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<blockquote data-quote="MechaTarrasque" data-source="post: 7962271" data-attributes="member: 6801226">I tend to have gods getting power from some social phenomena.&nbsp; The more of the phenomena there is in the multiverse, the stronger the god is.&nbsp; For example, Bane is the god of painful discipline (which includes emotionally painful discipline but that isn't as fun), so if a kid gets his knuckles smacked by a nun's ruler, Bane gets some juice, and if a soldier is executed for violating his superior's orders, then Bane gets a big bonus from the multiverse.Once they get enough juice, gods can venture into non-social things like storms, nature, the sea, and the sun, but these are really just for branding.Going back to Bane, it doesn't really matter if a hobgoblin, a dwarf, a unicorn, or a dragon is getting the discipline, so long as the discipliner and the disciplinee both know discipline is taking place (any audience knowing it is discipline and taking some meaning from it is a bonus).&nbsp;&nbsp; Bane doesn't get anything if an ogre beats up some farmer because the ogre is bored even if the ogre claims it is discipline.&nbsp; Bane obviously doesn't want to run out of power, so he set up organized religions to encourage societies to use discipline.&nbsp; Bane focuses his attention on societies that are pro-discipline, often run by races that are pro-discipline (like hobgoblins).&nbsp; Bane may have something to do with those races and societies being pro-discipline.&nbsp; He has discovered that attempting to bring discipline to kender, pixies, and fantasy role playing gamers are all a waste of his time and resources.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaTarrasque, post: 7962271, member: 6801226"] I tend to have gods getting power from some social phenomena. The more of the phenomena there is in the multiverse, the stronger the god is. For example, Bane is the god of painful discipline (which includes emotionally painful discipline but that isn't as fun), so if a kid gets his knuckles smacked by a nun's ruler, Bane gets some juice, and if a soldier is executed for violating his superior's orders, then Bane gets a big bonus from the multiverse. Once they get enough juice, gods can venture into non-social things like storms, nature, the sea, and the sun, but these are really just for branding. Going back to Bane, it doesn't really matter if a hobgoblin, a dwarf, a unicorn, or a dragon is getting the discipline, so long as the discipliner and the disciplinee both know discipline is taking place (any audience knowing it is discipline and taking some meaning from it is a bonus). Bane doesn't get anything if an ogre beats up some farmer because the ogre is bored even if the ogre claims it is discipline. Bane obviously doesn't want to run out of power, so he set up organized religions to encourage societies to use discipline. Bane focuses his attention on societies that are pro-discipline, often run by races that are pro-discipline (like hobgoblins). Bane may have something to do with those races and societies being pro-discipline. He has discovered that attempting to bring discipline to kender, pixies, and fantasy role playing gamers are all a waste of his time and resources. [/QUOTE]

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