New Gods and Old

[masterdaorin]

I think I did the change in approach mainly so I didn't have to role-play a god as DM, and so I could make it easier to have messy temples with internal politics and bickering, things I saw as hard to justify if there were actual active gods in the center of the faith.

I wouldn't call the new gods active in their faiths.

In fact, these formal mortals seem to be the opposite of their predecessors.

Has anyone ever tried to explain this in their campaign?

I've always been under the impression that the new gods are rather... cautious about their newfound power, including Belinik and Kriesha.

The question becomes: why?