i wrote this thread in a fit of madness but i really am so fucking annoyed by the D&D treatment of gods, where they& #39;re mostly these weird moral arbiters with this opt-in scheme of worship, that& #39;s not how polytheism historically plays out https://twitter.com/jimpl7/status/1383842040325177346">https://twitter.com/jimpl7/st...

you don& #39;t worship the god of the harvest because you like growth and preservation as a moral guidepost or because you& #39;re into the cottagecore aesthetic, you do it because if you don& #39;t please the god of the harvest you most likely aren& #39;t eating this year

it& #39;s like this weird capitalist watering down of gods, you go with whatever fits your personal identity and tastes and there& #39;s nothing besides raw appeal really compelling you in most cases- they& #39;re like fast food restaurants that give you magic powers

i& #39;m not even saying you need these gods inextricably tied to natural forces who demand worship on pain of disaster, there& #39;s a GLOG thing that does this really well by only giving clerics & paladins power only when they& #39;re fulfilling the tenets of the divine domain- i like that

and don& #39;t even get me fucking started on fantasy monotheism