> I think that you can also use this to explain the >
cacodemon's relative power next to his small worshiper base
> by saying that when someone is eaten using Cacodemon's eat
> feat their soul is also eaten by the Cacodemon. This
> would affect the hero quest needed to resurrect such
> people, indeed, you'd probably want to go on a HQ just to
> save their soul, never mind resurrect them.
Yes, there is, after all, a resource issue here - Great Gods are not just GGs because that's what they are, they also need lots of worship to define and empower them. Some lesser entities with small worship bases survive by concentrating their efforts on a small area (eg, city gods), others on a very specialised field ("what, you've never heard of Arumwath, patron of left-handed ratcatchers?"). Given that Cacodemon doesn't only confine himself to ogres, has relaticely few worshippers and has no geographical territory, he needs to boost his 'intake' - hence sacrifices, etc. I do like the idea of having him devour the souls of those consumed with the Eat skill, by the way.
On the subject of making the God's Plane too Disney, I see your point, but just because many Chaotics aren't based there, that doesn't necessarily make it all cheery and calm. There are inter- and intra-pantheon conflicts, perhaps incursions by Chaos, and an A to Z (or ZZ?) of nasty SOB deities.
Bye,
Mark
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