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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 8398896" data-attributes="member: 54629"><p>For the record, I wasn't suggesting promoting the demon princes or archdevils to gods. I am suggesting removing the evil gods whose portfolios overlap with those of the demon princes and archdevils and such.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The difference is that D&D doesn't really have good or neutral equivalents of the demon princes and such. There aren't really any archangels who rule sections of the heavens, for instance. (There might very well be some, but they're not anywhere near as well known as their evil counterparts are.) The gods are the rulers of the various heavens, whether they are good or evil. But the evil ones do pretty much the same things as demons and devils, whereas the good and neutral gods don't have "famous" underlings with whom they overlap in abilities and such. Do you get the distinction there?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, so as an example, the main religion in my setting is more or less a carbon copy of the Faith of the Seven from <em>Game of Thrones</em>. While the majority of the "gods" are goodly, there's the creepy and somewhat sinister "Stranger" who oversees the transition from life to death. Their role is closer to that of Anubis or Hades than Bhaal or Myrkul, however.</p><p></p><p>I will also have a miscellaneous collection of "Old Gods" who will include gods of storms and the sea and that sort of thing. Gods who embody the capricious, cruel, chaotic aspects of the natural world. But not gods dedicated to "civilized" concepts such as murder and tyranny.</p><p></p><p>I am also going to have a Lord of Light-esque religion that's very focused on "Good vs Evil" with one god that is good and is the creator/protector of life and the world and such. That god is opposed to a single god-like entity who is evil and is the creator/patron of fiends and other evil creatures. The night is dark and full of terrors and all that! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 8398896, member: 54629"] For the record, I wasn't suggesting promoting the demon princes or archdevils to gods. I am suggesting removing the evil gods whose portfolios overlap with those of the demon princes and archdevils and such. The difference is that D&D doesn't really have good or neutral equivalents of the demon princes and such. There aren't really any archangels who rule sections of the heavens, for instance. (There might very well be some, but they're not anywhere near as well known as their evil counterparts are.) The gods are the rulers of the various heavens, whether they are good or evil. But the evil ones do pretty much the same things as demons and devils, whereas the good and neutral gods don't have "famous" underlings with whom they overlap in abilities and such. Do you get the distinction there? Yeah, so as an example, the main religion in my setting is more or less a carbon copy of the Faith of the Seven from [I]Game of Thrones[/I]. While the majority of the "gods" are goodly, there's the creepy and somewhat sinister "Stranger" who oversees the transition from life to death. Their role is closer to that of Anubis or Hades than Bhaal or Myrkul, however. I will also have a miscellaneous collection of "Old Gods" who will include gods of storms and the sea and that sort of thing. Gods who embody the capricious, cruel, chaotic aspects of the natural world. But not gods dedicated to "civilized" concepts such as murder and tyranny. I am also going to have a Lord of Light-esque religion that's very focused on "Good vs Evil" with one god that is good and is the creator/protector of life and the world and such. That god is opposed to a single god-like entity who is evil and is the creator/patron of fiends and other evil creatures. The night is dark and full of terrors and all that! ;) Exactly! [/QUOTE]
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