Poll: Do you worship a God in RPGs?

[Unesh52]

I had a problem with this in Dragon Age. I'm a staunch atheist IRL, and I was trying to RP a character close to my own personality. Naturally, I disagreed with Liliana a lot, and sympathized with Morrigan and Sten. Then there was that magic urn quest. I mean, Sten and Morrigan just kept criticism deity worship and denying the efficacy of these little relics within a breath of shooting motherfucking lighting at people. I talked to the actual spirits. The relic worked. And they still played the part of the skeptic. Now I always remember to look for evidence specific to that universe before I make a call about my religious views.

 

[mikev7.0]

I believe in, and actively pray to, the RNG god.

Wha-haat??!! From most of the times I've read your posts I find it difficult to believe that someone so obviously educated and cynic-OH!!

Heh. rnG. Ah. Sorry. My bad. Carry on then!

I think learning about the various pantheons in games is all part of the fun! It amused me to no end that when I was done taking my G.O.A.T. the teacher defined my future career as "Vault Chaplain."

 

[Ampersand]

If there's anything resembling a god in a game my first instinct is usually to find it and kill it.

 

[Dommius]

My DnD characters tend to either worship a god, or at the very least thank a certain god for his/her blessing when somethings goes thei way. I feel it helps develop my character and as such gives me more to draw from when role playing.

As for other games like elder scrolls or fable no, I really don't worship the gods in the game because I can get buy just fine without having to do so.

 

[Atheist.]

No. I'm strongly anti-theistic, and wouldn't sully any character with the belief in an ultimate authority.

This.

Plus there is rarely good rewards for doing so. Seems kind of pointless to me.

 

[Vibhor]

Only if it will grant me some kind of bonus or special item.

Though I guess that can't be called worhipping...

Isn't that the main goal of worshiping in the first place?
To get the ring of wishing.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

In D&D my permanently drow characters worship Eilistraee.

while personally being anti-theistic in real life, I find it different when in a fictional world where the gods are real and this continues to be confirmed.

Argh ... if you're going to worship The Seldarine why not Hanali Celanil, Sehanine Moonbow and Aedrie Faenya?

The Triune kick arse....

Poor Eilistraee ... serves her right for occupying a mortal (or even be in the area) whilst in the vacinity to someone wielding the Crescent Blade. It's not like she didn't know what it did ... given she created the bloody thing.

To answer the OP however ... hell yeah in rpgs my characters worship Gods ... it's fun playing a haughty religious zealot in a medieval esque pnp game. Oh ... and it has to be multiple deities ...

And as you probably guessed, if it's D&D (or moreso, forgotten realms) it has to either be the Seldarine (any setting ... that and Bards are my favourite class), Sune (Spreading passion, lust and revelry? Yes please ... also because I like bards), Malar (my personal favourite because I like playing werewolf druids) or possibly Lliira (perfect bardic god ... because bards yo) ...

 

[PrototypeC]

I think it's a good idea to keep my characters humble, no matter what the game... showing devotion to some pretend deity to match my pretend person always seemed like a good way to show this.

In D&D, my bard worshipped Obad-hai, the nature god. It suited him, and it made a cool contrast to the other characters who were pretty much completely selfish. I made his spells reflect his devotion to this god, and he wore lots of browns and greens. When I remembered that Obad-hai had a choice instrument after my first campaign with him, I decided he uses the Shawm for his bard spells as well. It was fun to roleplay!

My monk, on the other hand, believes in no gods, so we'll see how that turns out for him... it's been years since I played, though.

In Elder Scrolls: Oblivion you almost don't have a choice in the worshipping gods thing. In Fable, likewise, only you find out later that Skorm and Avo are just strong spirits that can't actually affect the world except through their followers. It made it even easier for my character to have a black, empathy-devoid crab apple of a heart.

 

[Naheal]

It varies based upon the character that I make. I occasionally roll Clerics, so they will typically worship some god or another (usually a god of knowledge or some such thing). Other than that? Depends on the setting.

 

[PrototypeC]

No. I'm strongly anti-theistic, and wouldn't sully any character with the belief in an ultimate authority.

This.
Plus there is rarely good rewards for doing so. Seems kind of pointless to me.

Why not, then? If you don't believe in a god, that makes it even easier to RP a character who does. In most of the games that were mentioned, the gods are palpably real and can even smite your enemies for you.

For real shits and giggles, you can pump up your character in the game of your choice (probably D&D, where there are no rules about this) and make them take on or even kill all the gods.

 

[Lybs]

Depends on the characters and how I wanna play him.
If I play DA and have a dalish elf I usually refused to accept blessings because of their different religion but I don't scream or rant religion slander because I don't like fanatics IRL.

 

[darksuccubus]

nope. If I learned anything from Morrowind it's that gods (Aedra and Daedra alike) dont give a crap about you. It's like - "Oh hey, another possible Nerevarine. Let's see how long will he last".

 

[-Dragmire-]

I pray to whatever deity that gets me the last few steps out of the dungeon without a random encounter when I'm out of healing items and low on life... Whichever one got the message didn't like my very much...

 

[Enrathi]

In D&D I do, but on a per character basis. While all my characters acknowledge that the gods exist, not all of them worship one.

 

[somonels]

Vanilla: does not matter, so why bother?
Faerun: Kossuth or Mask
Pathfinder: Various.
Drawing a blank on other systems or homebrews.

 

[zehydra]

The neat thing about the Elderscrolls gods is that they differentiate the kinds of gods that exist. There are extremely powerful beings that exist in another world, known as the Daedra, which beings can summon and come into contact with. These "Gods" are much more believable than The Imperial's "Gods", which are 9 divine persons who almost never come in contact with the characters in the game. (In Morrowind, Vivec and the Tribunal are similar to Daedra, in that they are extremely powerful, but they are still nowhere near as powerful as the Daedra Gods, because they are mortals that just got really powerful).

I've come to understand that Daedra are the real "Gods" that are in the series, and actually make a difference in characters' lives in the game. The nine divines are more representative of the game developers, that is, they are the reason for the worlds' existence, but they have no control and all their intervention in the world of Tamriel is already predetermined.

 

[Grospoliner]

I would say I wouldn't actually worship them. My characters will be as loyal as a follower as needs be.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Nope. I don't even worship a god in real life. Besides, Fallout doesn't have any deities to speak of.

What about the Church of Atom?

A nuclear bomb isn't a god.

It is if you're a crazy person.

 

[Zay-el]

Sheogorath, hands down. Who would NOT obey the God of Lulz?

 

[WestMountain]

Follow gods in RPGs?

Psssh...

I STRIVE TO BE A GOD IN RPGs!