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Old 08-24-2018, 10:03 AM   #32
martinl
 
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Default Re: Gods and Demigods - not really that smart

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Originally Posted by tanksoldier View Post
The gods of myth also lost the war for human worship to the God of Abraham. The victors write the history, and most of the stories of Greek, Roman, Norse and other gods have been skewed by the lens of the Church...
Let me put forward the theory that one of the things that has been skewed is the perception of the gods as better than mortals at everything all the time.

Classical gods are better than all mortals at their specialties, but not at everything, in many many myths. Personally, I think this is a better model for gaming than the gods are always better at everything model, unless you specifically want them to just humble the PCs.

A lot of traditional gaming and myth involves challenging the gods.
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