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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 7156849" data-attributes="member: 6688277">andPemerton you keep bringing up Middle Earth like it is some kind of established D&D setting to give credence to monotheism in the history of early D&D, yet you ignore ALL the established official D&D settings including Greyhawk and Arneson's Blackmoor which are and were polytheistic. You keep bringing up paladins as monotheistic due to the templar knights etc, but ignore the many D&D monsters which are derived from a polytheistic mythology.And even when discussing classes you ignore the Druid class which is undoubtedly rooted in pagan history and mythology.We are not discussing fictional people of the game world and we are not discussing the players playing the game. We are discussing the word utilised in the rulebook which states 'a' god or goddess not 'the' god or goddess.And again the concept of a god (presumably referring to male in that context) and goddess (female) originate from mythology which again is another polytheistic indicator.Sure, but what does how you ran your gameworld have to do with polytheism within the history of D&D.You seem to be dismissing/ignoring all polytheistic indicators within the game (literature, settings, monsters, the actual rulebook) to refute that polytheism was implied even within early D&D with the core of your argument relying on LotR philosophy and your own table's campaign world.</blockquote>