, the gods' power has been directly tied into the number of worshippers they have, which means they need to do something to attract worshippers.  Evil gods tend to provide power and good gods protection and a good afterlife.I wouldn't be surprised if some of this bled over into other settings.The other reason they compete for worshippers is the same reason ideologues compete for supporters when they don't necessarily have to.  If you're an idealogue, you're right and everyone else is wrong.  Therefore you must make sure nobody else has any support from the proles.  You become a lobbyist, or go door-to-door, or whatever, trying to make people believe what you believe.  Now, if you're not just an idealogue, but are an actual idea made manifest, this only becomes more intense.  Gods don't like it when people believe in ideas that might be construed as not exactly in line with the god's portfolio.  Gods are generally pretty single-minded.  It comes of having a divine portfolio.  Try talking St. Cuthbert into being lenient on a first offence, or convincing Kord to settle his differences by sitting down and talking about it.  It's anathema to them.  And they don't want any humans being lenient or talking stuff over, either.  Not on their watch.</blockquote>

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