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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8836636" data-attributes="member: 2629">In my setting:Ao (the Universe) created the Positive (the Light) and Negative (the Dark) Energy Planes.  These can be worshipped like Gods, but are not beings in a practical sense.  However, the collision between the Light and Dark did spawn Bahamut, Tiamat and Vorel, the first three beings (the Prime Gods). They battled and the debris from their fights created the matter of the universe.  In that matter spawned Primordials, Dragons and Giants.  Those beings founded cultures and some of them discovered places of power and rose up as the first 12 Greater Gods.  They in turn created other Gods to serve them, as well as Angels, Dwarves and Elves as Servants.These Gods eventually discovered that giving mortal beings free will and having them worship you also gave you power, so the Gods created their own varities of mortals and the 'Worship Arms Race' was on.  Some beings, such as Fey Lords and Archfiends, used contracts as an alternative to faith to gain power.Then, the Far Realms collided with the Known Universe, shattering it.  This created the Transitive Planes, allowed access to the Elder Gods, and twisted many creatures into Aberrations and Demons.</blockquote>