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That's only around one world though. Other regions may very well have their own gods. Sure, the ones around that one, from a local's little point of view may have been preventing the end of the universe, but take a step back to the galactic scale and "what do you mean they caged *A* rovagug in there? did no one have a broom? what were they thinking those things are filthy!"
Back in Planescape and Spelljammer for example, most pantheons had a single planet.... and some were such petulant tantrum-tossing little a~+$$@*s that they wouldn't even have that much if they hadn't blockaded the flow of souls to avoid a complete loss against the "goes to plane of alignment" system default. Each of those pantheons tended to make DAMN sure they were their worshipers entire universe, lest they lose that tasty tasty psychic food to those people just leaving for grander things
According to Jacobs, it's pretty much the same core bunch that manage all of the worlds of the Prime Material plane, even if the names might change, and there might be local additions or subtractions.
From the latest I've read, Golarion was created specifically to cage Rovagug, hence it's nickname. "The Cage".
I would be extremely interested in sources on that last bit
I thought that Golarion was already called the Cage before the Gods found it and used it to imprison Rovagug
According to Jacobs, it's pretty much the same core bunch that manage all of the worlds of the Prime Material plane, even if the names might change, and there might be local additions or subtractions.
From the latest I've read, Golarion was created specifically to cage Rovagug, hence it's nickname. "The Cage".
May be what they say for now to keep the surprise; some of the best fluff comes from exploring the differences; adds quite a bit of life to even some otherwise quite dull histories when other points of view or evidence of what one's 'angle' was come to light, so I do hope they'll deepen their universe a bit.
As for the horrors of 40k... I'm more of a fan of the Bydo personally. Less final-bureaucracy, but a lot nastier overall.
The Bydo from R-Type?