RE: Worldbuilding Prompt #862 - Smintheus
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I find that dropping in little-known real world deities into a D&D setting can be really helpful in developing depth, as they have complexity and baggage not often present in the cut & dried standard D&D gods.
Seriously, that's such a good little hack. It's something a lot of folks don't bother with (much like we don't often represent polytheism in a realistic way), and having those little quirks that can only come from real people believing weird stuff is a huuuuge benefit to getting folks to see the Patheon as more than just one-dimensional cutouts.
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The only reason I allowed the standard D&D gods in is because there have been quite a few characters from other settings in our group who worshipped them. But I find them far too simple compared to a true polytheistic pantheon.
There's a joke in one area of the world that uses a Celtic-based pantheon that every deity is a god of "something or other.... and war" 😀