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From: boris@mit-athena.ARPA (Boris N Goldowsky)
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Subject: Re: PCs vs Gods
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Date: Tue, 29-Jan-85 15:33:24 EST
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I think it is wrong to say that in every religion all dieties have absolute
power.  As you say, in many religions there are several gods and each has
power over a limited domain, which makes conflicts between them quite 
interesting, because each uses his or her special powers against the
others'.  
In Greek mythology the gods are often fooled, and occasionally overcome
by mortals.  They are never, of course, killed: they are immortal.  In
Greek mythology, that is the basic (only?) difference between gods
and men.  

The way I would work gods in a role-playing game is by having one god who
has a power that makes him or her invincible (ie, power of fiat or equivalent)
and several others who have neat powers of one kind or another.  It might
be possible for a very powerful character to force a wimpy god to do a 
favor or release some information, but that is the worst you could do
(without engaging the aid of some other immortal...)

I missed the beginning of this discussion.  Sorry if I'm being repetitious.

--boris