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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wuyanei" data-source="post: 2662746" data-attributes="member: 28913">Heh! Well, Thia Halmades that sounds very much like what a Neutral Evil version of VoP migh be like! Evil to the core indeed.However, not all evil is like that, and not all evil gods promote evil for its own sake. In the 3rd ed. Core group, Grumush (sp. the Orc god), teaches strength, conquest and genocide of everything not-orc; Hextor commands his followers to persue military glory and temporal power, regardless of the pain it cause the 'sheeple'; Venca (sp) cares only about developing his own personal magical powers -- his followers also generally have their own agendas, and just find following him more convenient than other gods; Malar, on the other claw, just enjoys the thrill of killing things. This is just to name a few of the 'standard' evil gods.Some evil gods do value discipline, others demand hefty sacrifice from their followers, and still others just plain hate anything not-them, which for a barbaric god might mean anything more advanced than early stone age. This is one of the reasons Evil always devours itself -- it is too varied, and each has no compunctions against destroying the others.Anyways, as long as a follower acts strongly to advance the god's goals, there is no reason that even an evil god will not grant him some gifts so as to better persue the gods cause.Just to point out that not all evil equals greed, debauchery or even lust for power. In D&D, as in the real world, there can be many shades of evil indeed. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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