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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 5330261" data-attributes="member: 871">After years of trying to build a &quot;perfect&quot; pantheon for my homebrew, I gave up. Often what I created wasn't enough to engage the players to soem degree. So, instead of having specific deities, I just created some major philosophies that are broadly accepted throughout the setting. The deities serves as examples/aspects of those philosophies.There's the Path of Light (Good/Non-Evil), the Path of Darkness (Evil), the Path of Nature (primal), the Path of Knowledge, and the Path of Revelry.The Path of Light is akin to the Virtues/Way of the Avatar from the Ultima games, while the Path of Darkness is the Anti-Virtues. The Path of Knowledge is akin the the Gargoyle Virtues from the Ultima games. The Path of Nature encompasses all of the natural/animistic/spirit-based styles of belief. The Path of Revelry is akin to Mandrake the Bard's Virtues from the Ultima games, and is there as a non-serious, almost hedonistic outlook on life (it is also the religion for the campaign's sole Trickster God—go figure).There's religions for small pantheons/individual deities as well, but these are akin to very small, localized regional/tribal cults that are extreme in their dogma compared to the main religious philosophies. These religions maybe have a minor spirit, fiend, or demigod at its core—beings who don't have much power, and won't gain much power due to their extreme/bizarre dogmas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 5330261, member: 871"] After years of trying to build a "perfect" pantheon for my homebrew, I gave up. Often what I created wasn't enough to engage the players to soem degree. So, instead of having specific deities, I just created some major philosophies that are broadly accepted throughout the setting. The deities serves as examples/aspects of those philosophies. There's the Path of Light (Good/Non-Evil), the Path of Darkness (Evil), the Path of Nature (primal), the Path of Knowledge, and the Path of Revelry. The Path of Light is akin to the Virtues/Way of the Avatar from the Ultima games, while the Path of Darkness is the Anti-Virtues. The Path of Knowledge is akin the the Gargoyle Virtues from the Ultima games. The Path of Nature encompasses all of the natural/animistic/spirit-based styles of belief. The Path of Revelry is akin to Mandrake the Bard's Virtues from the Ultima games, and is there as a non-serious, almost hedonistic outlook on life (it is also the religion for the campaign's sole Trickster God—go figure). There's religions for small pantheons/individual deities as well, but these are akin to very small, localized regional/tribal cults that are extreme in their dogma compared to the main religious philosophies. These religions maybe have a minor spirit, fiend, or demigod at its core—beings who don't have much power, and won't gain much power due to their extreme/bizarre dogmas. [/QUOTE]

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