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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7134102" data-attributes="member: 5142">Oh, I agree that Greyhawk definitely has more deities. But what I like about Greyhawk's setup is that these pantheons can be subdivided into cultural pantheons, and not just racial ones. There are Oeridian, Suel, Flan, Baklunish, and some cross-cultural ones. There is overlap between deities' &quot;portfolios&quot; but they are tolerated, especially if there are cultural boundaries that provide a degree of exclusive worship. Boccob and Wee Jas, for example, are both deities of magic. The Greyhawk deities are expansive, but it does not generally suffer from things like Ao, the Time of Troubles, or the cut and dry, if not cringeworthy, balancing deity portfolios as if they were hardcopy portfolios and accountancy spreadsheets. Setting books this short are generally not that common unless they are players' guides to a setting. Though that may also have to do with many setting books, depending on the rule set, also serving as the PHB and GM book rolled into one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7134102, member: 5142"] Oh, I agree that Greyhawk definitely has more deities. But what I like about Greyhawk's setup is that these pantheons can be subdivided into cultural pantheons, and not just racial ones. There are Oeridian, Suel, Flan, Baklunish, and some cross-cultural ones. There is overlap between deities' "portfolios" but they are tolerated, especially if there are cultural boundaries that provide a degree of exclusive worship. Boccob and Wee Jas, for example, are both deities of magic. The Greyhawk deities are expansive, but it does not generally suffer from things like Ao, the Time of Troubles, or the cut and dry, if not cringeworthy, balancing deity portfolios as if they were hardcopy portfolios and accountancy spreadsheets. Setting books this short are generally not that common unless they are players' guides to a setting. Though that may also have to do with many setting books, depending on the rule set, also serving as the PHB and GM book rolled into one. [/QUOTE]

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