tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4718304001276595520..comments2024-03-28T18:47:26.087-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pantheon, Part IIJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-57395263566523721642008-10-01T09:27:00.000-04:002008-10-01T09:27:00.000-04:00I think it seems more real because the big gods sh...<I>I think it seems more real because the big gods show what a society sees as important. I think that is why Issek of the Jug comes off so well- Its the type of religion people would come up with.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, I agree. Issek of the Jug is a very compelling god for exactly the reasons you state. If I could come up with a deity half as believable as Issek I'd be most pleased with my efforts.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65016648267867434682008-10-01T09:16:00.000-04:002008-10-01T09:16:00.000-04:00One thing I have noticed is that incomplete panthe...One thing I have noticed is that incomplete pantheons seem more realistic than pantheons that cover the entirity of human existance. <BR/><BR/>I think it seems more real because the big gods show what a society sees as important. I think that is why Issek of the Jug comes off so well- Its the type of religion people would come up with. <BR/><BR/>What you have is pretty evocative in a less is more sort of way. I would not mess with it much. In fact I would heed the advice from the comments in an earlier post that you only really need to deal with the gods of the cults that the players are going to deal with or be a part of, and these really only have to reflect the themes of the word you create.Steamtunnelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02597332921872904036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3425098107144942432008-10-01T08:25:00.000-04:002008-10-01T08:25:00.000-04:00The gods look like whatever they want to look like...The gods look like whatever they want to look like. Some of them them may generally adopt a human form -- or they are portrayed as having done so, at any rate -- but they all wear different guises, depending on the culture and (in some cases) race of their worshipers.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12905141043007599302008-10-01T05:42:00.000-04:002008-10-01T05:42:00.000-04:00I'm curious - will the gods (or the gods' avatars)...I'm curious - will the gods (or the gods' avatars) be human-shaped? Or will each race have a different view/avatar onto the god? Or do they never have corporeal form?<BR/><BR/>I'd find orcs worshipping a set of "human gods" a bit strange too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com