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Darryl Mott Nov 23, 2022

Something that gets me about D&D and similar fantasy RPGs is that little spot on the character sheet that says "Deity".

That should only really be relevant for Clerics and similar divine-focused classes. They're the priests and clergy that dedicated their lives to serve a specific deity.

Everyone else? They should be praying to whatever deity is most appropriate to the thing they want to happen or not happen or happen a specific way.

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Darryl Mott Nov 23, 2022

If you look at historic polytheistic religions in the Western world (which is the basis for most fantasy RPG pantheons), everyday people didn't worship just ONE god unless they were priests at the temple.

Going to war? Pray to Athena. Sailing voyage? Sacrifice to Poseiden. Nobody outside the temples ONLY worshipped just one god, and it bothers me when fantasy RPGs make that assumption.

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Aliakai

@Abstruse Heck, inside some temples more than one God received sacrifices, at least in Greece. Reading through Pausanias and Herodotus dispels a lot of myths (pun intended) about ancient religion.