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== Tabletop Games ==

** ''[[Planescape]]'' setting has The Lady of Pain. Whose response to worship is either to banish the offender to a nearly inescapable maze, or simply kill him. Locals tend to brutally enforce this prohibition before she drops in to take care of this personally. It's mainly because if enough people believe she is one, she will actually become a goddess. It wouldn't be enough normally, but according to ''Pages of Pain'', she's a daughter of gods and thus is ready to become one herself. Her city, Sigil, is a god-free [[Truce Zone]], and she couldn't sit there herself without compromising her absolute blockade against deities. Should this happen, the expected result is all-out war (as in "half of the Multiverse's gods vs. the Lady and each other") for Sigil starting the next minute or so.

** ''[[Greyhawk]]'' god of magic, is Boccob, whose official title is "The Uncaring". He is demonstratively not concerned with anything other than balance ([[Balance Between Good and Evil|between Law and Chaos, and between Good and Evil]]) and magical knowledge. He had an evangelistic patriarch and other over-enthusiastic servants, but mostly the job of his church is to provide magic services, promote magical research and stay out of other people's mess if possible.

** In the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting the "overgod" above the other gods and probable creator of the universe is Ao. Who literally did nothing whatsoever until some lesser gods tried to nick his power. His response caused him to become known to mortals at large for the first time and his power caused a fair few to worship him. No magical powers reached his clerics, he made no further appearances and those paying attention noticed that many of those worshipping him had a tendancy toward misfortune until they knocked it off.

** This was actually part of a brilliant [[Xanatos Gambit]]: he was trying to weaken the forces of chaos by [[Gods Need Prayer Badly|eliminating their source of worship.]] However, at least his being worshipped is better than the alternative.

** Of course, the way it was handled is "a little" ludicrous. Quoth /tg/ - "Whaaattttt, you think I'm a God? What made you think that? Was it my unbelievable psychic might? My golden halo of divine light? My perfect physique out of a legend of gods of old? Well here. How about I make my halo brighter, and have it instill a feeling of absolute awe in you? There. I bet you think I'm a mortal man now!"

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