D&D (2024) What does the new DMG say about gods?

[Voadam]

Ares would need worshipers in D&D to move beyond being a Quasi Deity.

Does it say divine beings start out quasi and only become gods when they get enough worshipers?

In 2014 quasi could become gods with worship but I don’t think it said other gods needed worship at all.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Does it say divine beings start out quasi and only become gods when they get enough worshipers?

In 2014 quasi could become gods with worship but I don’t think it said other gods needed worship at all.

By default the gods were already gods, or Quasi that eventually became gods.

 

[pukunui]

From the Brimstone Angels Saga

OK well he also impersonates the duergar gods, who died back in the 2e era (according to the Grand History of the Realms) but "came back" after the Second Sundering ... except they're not really back.

Infernal Master. Asmodeus, lord of the Nine Hells, impersonates duergar gods in order to cultivate evil within the hearts of duergar who are already corrupt. He offers them divine guidance and vengeance against their enemies while urging them to acts of brutality, all the while concealing his identity.

 

[pukunui]

Does it say gods need worshipers and not just be born from other gods like Ares being Zeus’s son or being existing things in the world cosmology?

Does it say divine beings start out quasi and only become gods when they get enough worshipers?

In 2014 quasi could become gods with worship but I don’t think it said other gods needed worship at all.

I posted everything the DMG says about the different levels of gods earlier in the thread. EDIT: See post #57.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

OK well he also impersonates the duergar gods, who died back in the 2e era (according to the Grand History of the Realms) but "came back" after the Second Sundering ... except they're not really back.

That quote doesn't say the Duergar Gods and still dead, just that he impersonates them, they can still be alive for him to do that.

 

[pukunui]

That quote doesn't say the Duergar Gods and still dead, just that he impersonates them, they can still be alive for him to do that.

I’m sure one of the other 5e books makes it clearer but I haven’t found that reference yet.

 

[Neonchameleon]

Does it ever say what's needed to empower a warlock?

 

[Voadam]

I posted everything the DMG says about the different levels of gods earlier in the thread. EDIT: See post #57.

Thanks! I saw the “nothing really” the first time I read that and missed the quote of the 24 text. Very helpful quote and very much like the 14 entry.

 

[Clint_L]

Ares would need worshipers in D&D to move beyond being a Quasi Deity.

In my game worlds, all you need to be a god is worshippers. “God” isn’t in itself a trait. A rock can be a god if it has worshippers, and they could potentially have spells if their belief is strong enough.

 

[Scribe]

Does it ever say what's needed to empower a warlock?

Patron of Self Actualization and Vibes.