2002 Fun Fact: Deities & Demigod is another place where I worked some of my own idiosyncrasies into the book, especially in the chapter on Other Religions. The monotheistic faith of Taiia and the dualistic religion of the Light come from my campaign world of Aquela.
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020
2002 Fun Fact: Dennari is a dwarf earth-mother goddess; in my Roman-empire campaign she was the god of the oppressed Egyptian dwarves, but popular among provincial humans as well. Liberation theology + historical mystery cult ideas + fantasy dwarves!
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020
2002 Fun Fact: Deities & Demigods continues the "typecasting?" theme from 2001, but it seriously did put my college religion degree to good use. Humanities education FTW.
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020
So working on the 3rd edition version was awesome . . . even if nobody had any use for god stat blocks.
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020
2002 Fun Facts: Seriously, the 1st edition Deities & Demigods was a big part of the reason I am who I am. It sparked my interest in historical religion (for all its flaws as a historical source), leading to my religion degree . . . and eventually my becoming Christian.
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020
Yep.
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020
i was about to say that all deities and demigods did for me was make me mad, but that in itself is something, because it got me to actually think critically about my religion and what it meant, and how little i appreciated having my deities set up as targets to kill I can totally appreciate how you and I would have had different reactions to that book.
— James Wyatt (@aquelajames) January 20, 2020