Question for the experts...
Do MMORPG game developers usually play as omnipotent players or the \"gods\" that they write into the baseline story of the game? Or, do the written histories of these gods serve as the only influence that the gods have in the game?
If Talad and other supernatural beings in Planeshift are no more than literary references and statues in the game then who cares what people say these gods do - players in the game will make stuff happen, not the gods. If that\'s the case then nothing prevents people from discovering or inventing new gods. All they have to do is say a new one exists, get enough players to beleive it, and start to attribute this or that failed crop to her divine power. Right?
Either way, people who use logic instead of prayers to obtain what they want will have the most power and wealth in Planeshift. These same people might publically claim to be serving Talad, et. al., but that will be a cover story used to manipulate all the obedient believers. You will be able to catch the most relgious people who are also making a lot of tria in same way from relgion in all sorts of lies, too, because they will stray off the path of their relgion sooner or later. One way or another you will be able to show that their gods are purely imaginary, unless of course, someone actually plays as the gods.
RP hat on now...I say those histories are
lies, lies, lies. 