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<blockquote data-quote="BigFreekinGoblinoid" data-source="post: 1152386" data-attributes="member: 5988"><p>Hmm... Why would this be an issue for your Campaign or PC's? </p><p></p><p>Anything goes really. </p><p></p><p>My thoughts: </p><p></p><p>The same deity may have many different names or aspects on different prime worlds ( Or even multiple names/aspects on the SAME prime world ). The canny god will conform to his worshippers expectations, not the other way around ...</p><p></p><p>Some deities may only appear on a single world, but might be stronger there ( "Greater" God or Higher Divine Rank ) than a god who has worshippers on dozens of prime worlds - beacuse he has more worshippers on THAT world. </p><p></p><p>Of course the PC not need know any of this, or indeed this may be a carefuly guarded secret. Worshippers of Oghma may debate endlessly with Clerics of Thoth without ever realizing they revere different aspects of the same deity! </p><p></p><p>Domains would for the most part be similar, but may have slight variations based on regional or prime specific beliefs. Alignments would almost never be more than one step </p><p></p><p>So "pantheons" could be world/region specific, and most myths about their interactions will be different from prime to prime.</p><p></p><p>I am favoring this developing theory over a cosmology/planescape with 30 War gods - There can still be multiple however! A god has to start his career somewhere, and there are lots of prime worlds...</p><p></p><p>Check out Joseph Campbell's classic work: "Hero with a Thousand Faces" for more on similarities between different world mythos</p><p></p><p>Some prime worlds might have different cosmologies - but do they really? Or is it just that access to certain planes or pocket dimensions is more prevalent there than other worlds? Perhaps scholars on some worlds have not discovered most of the "great wheel" yet! Likely they use different names for the same places. </p><p></p><p>BFG</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigFreekinGoblinoid, post: 1152386, member: 5988"] Hmm... Why would this be an issue for your Campaign or PC's? Anything goes really. My thoughts: The same deity may have many different names or aspects on different prime worlds ( Or even multiple names/aspects on the SAME prime world ). The canny god will conform to his worshippers expectations, not the other way around ... Some deities may only appear on a single world, but might be stronger there ( "Greater" God or Higher Divine Rank ) than a god who has worshippers on dozens of prime worlds - beacuse he has more worshippers on THAT world. Of course the PC not need know any of this, or indeed this may be a carefuly guarded secret. Worshippers of Oghma may debate endlessly with Clerics of Thoth without ever realizing they revere different aspects of the same deity! Domains would for the most part be similar, but may have slight variations based on regional or prime specific beliefs. Alignments would almost never be more than one step So "pantheons" could be world/region specific, and most myths about their interactions will be different from prime to prime. I am favoring this developing theory over a cosmology/planescape with 30 War gods - There can still be multiple however! A god has to start his career somewhere, and there are lots of prime worlds... Check out Joseph Campbell's classic work: "Hero with a Thousand Faces" for more on similarities between different world mythos Some prime worlds might have different cosmologies - but do they really? Or is it just that access to certain planes or pocket dimensions is more prevalent there than other worlds? Perhaps scholars on some worlds have not discovered most of the "great wheel" yet! Likely they use different names for the same places. BFG [/QUOTE]
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