What do you think is most important in a fantasy pantheon? What aspects matter the most?#ttrpg #ttrpgfamily #worldbuilding #mythology
— Of Gods and Gamemasters (Jack Kellum) (@jackoftales) October 2, 2021
Aye. It uses the same method I do, which is to roleplay how those gods would react to the other gods, to their actions. Or seems to. @TheEdVerse did a good job with it.
— Of Gods and Gamemasters (Jack Kellum) (@jackoftales) October 3, 2021
It is indeed.
If PCs are to have free will (not be divine pawns) then gods must be fallible (like the Greek or Roman pantheons), not all-knowing/all-seeing. The power balances and relationships among/between deities shift all the time; I have always roleplayed them. Just as I roleplay many offstage NPC activities, to guard against the world being a static backdrop driven only by PC activities, with every NPC reacting to PC deeds, but never acting (on their own).
Doing so also avoids a lot of "happened too fast" timing problems.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2021
Thanks, Ed. I appreciate you taking time to answer. My pleasure! I always will, if I can. Often I'm offline or just too blamed busy with life and real-world projects, but I try to Dispel Confusion/provide Realmslore, one gamer to another. :}
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 3, 2021