So, I was in the bookstore flipping through the new Inner Sea World Guide and checking out the info on my favorite deities, when I noticed one glaring omission: Ketephys, the Elven god of hunting, archery, etc. I understand that he's not a major deity, like Desna or Sarenrae, but I thought he at least should have been mentioned, perhaps in the section entitled, "Other Gods."
Was this an oversight? Was it in there and I just missed it? Can we count on a full-blown, 64 page sourcebook dedicated to Ketephys now, lest we incur his wrath? ;-)
(I am particularly interested, because I'm currently playing an Elven Scout in a Pathfinder campaign, and my character is a follower of Ketephys--so I'm looking for any info on him that I can find).
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So, I was in the bookstore flipping through the new Inner Sea World Guide and checking out the info on my favorite deities, when I noticed one glaring omission: Ketephys, the Elven god of hunting, archery, etc. I understand that he's not a major deity, like Desna or Sarenrae, but I thought he at least should have been mentioned, perhaps in the section entitled, "Other Gods."
Was this an oversight? Was it in there and I just missed it? Can we count on a full-blown, 64 page sourcebook dedicated to Ketephys now, lest we incur his wrath? ;-)
(I am particularly interested, because I'm currently playing an Elven Scout in a Pathfinder campaign, and my character is a follower of Ketephys--so I'm looking for any info on him that I can find).
Wasn't an oversight at all. The minor racial deities, like Ketephys and the giant gods and the goblin gods and so on were left out because we simply didn't have room to do them all; if we did one... we'd pretty much have to do ALL of them, after all. I chose instead to focus on lesser deities that would not only appeal to as wide a group of players as possible... but even more so, would appeal to GMs seeking to build adventures. That means evil demigods and the like are more important in a book like this to represent than minor good guy deities.
In any case, Ketephys and the rest are still out there; they're just detailed in other books; Gods & Magic being the best choice to go to for the full list.
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Wasn't an oversight at all. The minor racial deities, like Ketephys and the giant gods and the goblin gods and so on were left out because we simply didn't have room to do them all; if we did one... we'd pretty much have to do ALL of them, after all. I chose instead to focus on lesser deities that would not only appeal to as wide a group of players as possible... but even more so, would appeal to GMs seeking to build adventures. That means evil demigods and the like are more important in a book like this to represent than minor good guy deities.In any case, Ketephys and the rest are still out there; they're just detailed in other books; Gods & Magic being the best choice to go to for the full list.
Wow! Thanks for the quick response, James. At least I can rest easy now, knowing that one of my favorite Pathfinder gods isn't going anywhere. (I guess I need to bump Gods & Magic up on my list of "must haves.")