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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skyscraper" data-source="post: 5106425" data-attributes="member: 48518">In my last campaign, the new gods were abstract entities that formed when magic returned to the world from the thoughts and emotions of mortals after a prolonged absence of the old gods (the old gods had been physical entities, like the extraplanar  lords). These new gods did not have any physical bodies and it was a theologically discussed in the world whether they actually had conscience as we refer to it. Their "knowledge" was based solely on what someone communicated voluntarily during his prayers; and knowledge received by clerics was not in the form of "go kill that enemy of the church", it was simply an answer to questions the cleric had asked. The more vague the question, the more vague the answer, of course.What was being discovered by (some) mortals is that you could stray away from the alignment of your god without punishment. Thus, some paladins of some gods (one in particular) were becoming real bullies in the name of righteousnous and everyone hated/feared them for it. The reason was that in fact, the gods did not have a form of conscience that would pass judgement on mortal actions. Only the church itself could do that. A paladin losing his powers meant he was brought before the church, judged and then excommunicated.Sky</blockquote>