downsizing Great Gods

From: Douglas Seay <douglas-seay_at_...>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:53:19 -0400


If the requirement for a Great God is
  1. aspects
  2. one of the cornerstones of a large community

then Great Gods can die/go away/become reduced. It is rare, and when they do, they usually leave traces, but it can happen. I imagine that Vadrus was a Great God, and he's mostly gone. Valind could easily be an aspect that is now "stand alone", and Gargarth most likely was a sub-cult (part of Vadrus's warband). Also reduced from Great God would be Heler, who at one point had multiple aspects (ruler, sailor, warrior, fisherman, etc) and lead a people who were fighting the Vingkotlings and doing pretty well, but now is just a Big God. Both of these gods could still be Great Gods in corners of the world, but I doubt it. They both seem like "also rans" to me.

Cross posted because this is more GD than HQ-RPG.

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