Discussion:Will FR Gods Becoming Core (Greyhawk) Gods?

Will FR Gods Becoming Core (Greyhawk) Gods?

Sledged-20071112150543

Sledged (talk) 2007 November 12 15:05 (MDT)

Is it just me, or are the Forgotten Realms deities making a slow creep into the core/default D&D setting? According to this article, Bane who has always been a FR-only god, is going to be introduced into the core set of gods in 4E. After reading the article, I remembered Karsus being mentioned in the Tome of Magic. So I thumb through it, and find him listed as a vestige. I also notice the vestige Amon. At first glance it seems to a reference to the Egyptian god Amun. But the description and the reference to Karsus seem point to the dead FR god Amaunator. "Two is a coincidence, three is a conspiracy."

There's no better laugh than the one that you're ashamed to share with your mother. —Stephen Notley, creator of Bob the Angry Flower A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. —Ford Prefect in "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams

Green Dragon 19:46, 14 November 2007 (MST)

Strange, I agree. D&D will change greatly with 4e, the amount of levels, the deities, everything... Hope it's good :).

Sam Kay 10:53, 23 December 2007 (MST)

Wasn't Lolth once a FR deity? I would not know for sure, I started with 3.5...

Sam Kay 11:05, 23 December 2007 (MST)

Another thing: how is greyhawk the "core game" world when there is no background information for it in the core books?

Chainer 18:02, 23 December 2007 (MST)

Forgotten Realms is great. The more deities the better, I say.

Sledged-20071224090545

Sledged (talk) 2007 December 24 09:05 (MDT)

Most of the non-human deities (Lloth, Corelleon, Moradin, Bahamut, etc...) were for the most part any-world deities. They weren't tied to any specific world. So you'd see them in both Greyhawk and FR. Though they were probably used in Greyhawk first just by virtue of it being around before FR. The human gods, however, (Heironeous, Hextor, Bane, Karsus, Amaunator, etc...) tended to be specific to a particular world.

There's no better laugh than the one that you're ashamed to share with your mother. —Stephen Notley, creator of Bob the Angry Flower A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. —Ford Prefect in "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams

Chainer 18:45, 26 December 2007 (MST)

Yea also, I am constantly reminded of steroids and black letard when I think of Bane. Of all the names in the universe......

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