D&D General What if God was One of Us? Divinity in Early D&D & Greyhawk

[Azzy]

My question is how Vecna being a darklord in Ravenloft became a god.

There was a series of modules in 2e; Vecna Lives!, Vecna Reborn, and Die Vecna Die!.

 

[Voadam]

My question is how Vecna being a darklord in Ravenloft became a god.

He was a demigod before getting there.

For him going from lich to demigod, see Vecna Lives. Vecna then became a darklord in Ravenloft as first described in Domains of Dread. For him going from Demigod darklord prisoner of Ravenloft to Core 3e god see Die Vecna Die!

 

[Voadam]

Its funny, I had three issues of Dragon back in the 1e era, but two of them had Greyhawk god articles and the included art and the expanded descriptions had a big impact on me on how evocative I feel the Greyhawk gods are. It is pretty shocking how they did not reuse the art in the '83 boxed set. Rereading the '83 boxed set god entries they are much drier mostly focused on the gods as NPC stat blocks with a bit about extra cleric powers.

 

[Mannahnin]

Its funny, I had three issues of Dragon back in the 1e era, but two of them had Greyhawk god articles and the included art and the expanded descriptions had a big impact on me on how evocative I feel the Greyhawk gods are. It is pretty shocking how they did not reuse the art in the '83 boxed set. Rereading the '83 boxed set god entries they are much drier mostly focused on the gods as NPC stat blocks with a bit about extra cleric powers.

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Yes, some of this art is amazing and really grabbed me, even when I wasn't as much into the setting.