Deity Idea for my new hombrew

[marauder6766]

Hi all ,
This is my first thread so please help if I make a mistake.. My Idea for my homebrew game is as follows. I'm looking for advice or maybe some new idea. Im looking to create 11 major deities to cover the Domains.. Im also leaning towards having avatar like NPCs that will help out with the subdomains.This way the deity is forced to take some kind of role in the prime material plan.. I was thinking of having 2 mortals per subdomain . One will be an adult and the other will be a child. This way if one should die or get killed there is always a back up. These individuals will be marked by the gods so that they are aware of their blessing/ curse depending upon how it may be viewed. How ever this mark is not noticeable till they reach adulthood.
I know this seems like a lot of work but i will only need to do write ups on the ones that the players may come in contact with and a couple of others that may be in opposition of them.

Any thoughts or insights will be appreciated !!! I'm anxiously looking forward to any response that I may get..

[Bardarok]

Okay I like the second part of the idea with avatars for each domain, it's creative and brings a lot of divine presence to your world. However I would not set up gods this way myself as sometimes different gods should have some domain crossover. That's how I use subdomains; two different gods can both have the same domain with different subdomains aka a lesser god of storms has weather (storms) whereas a greater deity of nature has weather (seasons). By preventing crossover you are limiting yourself however that can be fun too as in poetry.

That said here is how I would do it if I would do it which I wouldn't

1. Deity of paladiny paladins LG)
Nobility
Protection
Glory

2. Deity of Generic Vanilla Goodness (NG)
Good
Healing
Community

3. God of the adventuring hero Hero's (CG)
Strength
Travel
Liberation

4. God of Tricksters, Music and Love(CN)
Luck
Charm
Trickery

5. Deity of Magic and the gentle death (N)
Knowledge
Magic
Repose

6. The Earth Mother (N)
Animal
Plant
Earth

And her two children:

7.Deity of Storms (CN)
Water
Air
Weather

8. Deity of the fires and chaos (CN)
Fire
Sun
Chaos

9. Deity of Order and Creation (LN)
Artifice
Rune
Law

10. God of Destruction (CE)
Destruction
Madness
War

11. God of Conquering Evil (LE)
Evil
Death
Darkness