The Drawbacks of Gods

Gods were a powerful category of existence within the multiverse.

According to Isata's records, there was information on gods from conquered other planes, as well as secret intelligence on the ancient gods of the Wizard World.

Generally speaking, once a plane developed to a certain stage—

for instance, when it entered its first period of prosperity—there was a strong possibility that gods would be born.

This was true of every plane.

The fundamental reason was actually very simple.

Apart from a few lucky individuals, the earliest gods had all been the powerful figures of their time.

These powerful figures possessed strength, ruled vast territories, or had countless worshippers.

When those worshippers continued to revere those heroes, the earliest power of faith would be born.

As these earliest gods grew stronger, they would invariably choose to embark upon the path of godhood.

This involved both faith and the influence of the plane itself.

Gods and planes complemented one another.

A plane with gods would develop more healthily.

For example, gods could establish divine kingdoms upon the plane's crystal wall, grasp the plane's laws, and use them to fend off foreign enemies.

Generally, the power possessed by these gods was only effective within their own planes.

Thus, gods were deeply bound to their planes.

Only some exceptionally powerful gods could preach their doctrines across planes.

Such gods were all faith gods. Their range of activity was very limited, confined to their native planes.

The other kind was racial gods.

Their distinguishing trait was that most of their worshippers belonged to a particular race.

For example, dragon gods.

Their divine power was not particularly strong, but they could roam everywhere.

That was because the source of their divine power was the descendants and dependents of their own race.

As for evil gods, most