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Jakk
Great Reader
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 Posted - 19 May 2010 : 21:46:55
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Fascinating... I could see Aoists becoming Ur-priests... their god doesn't respond to their prayers, so they decide that if a god like that is in charge, then all gods should be destroyed...  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 20 May 2010 : 00:55:13
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Originally posted by Sill Alias
What do you think about this scenario: A group of Aoists start to break havoc and destroy other cults and faiths, claiming that they are not needed in presence of Ao. Will Ao intervene through the messenger or assassin if their actions will cause the great disbalance like the weakening of some major faiths or some global crisis using forbidden artifact?
I don't see it. Gods have thousands of worshippers, spread across a very large area. No small group of people is going to be able to do much to even most of a deity's worshippers, much less have an impact on multiple deities.
And you're not going to have a large group of Ao worshippers, because outside of those in Waterdeep at the end of the ToT, he's virtually unknown. Even most sages aren't going to know a lot about him, since Ao has caused all written records of himself to fade.
On top of that, it's hard for anyone to see a reason to worship Ao. Yeah, he's the overpower -- but he ignores mortal followers and only deals with the gods. For most people, he's going to be some theoretical entity, and not one who has any impact on day-to-day life in the Realms. With deities making their existence known in a variety of ways, there's simply no reason to turn to a deity that actively wants to be unknown to mortals. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Jakk
Great Reader
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Posted - 20 May 2010 : 02:43:36
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Which brings us back to our original topic... imho, what would happen if you kill Ao is, absolutely nothing. Apart from the fact that his superior would then become the direct superior of the deities of Toril... at least until his replacement was appointed. 
Edit: If you think of the deities of the D&D multiverse as a corporation, Ao is essentially an assistant VP. People in these positions come and go all the time without a moment's notice from those higher up in the food chain... to say nothing of those beneath him in the hierarchy.  |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
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What would happen if you kill Ao?
