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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 5602010" data-attributes="member: 63">If I were to justify it, I would say that gods rely on belief for their power, and Sigil is sort of a hub of skepticism, so gods have a hard time deploying their power there.Sigil is too important to too many people and factions, and so the only god that can exist there is a god of skepticism. Who is the Lady of Pain? No one knows. Fits great for me.I, for one, dislike settings where there are no metaphysical mysteries. If everyone agrees, "Yup, Mystra's where magic comes from, and this is her exact backstory, and how she interacts with all these other gods who also have exact backstories," then that removes a huge component of the human experience, which is Having No F-ing Idea What the Truth Is.Without Sigil, you've got a bunch of planes and a bunch of gods who can claim to be greater entities and lord it over whatever domain they claim as their own. But Sigil lets you say, "Even you, little god, are just a belief. An idea. Beliefs can change, and ideas can be forgotten."Maybe even doubt can die, but I would mourn it greatly.</blockquote>