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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8187547" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>I think the problem <em>here </em>is people feel that they have to have <em>everything</em>, rather than picking and choosing the bits they like. Gruumsh could be a very interesting deity in a setting with a limited number of gods (like they did with 4e). You can make him the god that embodies the orc stereotype (Chaotic Evil god of chaos, violence, raiding and pillaging, destruction, natural disasters, storms, etc.) without making him the god of orcs. Maybe he never had anything to do with orcs in the setting, or maybe he created them but they mostly rejected him or vice versa. Something like that. </p><p></p><p>But no, you don't need Gruumsh <em>and </em>Talos <em>and </em>Hruggek <em>and </em>Erythnul <em>and </em>Ares <em>and </em>Set, unless you are going for a Masks of (the D&D) God(s) thing.</p><p></p><p>Ditto for orcs in general. They're the Big Tough Guys niche, which is absolutely fine, but you don't necessarily need orcs <em>and </em>minotaurs <em>and </em>bugbears. Kind of like there's another thread here asking if you need both halflings <em>and </em>gnomes. </p><p></p><p>So IMO there's no problem with having all the options. Not everyone likes the aesthetics of orcs and it's nice to have a variety of options. There should just be more emphasis on the idea that you don't need <em>everything </em>in your world--and perhaps, WotC (re)publishing more settings that have more a limited selection of races and deities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8187547, member: 6915329"] I think the problem [I]here [/I]is people feel that they have to have [I]everything[/I], rather than picking and choosing the bits they like. Gruumsh could be a very interesting deity in a setting with a limited number of gods (like they did with 4e). You can make him the god that embodies the orc stereotype (Chaotic Evil god of chaos, violence, raiding and pillaging, destruction, natural disasters, storms, etc.) without making him the god of orcs. Maybe he never had anything to do with orcs in the setting, or maybe he created them but they mostly rejected him or vice versa. Something like that. But no, you don't need Gruumsh [I]and [/I]Talos [I]and [/I]Hruggek [I]and [/I]Erythnul [I]and [/I]Ares [I]and [/I]Set, unless you are going for a Masks of (the D&D) God(s) thing. Ditto for orcs in general. They're the Big Tough Guys niche, which is absolutely fine, but you don't necessarily need orcs [I]and [/I]minotaurs [I]and [/I]bugbears. Kind of like there's another thread here asking if you need both halflings [I]and [/I]gnomes. So IMO there's no problem with having all the options. Not everyone likes the aesthetics of orcs and it's nice to have a variety of options. There should just be more emphasis on the idea that you don't need [I]everything [/I]in your world--and perhaps, WotC (re)publishing more settings that have more a limited selection of races and deities. [/QUOTE]
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