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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8405714" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Yes, people have actually said it. Go back and read the beginning of the thread. Half my posts have been trying to prove to them that it isn't RAW, so no, I am not assuming that their Houserules are RAW, they are, and I am trying to prove otherwise</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am only considering the arguments that have been made and the reality of the game world. It doesn't practically matter whether or not people count the worshippers anyways. No one is expecting a DM to count the number of worshipers of a Greater God anyways.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thank you for the lecture. Consider me properly chastened and contrite as you clearly know better than me. You are still trying to offer homebrew solutions to what we can do with the gods, when the initial discussion of trying to figure out what their role is is still ongoing.</p><p></p><p>The OP is already going to homebrew. But they wanted to see what the answer to the question was, offering homebrew solutions doesn't progress the conversation, and it doesn't take into consideration their desires.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So the role of evil gods is to care about the material plane and not the Blood War? Question, what about the War between Gruumsh and Magbuliyet? Does that make them care less about the Material Plane because they are looking to expand their worshipers to get an advantage? </p><p></p><p>Not only do you seem to be approaching this from the other side, ie "what is the role of Demon Lords and Archdevils" but you have come to a conlcusion that is rather self-defeating. Their role is to fight the Blood War which cancels out their ability to focus fully on things not the Blood War. </p><p></p><p>But, if you take away the Blood War... you still have valid reasons for Archdevils and Demon Lords to exist. They don't require the Blood War, it is just an excuse to deal with the issues of how powerful both groups are. And it also has nothing to do with the role of Evil gods, because without the Blood War, the Demons and Devils are focused on the material plane and their people there, which is the exact same as the Evil Gods. </p><p></p><p>I'm not trying to "AHA!!" you and take this as exlcuding all other things, obviously the Blood War plays a role in all this, but it can't answer the question of the role of Evil Gods, because they have nothing to do with the Blood War.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8405714, member: 6801228"] Yes, people have actually said it. Go back and read the beginning of the thread. Half my posts have been trying to prove to them that it isn't RAW, so no, I am not assuming that their Houserules are RAW, they are, and I am trying to prove otherwise I am only considering the arguments that have been made and the reality of the game world. It doesn't practically matter whether or not people count the worshippers anyways. No one is expecting a DM to count the number of worshipers of a Greater God anyways. Thank you for the lecture. Consider me properly chastened and contrite as you clearly know better than me. You are still trying to offer homebrew solutions to what we can do with the gods, when the initial discussion of trying to figure out what their role is is still ongoing. The OP is already going to homebrew. But they wanted to see what the answer to the question was, offering homebrew solutions doesn't progress the conversation, and it doesn't take into consideration their desires. So the role of evil gods is to care about the material plane and not the Blood War? Question, what about the War between Gruumsh and Magbuliyet? Does that make them care less about the Material Plane because they are looking to expand their worshipers to get an advantage? Not only do you seem to be approaching this from the other side, ie "what is the role of Demon Lords and Archdevils" but you have come to a conlcusion that is rather self-defeating. Their role is to fight the Blood War which cancels out their ability to focus fully on things not the Blood War. But, if you take away the Blood War... you still have valid reasons for Archdevils and Demon Lords to exist. They don't require the Blood War, it is just an excuse to deal with the issues of how powerful both groups are. And it also has nothing to do with the role of Evil gods, because without the Blood War, the Demons and Devils are focused on the material plane and their people there, which is the exact same as the Evil Gods. I'm not trying to "AHA!!" you and take this as exlcuding all other things, obviously the Blood War plays a role in all this, but it can't answer the question of the role of Evil Gods, because they have nothing to do with the Blood War. [/QUOTE]
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