Cerilian gods

[Jim Cooper]

JulesMrshn@aol.com wrote:
> No way!<

Yes way!

> Moradin is a cheif God of an entire dwarf pantheon. He is a
> battle/creator god, like Haelyn, but is also a Forge God like the Greeks Hephestus. And Kartathok is a Greater God who is also head of an entire pantheon, Belinik is an intermediate pudknocker god.<

True enough, but not IMC.

> These 2 are old gods, ones that did not have their essence divided, therefore are very powerfull, barely rivaled by the patron gods, Erik, Haelyn, and Avani.<

Just like you are using dragons to grant priest spells, I too have
changed BR to suit my gaming group. Whereas you are using more and
varied deity entities, I am using less. But only because I want to
focus the game to make to an even more humanocentric pantheon. IMC,
humans are the dominant force, and I'm trying to reflect that.

Cheers,
Darren

[JulesMrshn@aol.co]

In a message dated 2/21/99 2:18:49 PM Central Standard Time,
Jim_Cooper@bc.sympatico.ca writes:

[Jim Cooper]

JulesMrshn@aol.com wrote:
> Understood, but Goblins are all over the world not just in Cerilia (maybe dwarves are too at least they are IMC). Giving their world wide worship to Belinik would make him much more Powerful.<

This is true, but I feel that more humans practice worshipping (Haelyn)
compared to goblins who do not actively practice (the worship of
Belinik, IMC), and therefore even though there are more goblins Belinik
doesn't receive more 'faith' than Haelyn does (for instance). So,
Belinik still retains 'Lesser' Status IMC.

In other words, Belinik might have larger 'province levels' (province
values) of 'lambs', but Haelyn owns more 'faithful' holding-pens
(temples) from his 'lambs'. Same goes for dwarves. Humans outnumber
them a lot to 1.

Cheers,
Darren

[DKEvermore@aol.co]

In a message dated 2/21/99 8:58:07 PM Central Standard Time,
JulesMrshn@aol.com writes:

> Understood, but Goblins are all over the world not just in Cerilia (maybe
> dwarves are too at least they are IMC). Giving their world wide worship to
> Belinik would make him much more Powerful.
>
Why do you say that? If that were true, shouldn't there also be dwarves and
elves all over the world?

- -DKE

[JulesMrshn@aol.co]

In a message dated 2/22/99 1:18:08 PM Central Standard Time,
DKEvermore@aol.com writes:

[Green Knight]

Is there room for more gods in Cerilia? If yes, what kind of gods would you like to see the most?

[Green Knight]

A series of demipowers could easily be inserted in the already existing pantheon without to much disruption.

[Bryon]

Again, I would have to agree with you. There is a place for more gods. Be they Demi-Powers or Gods from other lands.

I keep thinking about the Serpent and wonder if in other lands scoins may have risen to godhood in a demi-power state.

Would be interesting to see more about this.

[Green Knight]

There are rumors that there are clerics who worship the Sphinx and the cats of that domain.

The Kraken is worshiped as a god by the fishy-thingies that live in the Brecht Bay.

[Lawgiver]

People worship rocks and statues and call them gods...
People exhalt themselves as gods and make all sorts of false claims...

More important than the question of should their be more gods is, "What is the definition of a "god" in this cosmic foolishness?" If a god simply comes into existence when beings 'believe' in it is it truly a god? At what point does it come into existence? Who created Cerilia? If gods draw strength from the number of their followers are/were they powerless without followers or before the existence of man?

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