Okay /tg/, how much do your setting's Gods interfere in the world and what dictates their ability to do so? Why haven't they converted the world to their image? Is it a pathfinder-style "divine cold war"? Or are the divine fundamentally disinterested in the plane the players inhabit and just play favorites with worshippers? Are they just barred from doing too much by some cosmic laws?I see a shitload of yappery about how impotent, idle, or irresponsible Gods often feel in TTRPGs, so what excuses do you give? My own is pretty much that Gods are dead but not gone, so their corpses and lingering divinity stir in response to worship and ritual as if nerves and muscles shocked by electricity. Mortals get a sliver of what they pray for without realizing there's no will or thought behind that isn't a reflection of their own projected desires.
There is only one true God, and 'gods' of the setting are just rebellious angels who set themselves up to lord over humans in the material world. God is all-powerful but is in no rush and can afford to see things play out on a trillion-year long timescale where things all go according to his plans in the end.
The creatures known as 'gods' have an armistice with the Powers Below, that says of any of one side are let in, those on the other side are allowed in equal powers. Every angel that descends must contend with the devil that rises to meet it. Of course, there is only one True God, of whom these strictures need not apply. But invoking Him is akin to setting your house on fire because you saw an ant in the kitchen.
>>96693695>garbage post>AI slop>/pol/tardationLike clockwork
I don't like gods who exist on another dimension and stuff like that. The gods I tend to use are more like stronger demigods in power who walk the mortal world, but to the mortals they might as well be gods.
>>96693790Rage bait post
>>96693636The gods require mortals to be aware of their existence, and the easiest way to do that is to establish cults and churches of themselves so that mortal cultures continue to perpetuate their existence. Sometimes they stage conflicts between their followers so that both sides will keep the enemy god in mind as well, but direct intervention can go wrong pretty quick and trying to wipe the memory of another god is a good way to get ganged up on. For the most part they're more interested in their own divine affairs amongst themselves and many only poke mortals to keep their own name on people's lips. Other than "do mortals know of you", the mortal realm doesn't impact them directly.
>>96693636>excusesHes just kind of impotent and idle, thats all
>>96693636My gods are too powerful and spiritual “large” to enter the mortal world at full power without causing damage, so they either create lower-power avatars or send angels to do their bidding instead. Is there anything I should keep in mind with this approach?
>>96694574That post and filename looks awfully Puckee-coded.
in Hackmaster if you encounter a diety you under go an alignment audit and if you have been slacking in your alignment you might be converted to that diety's alignment, though you can use honor to mulligan this
