Quote Originally Posted by lenon3579 View Post
The gods are just fancy alien wizards who managed to crowdsource their magic.

Actually the best ever definition of what the gods are.

Or even more bluntly - "High level NPC's with a lot of flavor text", especially the older D&D editions. Makes sense for Eugene, he probably started adventuring under 1st Edition rules...


Side note - one of the reasons I really like the old game Runequest and its modern descendants like "King of Dragon Pass" is that it took what would be the fluff of other gaming systems' deities/religions and made it the crunch. Designer Greg Stafford (RIP) was all about incorporating the Mythic into his games.