Greetings, fellow travelers in Golarion. I have a question to ask you. How do you treat clerics from other worlds retaining their power in Golarion/proseltyzing their deity's creed, in order to spread their worship? Since Golarion has no overpower to speak for regulating the arrival/response to such deities (at least by current canon, another reason why I like Golarion), no metaphysical law exists to prevent such gods from spreading their power to potential worshipers. Also by canon, are the planar/universal barriers open to new realms created by such worship? Could the existing gods lose divine energy and their portfolio to invader gods?
Do you mean other worlds as in other planets or other worlds as in if a character from another campaign setting such as FR somehow ended up in Golarion?
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The Gods in Golarion are not powered by being worshipped...so a new deity, even one with an overlapping portfolio, would have no effect on the existing deities.
As for whether a Cleric from another world would retain his powers...I guess it would depend on whether their deity came through to Golarion with them. If they did, as Rovagug and possibly Zon-Kuthon clearly demonstrate, they'd be more than capable of empowering servants, but it's not clear if they could do so from another dimension entirely.
If the evil thrice headed phlegm god of slugs can start up a cult there is no reason someone like Lathander or St. Cuthbert couldn't do the same.
Don't forget there are other continents in Golarion as well. They might have different pantheons or additional deities then the more heavily published inner sea area.
Either way no ones going to kick in your door and tell you you're doing it wrong.
The Gods in Golarion are not powered by being worshipped...so a new deity, even one with an overlapping portfolio, would have no effect on the existing deities.
As for whether a Cleric from another world would retain his powers...I guess it would depend on whether their deity came through to Golarion with them. If they did, as Rovagug and possibly Zon-Kuthon clearly demonstrate, they'd be more than capable of empowering servants, but it's not clear if they could do so from another dimension entirely.
How are the Golarion gods powered? What determines which gods are more or less powerful than others?
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The Great Beyond is vast. It contains the entire universe at its center in a relative pinpoint, after all. And I assume that universe contains not only Golarion's solar system, but every solar system from every game, every book, and every setting, down to and including Earth. After all, there's a couple of Earthly deities worshiped on Golarion, after all.
That means that in the Great Beyond, it's just as easy, in theory, for a deity to "hear prayers" on Golarion as it would on Earth, Oreth, Faerun, Vulcan, Mars, LB-426, Hyperion, or whatever. Time might separate some settings from others... but as long as space more or less works the same in a setting as it does in the real world... there's room in the universe for them.
So that means that, yes, a cleric who worships a deity from another world COULD worship that deity on Golarion, and would receive spells with no problem. The cleric would have no support structure, and would probably be branded something like a heretic or a crazy or something by most folks.
As for how the gods are "powered," that's not something we've described yet. And until we get to a point where we can stat up gods, we probably WON'T nail down how they're powered.
The question was twofold, so I didn't explain it well enough. The question refers to clerics coming from other planes, which James answered neatly (and I'm sure this has been asked before), and thanks for the answer. The second part was how other GMs treated such divine interlopers in their own campaigns, as well as a general response. I have my own ideas, but it's nice to see various takes on the subject.
The question was twofold, so I didn't explain it well enough. The question refers to clerics coming from other planes, which James answered neatly (and I'm sure this has been asked before), and thanks for the answer. The second part was how other GMs treated such divine interlopers in their own campaigns, as well as a general response. I have my own ideas, but it's nice to see various takes on the subject.
I don't really run an ongoing campaign so my answer would vary for story purposes, but if I did I would allow them to keep their powers. That way if the players went to another setting they could have their powers. A caster that can not cast does not sound like fun.
