Jervis
2022-06-19, 04:57 PM
This is more a question of tone but I’d like to hear worldbuilding takes as well. Basically this setting follows normal dnd rules with multiple pantheons. Some domains, usually small but important ones, have deities that are effectively the head gods of that domain so every god with said domain basically has to give some of their power up to that deity. Said deity also gains a lot more power than normal from that domain having a presence in the world, the entire world not just areas where they’re worshiped. Gods typically get this position for some unusual reason or by beating the majority of the gods that have that domain in a bet/challenge/fight.
The two most notable deities to hold this high god position are a pair of sibling deities that have the war and magic domains respectively. As you can imagine, pretty powerful. Problem, for everyone else anyway, is that as far as anyone can tell the two only appeared less than a thousand years ago and rose to the position with next to no worshipers. Somehow they beat most of the gods of their respective domains to get the position and ended up more powerful than 90% of deities on the plane despite having a following comparable to a demigod at the time. Nonsensical in setting mystery aside It’s more the problem managing tone for something and figuring out reactions in the setting to the two.
Personality wise one is your typical war god that’s obsessed with fighting, only difference being that he’s only interested in action or war strategy so he doesn’t care for conquest or anything else going with war. So he’s just as amused by war games and gladiators as he is sacking cities. The other war gods just find him annoying. The goddess of magic isn’t so much a matter of personality but she’s a god of magic that hates wizards, which other magic gods don’t like because a lot of their followers are wizards. So to sum it up the two most powerful gods associated with two major domains are unpopular with all the others and can get away with a low following because of a technicality, but getting rid of them would require a lot of cooperation between deities which just doesn’t happen.
Now to the question and why this isn’t a world building thread. I was planning a campaign out that, at one point, would involve a godsmoot style scene between several gods. The in character thing for them is to start bickering like siblings and i’m somewhat worried about tone here. I’m trying to ride between serious and funny and i’m worried this entire plot line might take people out of it. I’d also like to hear some opinions on how other gods would react to this whole situation. Cheers.
The two most notable deities to hold this high god position are a pair of sibling deities that have the war and magic domains respectively. As you can imagine, pretty powerful. Problem, for everyone else anyway, is that as far as anyone can tell the two only appeared less than a thousand years ago and rose to the position with next to no worshipers. Somehow they beat most of the gods of their respective domains to get the position and ended up more powerful than 90% of deities on the plane despite having a following comparable to a demigod at the time. Nonsensical in setting mystery aside It’s more the problem managing tone for something and figuring out reactions in the setting to the two.
Personality wise one is your typical war god that’s obsessed with fighting, only difference being that he’s only interested in action or war strategy so he doesn’t care for conquest or anything else going with war. So he’s just as amused by war games and gladiators as he is sacking cities. The other war gods just find him annoying. The goddess of magic isn’t so much a matter of personality but she’s a god of magic that hates wizards, which other magic gods don’t like because a lot of their followers are wizards. So to sum it up the two most powerful gods associated with two major domains are unpopular with all the others and can get away with a low following because of a technicality, but getting rid of them would require a lot of cooperation between deities which just doesn’t happen.
Now to the question and why this isn’t a world building thread. I was planning a campaign out that, at one point, would involve a godsmoot style scene between several gods. The in character thing for them is to start bickering like siblings and i’m somewhat worried about tone here. I’m trying to ride between serious and funny and i’m worried this entire plot line might take people out of it. I’d also like to hear some opinions on how other gods would react to this whole situation. Cheers.