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Originally Posted by naloth
I'd call it a Pact, where you need to keep your followers to retain your power. The exact conditions of what you do for your followers determines the value of the pact.
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Well, that's good but it works both ways - Pact is exactly the setup for powers granted to mortals by their deity.
One way to look at it might be that the real way in which a deity not living in this dimension can "do things" in this dimension is... having believers and giving them (natural or supernatural) Powers as long as they comply with their Pact terms. The believers then do the deity's will.
If you deem that the worshippers having an Advantage or Power with Pact is the one getting more put of the transaction, even though he has to pay a price (worshipping, rituals, sacrifices etc.), then it's the worshipper who has to pay a (discounted) price, and the deity, if anything, has a Duty (compliance with their side of the Pact transaction).