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** Notable exception to the standard: [[Eberron]], the gods are a mystery. There are angels and others who ''claim'' to serve the gods directly, but [[Word of God]] claims they aren't sure either. Divine magic is powered by faith rather than the gods themselves. (A running joke is the Church of My Left Sock.) There are divine entities at the heart of several religions, (such as the evangelical religion of the Silver Flame), as well as other entities who claim to be divine, but there are also several self-motivated religions (such as the dark-themed Blood of Vol) as well as the Path of Inspiration.
** ''[[Dark Sun]]'' was another exception. It's implied that in the distant past, the people of Athas worshiped various gods, but at present, they've all been forgotten. In their place, the powerful--but mortal--Sorcerer-Kings are worshiped as gods in the city-states, while most non-city dwellers are nature worshipers. In the 4E reboot, the gods are stated to have been killed or driven off in the conflict with the primordials.
* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' High Elves and the Empire both have a pantheon composed of various gods. These gods tend to be anthropomorphic personifications of various concepts (Isha is the Elven goddess of life, Ulric is the Empire's god of winter, battle and wolves, Khaine is the Elven war god etc), although the Empire also has Sigmar who isn't really a personification of anything but a human who ascended to godhood (or a [[Physical God]], depending on who you ask). Then there's the four great Gods of Chaos (and several lesser ones) created from the psyche of mortals and embodying rage, lust, despair and hope (yes, the god of hope is evil. Warhammer world is not a very nice place). The Orcs also have two gods (Gork, the god of cunning brutality and Mork, the god of brutal cunning. Or possibly the other way around. Wars have been started by Orcs arguing which is which), but that hardly counts as a pantheon.
** The ancestor gods of the dwarfs are another pantheon and so is the old pantheon of ancient Nehekhara. The woodelfs have a pantheon as well. Ind is mentioned and refered to as the land of a thousand gods so one would excpect them to have quite the pantheon. Brettonia is said to have the commoners worship some empire gods along with the lady but that might not count.
** Interestingly, the ogres seem to be the only truly monotheistic race.
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== Web Original ==
* [[Trope Pantheons|We have one now.]]
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* In [[The Movolreilen Saga]], each of the nations has one of its own, though so far only Nilenira's has been fleshed out.
* In ''[[The Gamers Alliance]]'', various gods live in the High Plane and are basically divided into factions supporting Chaos, Order or Neutrality. Each god and goddess is a jerkass to a degree. The gods shown so far are Artemicia (Goddess of Healing), Cardia (God of Order), Gaea (Goddess of Earth), Hephaestus (God of Smithing), Hivena (Goddess of Love and Fertility), Mardük (God of Chaos), Nergal (God of War), Shakkan (God of Beasts), Paedün (God of Knowledge), and Phil (God of Arseholes).
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