I'm considering using the standard pre-4th edition pantheon war my upcoming wrath AP. Largely because my players are familiar with the gods, I don't dislike the Golarion pantheon. Since most of the deities have a fairly similar counterpart (ie Iomedae-Heironeous, Sarenrae-Pelor, Torag-Moradin ect).
I was wondering if this would cause any problems in the AP. The only thing I can think of that would cause a problem is the power difference. For example Iomedae and Heironeous have very similar portfolios but in the game worlds Iomedae has many more worshipers.
That totally depends on how you frame the world it is set on. If you want Heironeous to have lots of followers, just let your players know ahead of time. He's already a fairly popular god in the setting as is.
I personally find the old 3.x Pantheon to be yawn-inducingly boring, especially Pelor. Golarion deities generally have a bit more flavor to them. Personally I most like the 3.x Faerun pantheon. :p
Pelor, the Burning Hate, boring?
Pelor, the Burning Hate, boring?
I remember that thread from ages ago. Was really interesting and, pardon the pun, shed new light on Pelor and his worshipers.
Pelor, the Burning Hate, boring?
I didn't mean the fan-fiction version of Pelor, but rather the official one.
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I personally find the old 3.x Pantheon to be yawn-inducingly boring, especially Pelor. Golarion deities generally have a bit more flavor to them. Personally I most like the 3.x Faerun pantheon. :p
That's interesting... especially considering how many of Pathfinder's deities (particularly the ones I exported from my homebrew) were so heavily influenced by the Greyhawk deities (aka the 3rd edition pantheon).
I personally find the old 3.x Pantheon to be yawn-inducingly boring, especially Pelor. Golarion deities generally have a bit more flavor to them. Personally I most like the 3.x Faerun pantheon. :pThat's interesting... especially considering how many of Pathfinder's deities (particularly the ones I exported from my homebrew) were so heavily influenced by the Greyhawk deities (aka the 3rd edition pantheon).
Well, you guys managed to add the necessary flavor to them to make them interesting, IMO. It took a while for me to warm up to them, but by now I appreciate a good number of them very much, especially Saranrae, Cayden and Iomedae.
Still, I'll be honest and say that I'd prefer Faerun's 3.x pantheon. They have a good bit more personality, which is probably due to the metaplot of that setting involving them more with what actually happens on Toril. Golarions deities generally have a more "stand aside and let the mortals do their thing" approach from all I've seen, which of course makes them less "approacheable", so to say.