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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 1770895" data-attributes="member: 10948"><p>One thing I would definitely NOT do would be to create a whole Pantheon of completely 'unrelated' and 'convenient' gods.  A good example of what to avoid is the FR pantheon jamboree.  There should just be 'the gods'.  No seperate pantheons for each race, no god of Cough Syrup or Bridgebuilding.  A good real-life example of a sensible pantheon would be that of Greek Mythology.  You have a god for each of the REALLY important things that can be percieved, like war, the sun, the harvest, the sea, the dead, etc(Zeus, Mars, Poseidon, et al.).  And then you have minor, lesser gods, for those greater beings who aren't in control of some awesome cosmic force, but instead play mediation between the other gods, as well as being patrons to certain groups or concepts(Athena, Hermes, etc.).  I HATE seeing 'God of Tyranny'.  Tyranny is a FORM OF GOVERNMENT.  If you want a god to have a focus on tyranny, then you could have the god of war who has a special preference for tyrannical societies, but doesn't make them the focus of his/her divinity.   But one biggie to avoid is to have gods that reproduce with one another.  Maybe they could impregnate mortals to make heroic mortals, but the possibility of additional gods down the line suggests that the gods can be destroyed.  Gods should be stiff, rigid, perpetual, immune to change.  If something can be born, it can be killed, and gods should not fit into that category.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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